Release Date: November 07th 2025. Record Label: Hypaethral Records / Translyvanian Recordings. Formats: Cassette/CD/DD/VInyl
The Sinking Isle - Tracklisting
1.Hollow Dominion - 20:49
2.Marathon - 11:06
3.Forsaken Tarn 11:21
Member
Dan Aguilar: Guitar, Vocals
Patrick Hills: Drums, Bass, Synth, Backing Vocals
Review
The Sinking Isle is the second full length album from Funeral Doom Metallers Oromet who build a bleak cinematic world where they blend elements of Prog Metal, Doom, Sludge, Ambient Metal and Psych Metal against a backdrop of extended Post-Metal structures. The atmosphere still stays within the boundaries of Funeral Doom with the dreaded vocals from lead vocalist Dan Aguilar creating a depressing style of music very early on within the album.
Oromet fuse sounds from bands such as YOB, NEUROSIS, PELICAN, BELL WITCH and MOURNFUL CONGREGATION across three epic tracks which leaves you questioning how bleak does the record actually become whilst still retaining an uplifting vibe throughout the whole album. Oromet adds a world-weary storytelling aspect to their music with the lyrics portraying a sense of despair with subtle Post-Metal guitars that match the epic synths from Patrick Hills that’s one of my favourite aspects of the whole album.
The opening track Hollow Dominion is quite a subversive song with Oromet providing different areas of Funeral Doom and Post-Metal soundscapes which is quite SPACED OUT and emotionally rewarding when the more extreme passages appear. The song is quite slow for the most part but Oromet do speed things up to a regular mid-paced delivery which allows the band to add multiple levels of Psychedelic and Sonic based wonder which gives their music quite a forward thinking style. Add a mammoth twenty minute plus runtime that allows Oromet the perfect opportunity to redefine the Funeral Doom landscape in their own unique creative image.
The following two tracks Marathon and Forsaken Tarn continue that epic Progressive and Psychedelic journey with even more intense bouts of pitch-black Doom Metal surroundings with a Post-Black Metal attitude forming within Marathon that becomes the main way for Oromet to experiment with their music to even greater effect. Despite the harsh elements and gloomy synths, Dan and Patrick never lose sight of their overall mission and that’s to provide a thrilling bleak narrative to their music but still experimenting with their music by providing some of the most original Funeral Doom songs you’ll hear this year.
The album could have easily become quite theatrical but to Oromet’s credit they keep everything real and grounded even when they inject sudden bursts of COSMIC ENERGY into their music. The Progressive flow of The Sinking Isle never waivers with Oromet playing beautiful and brutally constructed works of music that can be considered timeless and masterful at the same time.
The Sinking Isle is an absolute masterpiece that pulls no punches but still leaves you a shivering wreck and supremely hopeful at the same time. Yeah, this is perhaps the FUNERAL DOOM METAL album of the year right here. What more can I say? Add this one to your collection now.
Words by Steve Howe
CD, Digital and Vinyl via Hypaethral Records