Release Date: August 11th 2023. Record Label: Blues Funeral Recordings. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl
Silent Future: Tracklisting
1.Born Into Catatonia
2.Unknown Ancestor
3.The Cultigen
4.Hypersurreal
5.Clusters
6.Morphing
7.Obliterating Mists
Members
Gerardo Arias: Drums, Percussion, Lead Guitars
Phil Cangelosi: Bass
Patrick Dunn: Drums
Samuel Lopez: Bass
Rob McWilliams: Guitars, Vocals
Spencer Ouellette: Synths, Sax, Flute
Juan Tamayo: Heavy guitars, Synths
Roman Tamayo: Additional FX
Victor “KB” Velazquez: Additional Guitars
Manuel Wohlrab: Spoken Word
Review:
Silent Future is the new album from Psych Doomsters REZN and Cosmic Doom/Stoner Metal masters Vinnum Sabbathi. This is an actual album and not a split release with both bands forming as one collaborative unit which explores the thrilling sounds that both REZN and Vinnum Sabbathi are known for. Silent Future is a cinematic based journey which offers a monolithic style of Doom/Stoner Metal visionary grooves.
The atmosphere is constantly spaced out and one that offers genuine world-building Progressive grooves which drift between Post-Rock and Post-Doom heaviness which can be quite dreamlike and surreal in places with the majority of the songs allowing both bands to drift into areas of music they haven’t played before which you feel within the excellent two opening tracks of Born Into Catatonia and Unknown Ancestor. REZN’s style of Progressive Doom/Stoner Metal works amazingly well with Vinnum Sabbathi’s more Spaced Out sound with the music still being very grounded in reality. The Ambient flavours have an aura of 1980’s Gloomy Rock and then leaning towards 1990’s Sludge/Post-Metal heaviness.
The vocals from REZN’s Rob McWilliams belong mostly in the Post-Doom environment but he puts in a virtuoso performance here with flashes of Alt Rock and Prog Rock appearing throughout the record.
Silent Future sets a new benchmark of what collaborative albums from the Doom/Stoner Metal scene should actually be measured against. As it’s full of soothing Ambient Instrumental moments that is blissfully hopeful one moment and devastatingly heavy the next which is perhaps down mostly to Vinnum Sabbathi’s masterful style of Cosmic Doom/Stoner Metal which comes more into focus on the epic fourth track Hypersurreal.
Though REZN are no slouches in the HEAVY VOLUME department either with their own blistering style of music perhaps having a more restrained approach but they know how to make an entrance when the time calls for this style of music.
With the later stages of the album adding a more focused Psychedelic and Progressive based Electronic/Ambient groove, Silent Future still takes risky creative choices that sound remarkably fresh and original on tracks such as Clusters, Morphing and Obliterating Mists which is perhaps where the bulk of the heaviest sounds remain. There is still that wicked “WORLD BUILDING” aspect to the record that still makes you wonder where the album goes next.
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to Purple Sage PR and Red Lead PR for the promo.
Silent Future is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Blues Funeral Recordings.
REZN Links:
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Vinnum Sabbathi Links:
Facebook | BandCamp
