Release Date: December 05th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: CD/DD
Neverseer - Tracklisting
1.Between Worlds 06:05
2.Disintegrate 04:36
3.Ouroborean 03:25
4.Prism 04:05
5.To No Return 03:37
Lineup
DAN DREVER
ALI LAUDER
Review
Neverseer is a Progressive Sludge Metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland who focus solely on a modern blend of heavy music that draws elements of Doom, Thrash, Groove and Sludge into a ferocious mix of fast-paced beatdowns, harsh growls and outbursts of grounded melodies. Inspired by the likes of Mastodon, High On Fire, Gojira and Lamb Of God though with Neverseer creating their own vivid style of Progressive musical foundations to build their own music upon.
Their debut self-titled EP is a highly confident and surprisingly technical affair with the music being quite powerful set against Ali Lauder’s dominant vocals. Ali who has also been part of other acts such as Ageless Summoning and Of Spire And Throne knows how to whip the audience into a mighty frenzy with his aggressive vocal style that demands your full attention. The music is written by Dan Drever of Iron Altar fame now branching out into something quite different with Neverseer.
The music here is always grounded and honest with Neverseer keeping to their Groove Metal and Prog Sludge Metal roots. There’s a burgeoning intensity to Neverseer’s music which develops very early on within the outstanding opening track Between Worlds. The song feels twice as long with Neverseer developing a classic narrative that feels inspired by the legendary artists of the modern day Heavy Metal scene.
Second track Disintegrate has a more cautionary effect with Neverseer tapping into areas of Post-Doom authority with the music being dominated by GOJIRA aquatic landscapes and progressive sludge grooves with a passing resemblance to Mastodon but still of their own making. The song is quite violent and beautifully melodic when the epic cinematic Psychedelic surroundings appear on the later stages of the track.
The next batch of tracks of Ouroborean and Prism allows Neverseer to become more influenced by a more outlandish musical style with a classic HEAVY METAL appetite developing with Neverseer still keeping close to their Progressive Sludge Metal surroundings with flashes of pure tech metal appearing throughout both tracks. There is subtle Post-Metal energy that develops along the way which allows Neverseer to play the heaviest moments on this EP.
The final track To No Return allows Neverseer to end the EP the way it started with more grounded THUGGISH melodies that are played at such an intense and emotionally charged pace. The EP delivers a thrilling and action packed finish that Neverseer delivers with supreme authority that you're majorly impressed from start to finish in what the band have brilliantly created here.
Excellent and Highly Recommended.
Words by Steve Howe
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