There are at least 11 artists that have recorded under the name Phalanx: <… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 11 artists that have recorded under the name Phalanx:

1) Death metal band from Los Angeles, California, United States.
2) Thrash metal band from Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
3) Jazz supergroup from the 1980's.
4) Trance project from Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
5) Heavy metal band from Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
6) Progressive death/doom metal band from Brisbane/Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
7) Noise project from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
8) Drum n bass project from Hungary.
9) Crust/hardcore band from Seattle, Washington, United States.
10) A cappella group from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, United States.
11) PHALANX Jazz-Quartet from Bremen, Germany

1) A death metal band from Los Angeles, California utilizing three vocalists. Released the EP Golden Horde on January 26, 2020

2) A thrash metal band from Germany with two albums. The Judas Touch (1993) and Look Behind The Mask (1998)

3) A free jazz band from the mid-late 80's.
Like the New York Art Quartet had done two decades before, Phalanx came and went in the mid-1980s, an ad-hoc supergroup that thrived and disappeared. Original Phalanx captures the quartet in a rumbling, springy glory, alight through James "Blood" Ulmer's craftily detuned guitar and the build-it-and-wobble-it rhythmic playing of bassist Sirone and drummer Rashied Ali. The star, though, is the late George Adams. His playing is inspired, swinging so hard and high that the musical registers turn to blurs. The band's tunes are vaguely Ornette Coleman-ish, in that they build off quick, melodic statements that sound at times like four-way solos. Then the band's off, Ulmer and Adams pursuing solo logic on one plane, the rhythm section on another. They peak on Adams's "Playground," which rings with poignancy and punch-it-up power. But Sirone's minor-key, episodic "Free Spirit" is likewise a work of genius, achieving a stellar balance of passion, intellect, and gusto. --Andrew Bartlett

4) German hands up / dance artist Manian's trance project.

5) The band is a Greek metal band which resides and is active in Germany. Both founding members are Greeks, born and raised in Germany, but Greek citizens. They officially present themselves everywhere as a Greek band.

Equivalent to music like viking metal this band performs equivalent subjects based on the ancient Hellenic culture, calling it "Hellenic Metal".

6) An Australian Progressive Death Doom metal band.

7) A primitive-noise project by Kixly

8) A hungarian drum and bass producer (Impulse Modulations)

9) A defunct crust/hardcore band from Seattle, WA 1998-2003. Released s/t cassette tape in 1999. Released split 7" with Decrepit in 2001. Went on West Coast US tour with Born/Dead and Kontraklasse from Long Beach in 2001. Released s/t CD in 2002, and did a European tour that Fall. The following year they released the LP version of the CD in 2003 and went on a full US tour with Born/Dead.

10) An award winning male a cappella group from Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA

I'm Alive
Phalanx Lyrics

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Get away!
All these shadows in my mind.
Try to hide, try to fight.
For too much my eyes go blind.
All these hopes, all these tears.
All those never-ending fears.
Still I'm here, still I fight.
Still I feel, I'm alive!

See me stumble, see me fall, been so close to lose it all.
All these times that I cried, where's the angel by my side.

Countless thoughts fill my head, would they vanish feel so sad.
Still there's light, still I fight, still I feel, I'm alive!

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Phalanx's song "I'm Alive" speak to the struggles and challenges that one faces in life, particularly with regards to mental health. The song begins with the singer urging himself to get away from the shadows that are haunting his mind, but he acknowledges that it is not an easy task to try to hide or fight off these thoughts. Despite the overwhelming fears and tears that come along with these struggles, the singer declares that he is still fighting and feeling alive.

The second verse of the song continues to describe the difficult journey that the singer has been on, with him stumbling and falling along the way. He wonders where the angel that is supposed to guide him is, as he is left to deal with these thoughts alone. However, despite the constant stream of thoughts and worries that fill his head, the singer knows that there is still light in his life and that he must continue to fight on.

Line by Line Meaning

Get away!
I want these negative thoughts to leave my mind immediately.

All these shadows in my mind.
My mind is filled with worries and anxieties that I can't seem to shake.

Try to hide, try to fight.
I try to suppress these negative thoughts and fight against them.

For too much my eyes go blind.
Sometimes these worries become overwhelming and it's hard to see past them.

All these hopes, all these tears.
I have many hopes and dreams, but sometimes it brings me to tears when I think about how they might not happen.

All those never-ending fears.
It feels like I'm constantly experiencing fear and it never goes away.

Still I'm here, still I fight.
Despite all of the struggles and negative thoughts, I'm still here and I'm still fighting.

Still I feel, I'm alive!
I may have negative thoughts and struggles, but I'm still living and experiencing life.

See me stumble, see me fall, been so close to lose it all.
I've made mistakes and had moments where it felt like everything was going to crumble around me.

All these times that I cried, where's the angel by my side.
During difficult times, I wonder where someone or something is to help me through it.

Countless thoughts fill my head, would they vanish feel so sad.
I have so many thoughts and worries that sometimes it feels like it would be easier to not have any at all.

Still there's light, still I fight, still I feel, I'm alive!
Despite everything, I still have hope and I'm still fighting to keep going and experience life to its fullest.

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