Portugese alternative metal/post-grunge band Stereophobia premiere new single and music video »Maggots« from their upcoming album »Choke On This«

Lisbon, Portugal based alternative metal/post-grunge band Stereophobia premiere new single and music video »Maggots« taken from their upcoming album, »Choke On This«, which will be released on August 29th, 2025 via Eclipse Records.

Tracklist:
01. XFile #903YU
02. Maggots
03. Drown
04. Uncle Clarke’s (Made Me Do It)
05. Don’t Belong
06. The Tourist
07. Everything’s Gone
08. Twisted Fuck
09. The Freak Show
10. Plastik Queen
11. Illusions
12. Drop Dead
13. Left In A Box
14. Sweet Agony (bonus track)

Courtesy of Eclipse Records:

Stereophobia contrast inner turmoil with external peace in new »Maggots« music video, LP album »Choke On This« out August 29, 2025!

Watch the new music video »Maggots« via YouTube, and listen to the single on all digital music platforms worldwide via this location.

New LP album »Choke On This« set for release on August 29, 2025, produced by Miguel Camilo (M’vula, The Bateleurs) and Stereophobia. Pre-order / pre-save at this location.

Stereophobia are an alternative metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, and they will blow your mind like an M-80 in a paper lampshade! They feature a massive guitar sound, a thundering bass, and a percussive pound and burn that resonates like a war-drum. The band just premiered a new music video for their rebellious new single »Maggots«. The music video was directed by Lou Loução in Alverca, Lisbon. »Maggots« is the first single & music video taken from their upcoming full-length album »Choke On This« which will be released on August 29, 2025 via Eclipse Records. The album was produced by Miguel Camilo and Stereophobia at MC Sound Studios.

Photo credits: Rodrigo Vargas

“This video portrays neglect in a metaphorical way,” says guitarist & vocalist Mike Rocha. “Abandonment and mental loneliness, disturbances and conflicts due to someone not adapting or being part of the common social context, all come into play. I feel that it touches on every feeling conveyed in the album’s overall theme; it has a bit of everything. Initially, the idea was to convey the contrast between a happy family on TV screens and being watched by a doctor in a mental hospital, but we adapted it to something more disturbing. The ideas came about largely from the influence of the film The Ring and the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest with Jack Nicholson.” Drummer Dany Antunes adds, “Being part of the creation of this music video was a challenge, as it required ensuring that the intended vision and direction were perfectly aligned. The director and her crew were truly amazing – efficient, supportive and instrumental in allowing creativity to flourish. The duality of acting and playing our musical instruments was both exciting and intense. We paid close attention to every technical detail, making sure nothing disrupted the crew’s performance and worked within the constraints of time and location to bring our vision to life. The connection between everyone on set was incredible, making the entire process both highly productive and deeply engaging.”

»Choke On This«, the hot new alternative metal album from Stereophobia, is more than a gut punch. It is a blast in the face that widens your eyes, buzzsaws your back, and rocks you right to the marrow. Hard rock at its finest, the rich guitar sound is a precious collection of aesthetic “schitzo-riffs,” each an exotic treasure dazzling in the dark and leading us to the caverns and haunts of our deepest repressions. The bass is a booming series of tactical nukes, and the power-drumming gets in your blood, enlarges your heart, and rattles your ribcage. The album isn’t subtle. Play the “f” out of it, and for “eff’n” God’s sake, play it loud! In terms of overall theme, this emotive and powerful record is about infection, a poisoned society we feed on like snakes in the crease, ingesting the swill spit out of our television sets, the lies bleeding through the pores of our social media, and the culture wars pitting us against each other like gladiators wearing masks and falling hard on our swords. Musically, »Choke On This« is innovative and fresh considering the variety of guitar sounds, the intricate drum work (especially the production and performance on the toms), the emotive vocals, and the powerful bass runs. This album was produced by Miguel Camilo, (M’vula, The Bateleurs), and Stereophobia at MC Sound Studios, and the album cover art was created by Tatiana Ferreira. »Choke On This« by Stereophobia will be released on August 29th, 2025 via Eclipse Records.

Pre-save or pre-order »Choke On This« at THIS LOCATION.

For more information about Stereophobia and their »Maggots« music video, please visit them HERE!

Stereophobia is:
Mike Rocha – Guitars & Vocals
Daniel Antunes – Drums & Backing Vocals
Bruno Santos – Bass

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well