Phantoma (album)

Phantoma
Studio album by Unleash the Archers
Released	10 May 2024
Genre	Power metal
Length	56:07
Label	Napalm
Producer	Andrew Kingsley
Unleash the Archers chronology
Abyss (2020) Phantoma (2024)

Phantoma is the sixth studio album by Canadian power metal group Unleash the Archers, released by Napalm Records on 10 May 2024.

Concept

Vancouver Sun described the album as "The song cycle follows the quest of the album’s protagonist, Phantoma, a fit Phase 4/ Network Tier O unit — a model A sentient AI coming to grips with a grim, dystopian planet Earth. Drawing on familiar tropes of humanity’s disregard for its home, the impacts of its creations and the “manufactured sheen of social-media posturing.”

Reception

Tuonela Magazine described the album as "Album opener 'Human Era' sets the tone with imagery of a bleak, windswept futurescape that crescendos headlong into the breakneck pace of power metal bastion 'Ph4/NT0mA' – a masterwork of dueling guitar solos and vocal acrobatics. Trad-metal influenced 'Buried in Code' lights the way with pummeling rhythms before the album's path turns dark on heavy metal hardened 'The Collective,' with Brittney Slayes' warm tones inviting the listener to 'join or stand aside'! Hair-raising first single 'Green & Glass' unveils the truth before the upbeat '80s flavored 'Gods in Decay' and the extraordinary balladic anthem 'Give It Up or Give It All' showcase the varied songwriting prowess of Unleash the Archers' modern era. A trifecta of concept closers begins with the moody 'Ghosts in the Mist,' leading into the soaring yet menacing “Seeking Vengeance” before closing with the bittersweet tale of 'Blood Empress.'"

Track listing

Phantoma track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Human Era"	5:40
2.	"Ph4/NT0mA"	6:30
3.	"Buried in Code"	3:39
4.	"The Collective"	5:53
5.	"Green & Glass"	5:30
6.	"Gods in Decay"	5:02
7.	"Give It Up or Give It All"	7:35
8.	"Ghosts in the Mist"	5:46
9.	"Seeking Vengeance"	5:22
10.	"Blood Empress"	5:10
Total length:		56:07

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Ghosts in the Wave"		5:35
12.	"Tarzan Boy"	Maurizio Bassi and Naimy Hackett	5:33
Total length:			67:15

Personnel

Unleash the Archers

• Brittney Slayes – vocals
• Grant Truesdell - guitars, vocals
• Andrew Kingsley - guitars, vocals
• Nicholas Miller - bass
• Scott Buchanan - drums

Technical personnel

• Andrew Kingsley - producer, recorder
• Jacob Hansen – engineering, mixing and mastering

Charts

Chart performance for Phantoma

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	33
Scottish Albums (OCC)	67
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	62
UK Album Downloads (OCC)	20
UK Independent Albums (OCC)	14
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)	4

References

External links

• Phantoma by Unleash the Archers on Discogs