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A review of the author's works proving the existence of the phenomenon of the electrochemical phase formation in metals and alloys via a supercooled liquid state stage is presented. This review presents all the stages of establishing the above phenomenon in chronological order, as well as examples of its scientific and practical application. The theoretical prediction of the phenomenon, its experimental observation, theoretical substantiation, and some experimental proofs confirming its existence are considered in detail. The mechanism and thermodynamic model of crystallographic texture formation in electrochemical coatings, developed on the basis of the concepts of the phase formation in electrodepositing metals/alloys, taking into account the intermediate stage of the supercooled liquid state, are discussed. Some areas of the practical application of the phenomenon in basic industries (metallurgy, power engineering, and space engineering), concerning the development of the technologies for obtaining electrochemical films/coatings/foils with enhanced properties, are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]