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Formed by
Slayer's
Dave Lombardo, Civil Defiance's
Gerry Nestler, and
War's
Francisco "Pancho" Tomaselli,
Philm is an experimental post-hardcore group based out of Los Angeles, California. Originally conceived in 2009 by
Lombardo and
Nestler while
Slayer was in between tour dates, the band's sound, self-described as having "rhythmic emotion," is elemental, powerful, and bipolar, playing around with rhythm and atmosphere while making only the slightest nods to the bandmembers' past work. With this kind of raw and expressive sound, it came as no surprise when the power trio signed on with
Mike Patton's Ipecac records in 2012, where the band released their debut album,
Harmonic, later that year. ~ Gregory Heaney