BraveWords.com has received the following press release:

Long-running California grindcore outfit PHOBIA has announced that they will reissue their 1998 album, Means Of Existence, as a 'sliding-scale' or 'pay-what-you-want' download through Canada's Moshpit Tragedy Records.

The 17-song debut (originally released on CD/LP on Slap-a-Ham Records and reissued on picture disc LP in 2006 by Deep Six Records) will soon be available from the label's website complete with a print-ready sleeve for as much or as little as each visitor chooses and is even being offered for free to those without a PayPal account.

Label founder Rayny Forster says the sliding scale idea is a means of taking advantage of falling CD sales and disillusionment with major record labels, and points out his new label model has already caught the attention and support of several key figures involved with the music industry.

"I'm down with what Moshpit Tragedy is doing 100 percent", states Mike Williams (EYEHATEGOD/ARSON ANTHEM vocalist). "Younger, newer underground bands need to be heard and noticed in these modern digital days without signing their lives away to some bloodsucking record label right outta the gate. It's a very honorable and DIY way to get things done."

OZZY OSBOURNE bassist Rob 'Blasko' Nicholson even goes so far as to say, "This model could very well be the future of all indie labels."

Formed in Orange County, California in 1990, Phobia has been punishing ears with its murderous socio political grinding noise assault for almost two decades. Dealing out their savage combination of the energy and ideals of hardcore punk mixing it with the power and brutality of early grind, Phobia has shared the stage with a diverse mix of bands over the years such as CHAOS U.K., GRAVE, NAPALM DEATH, DETESTATION, NEUROSIS, DEICIDE, FINAL CONFLICT, CORRUPTED, ASSUCK, SPAZZ, EXHUMED, IMMOLATION, DISASSOCIATE, DARKEST HOUR and VARUKERS, just to name a few.

In 2001, Phobia were seen on the national television program Real TV when an unruly Japanese fan tries to attack the band and gets a justly deserved bass-in-the-face. The band is currently preparing for a month long tour with MUNICIPAL WASTE, THE ACCUSED, BRUTAL TRUTH and CAULDRON.

For a streaming audio sample/download of this as well as official albums by EXTREME NOISE TERROR, MISERY, TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION, DISASSOCIATE and many more visit moshpittragedy.com.

Phobia's infamous "Bass in the face" segment on Real TV can be seen below.