Phyllomedusa - Against The Widest Roads

Matt Mansfield put Omphalectoicxanthopsia on hiatus, and wanted to start something so completely different than anything else. It's said that due to the fact he couldn't find a drummer to play the speed he wanted, Matt learned every instrument himself. Big Frog had gone through multiple ideas, and animal-themed projects before picking a favorite of his childhood, the frog.

"Eggs of the Monkey Frog" was the first demo to be printed and released to a small audience. His label Sloth Clatter Media only printed 150 copies. At an extreme volume, it contained heavy use of start/stop noise with hundreds of frog calls in between. It has since been sold out, and extra copies were printed.

Matt started as a guitar player in high school, and still revolves the project's sound around the guitar.

His influences include classic horror movies, more specifically animal-based films and extreme misanthropy. Often implying amphibians are more important than humans. Often implying frogs and toads would eat humans if they got hungry enough. He also believes he has a inner connection with amphibians.

Phyllomedusa employs both clean, and pitch shifted vocals. With high influences from Last Days of Humanity, Regurgitate, Rompeprop, and Autophagia. Multiple effect pedals are also used on the guitars and bass.

It's been stated by someone who knows Big Frog, that he has indeed fed his amphibians pieces of a human's flesh. How, or where he got the flesh is unknown.

Against The Widest Roads released 16 May, 2014 on Hypyractyv Larynx Records

• Matt Mansfield (Big Frog) - All instruments