Release Date: August 30th 2024. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
Sunless: Tracklisting
1.Sunless 16:00
2.Moonless 08:10
Members
Guglielmo Allegro - Everything
Review
Instrumental Doom/Drone/Sludge Metal solo project Void Sinker releases their new EP Sunless which is their sixth release since Oct 2023. This is the first time I’m reviewing one of their releases but I do own quite a few of their releases with Sunless the one that has impressed me the most. Void Sinker is inspired by the likes of CONAN, SLOMATICS and BONGRIPPER with a dangerously LOW & SLOW blend of Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal filtered through a dark avalanche of DRONE textures.
The music is constantly full of dread and bleak monolithic volume which could have easily come from the SUNN 0))) playbook of DRONE sounds. Void Sinker adds an eerie Post-Black metal tone to the stunning opening track of Sunless which superbly brings in a depressing opaque outlook to the whole musical climate. The long drawn out sounds and multi-layered doomgaze guitars work effortlessly against the Ambient rhythms and Progressive SONIC textures.
Sunless does have an orchestral quality coming from the aggressive sludgy guitars that brings a Psychedelic and Ambient nature to the forefront that Guglielmo Allegro (the creative mastermind behind Void Sinker) is always feels like he’s five steps ahead in front conjuring up more dark depressing DOOMEDELIC forces.
The EP does have small amounts of extended instrumental beats lurking in the background where I do wish they would become slightly more prominent where I get my wish fully granted within the standout second track of Moonless. A track that’s perhaps more Doom/Stoner Metal orientated whilst keeping within the creative boundaries of the epic first track which shows a stark and different contrast to each other.
Sunless has an air of brooding mystery throughout which has become quite a dominant theme of the last few Void Sinker releases that I’ve noticed. The production values are excellent and is perhaps Void Sinker’s strongest record to date.
Void Sinker are without doubt one of the heaviest and most interesting SOLO METAL acts working within the underground scene today. Perhaps not as prolific as similar acts within the underground scene, however he’s miles ahead of the competition on technical ability and creativity which Sunless proves beyond doubt.
Words by Steve Howe
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