Release
date: October 23rd 2015. Label: Profound Lore Records. Formats:
CD/DD
Deeper
Than Sky – Tracklisting
1.The
Desolate Damned
2.3AM
3.Deeper
Than Sky
4.Paino
5.Red
Chaos
6.Lightless
Sun
7.The
Tomb
Band
Members:
Mike
Scheidt
John
Cobbett
Sigrid
Sheie
Aesop
Dekker
Review:
Vhol
return with their much anticipated new album Deeper Than Sky and ones
things for sure when you finish listening to the album, it is
inherently apparent that the band have topped the lofty standards
they set when they released their superb self titled debut album.
Blasting
off with the metallic thrash of The Desolate Damned, Vhol go for the
jugular straight from the start and don't let go until the final
strained notes of The Tomb have finished. The bands alumni and their
various musical endeavours are all well respected in their own right
(the band feature members of Yob and Agalloch as well as Hammers Of
Misfortune and after all) but when come together as Vhol, they get to
unleash their old school metal mayhem.
At
its core and its black heart, this is heavy metal done right as the
band power through the likes Red Chaos, Lightless Sun and album
closer The Tomb with reckless abandon and the bands sheer quality as
musicians really shine through with guitarist John Cobbett playing an
absolute blinder throughout (some of the riffs on show here are
nothing short of classic) and is ably aided by the rhythm section of Sigrid Sheie and Aesop Dekker.
Mike
Scheidt's vocals on Deeper Than Sky prove why he is one of the most
respected metal singers in the world at the moment and although his
vocals are different to his when singing in Yob, he gets to unleash a
set of unhinged and defiantly classic metal vocals.
Deeper
Than Sky's highlight has to be the epic title track where you get the
feeling that everything the band were aiming for when they started
this project has come to fruition here and the results are nothing
short of breathtaking. Vhol have come up with a special album with
Deeper Than Sky and it will be a difficult task to top it, but fans
of the band can rest assured that they will definitely try! For now
though, all they have to do is take in and embrace the majestic metal
on show here.
Words
by Gavin Brown
Thanks
to Earsplit PR for the promo. Deeper Than Sky will be available to
buy on CD/DD from Profound Lore Records on October 23rd
2015. The Vinyl Edition will be handled by Gilead Media sometime in the future.
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