Release Date: September 05th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
Echoes From The Deep - Tracklisting
1.Cetus
2.Serpens
3.Hollow
4.Lacerta
5.Andromeda
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Guglielmo Allegro - Everything
Review
Echoes From The Deep is the fifth full length album from Instrumental/Sludge/Drone/Doom entity Void Sinker which takes the listener into another lengthy epic trip into a sense of gloomy despair. Guglielmo Allegro the creative mastermind behind Void Sinker once again demonstrates another exercise in minimal atmospherics with pounding Ambient movements.
The album lasts seventy minutes across five epic tracks with the shortest being on for under ten minutes in length. This record is for the serious Drone Metal connoisseur as nothing changes suddenly with Void Sinker keeping in the same creative line as bands such as BONG and SUNN 0))). There are echoes of gloomy vocals that add levels of mysterious movement behind the more abstract and abrasive parts of the record on each passing note.
Void Sinker does add moments of downbeat Cosmic surroundings where the tone has a creepier and highly volatile style of Ambient and Psychedelic sounds being played at a very slow pace. The overlapping instruments create a sombre tone with the distorted sludgy guitars allowing this to be one of the most distinctive and possibly “LESS IS MORE” based records that Guglielmo Allegro has released to date.
Opening tracks Cetus and Serpens convey a sense of personal freedom where there’s minimal upbeat movements with Void Sinker more than happily staying within the darkness of Drone Metal and the seedy Post-Black Metal flourishes that constantly take absolute control. It’s beautifully played but one that’s violently opaque and morbid at the same time. Though, the level of dedication that Guglielmo puts into his musical craft has to be commended.
Third track Hollow is aptly named as the song is very one note with a singular course of action for the most part with music switching from Ambient, Drone and Post-Rock but over a very long time frame. There are shades of psychedelic imagery trying to creep through but Void Sinker sticks firmly to his minimal and bleak sounding mission statement.
Void Sinker springs into life and snaps out of his Drone Metal solitude with the best tracks on the record with Lacerta and Andromeda embracing a heavier, simpler and riff-centric style of music whilst keeping within the overall Drone context the first half of the album settled for. There’s a lot more aggression and recognizable melodies here with Void Sinker showing a little more “LIGHT vs DARK” momentum which made me appreciate the album a whole lot more.
Echoes From The Deep is quite a hard album to fully admire and appreciate with this perhaps being Guglielmo Allegro’s most difficult record to date. And that’s a good thing as it shows Guglielmo’s not afraid to mess around with his music even if it means a mixed critical reception or defying his fan base expectations. He’s fully in control as VOID SINKER and this is perhaps the most dangerous side of his creative persona that I’ve heard to date.
This is an excellent record to experience if you’re in the mood for a challenging listen which even I struggled with at times but I’m glad I’ve listened to the album and I’m still looking for the next bleak, surreal and challenging musical odyssey that Guglielmo will release under the banner of VOID SINKER.
Excellent and Highly Recommended though only for dedicated followers of the DRONE METAL scene.
Words by Steve Howe
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