The story of newly formed band Philosophobia began 15 years ago. The recording of their self-titled debut album finally got under way in 2020. Six of the eight tracks started life in 2007 when long-time friends Andreas Ballnus and Alex Landenburg were working together. The subsequent hiatus happened when Andreas became the guitarist in Paul Di?Anno?s band and ex Kamelot drummer Alex joined Annihilator.

Many years later Kristoffer Gildenlöw heard the original demos and was blown away by the quality. As a result, the band now had a bass player and one with many years of experience. The new incarnation of Philosophobia was completed with additions of Tobias Weißgerber on keyboards and singer Domenik Papaemmanouil. Domenik from Greek prog band Wastefall also sang on the original recordings.

Alex and Andy went to SU2 Studios in the south of Germany and recorded nine songs of which eight made it onto the album. As a matter of fact six oft them remained the same songs that were written...