Release Date: June 06th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
Catharsis - Tracklisting
1.Khonsu
2.Realization of the Path 09:34
3.Remembrance 07:40
4.Catharsis
Members
Guglielmo Allegro - Everything
Review
Catharsis is the latest release from Drone/Doom/Stoner Metal collective Nightscape which is the new musical project from Guglielmo Allegro who is also the creative mastermind behind Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal outfit Void Sinker. Nightscape allows Guglielmo the perfect opportunity to construct long drawn out musical passages and put them within a DRONED out timeframe. This project has more in common to the likes of EARTH, SUNN 0))) and BONG. The music is deliberately slow but has a dark aura of Psychedelic and Sonic riff wizardly that overlaps to a distorted level of Doom/Stoner Metal which has a subtle and aggressive distorted tone.
Nightscape only released their debut full length album back in January 2025 where you can read my review here. Catharsis follows the same path where waves of Post-Rock and Post-Metal appear which allows Guglielmo to enhance his storytelling skills to the maximum compared to his excellent debut record.
The EP can be quite therapeutic in places but has enough creepy and seedy instrumental sounds that most definitely allows Catharsis to fully earn its “DOES IT DOOM” stripes. Tracks such as Khonsu and Realization Of The Path are more closely aligned to the old school of drone legends EARTH. There is a level of progression and heaviness that adds a cold hearted, deeply methodical and calculated attitude within Guglielmo’s intense moods and epic melodies that holds everything together.
The final two tracks Remembrance and Catharsis have a more riff-centric delivery which moves the EP to a stylish blend of modern day Doom/Stoner Metal with small twinges of Drone music still being heard and felt within the air. The sludgy atmosphere becomes quite heavier which reminds me of Void Sinker on the later stages of the EP.
Nightscape brings a foreboding sense of musical adventure within Catharsis where you can hear elements of Noise, Shoegaze and distorted levels of Fuzz appearing which were quite minimal compared to the band’s self titled album. Catharsis is quite provocative with the freakishly heavy production values that Guglielmo has applied for the EP. Everything is played at a dangerous and high intense volume which allows another kind of heaviness to dictate the action to it’s natural conclusion.
Catharsis is another stunning record for Guglielmo Allegro released under his Nightscape persona and I can’t wait to hear the next exciting installment to see where this twisted sound fully develops in the future.
Excellent and Highly Recommended.
Words by Steve Howe
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