Release Date: January 23rd 2026. Record Label: Electric Valley Records. Formats: DD/Vinyl
Time To Harvest- Tracklisting
1. Plow the Void
2. Soothe
3. Dissolve to Reunite in Varanasi
4. It Will Crumble Before Us
Members
Mattia Carabelli: Bass
Gianmarco De Santis: Lead Guitar
Giacomo Tagni: Rhythm Guitar
Alessio Gavioli: Drums
Review
I wouldn’t blame you for being confused by the album cover for Sacri Suoni’s new album TIme To Harvest, as this gives the impression that this is a Seventies Prog Rock or Classic Rock album and it’s anything but that. Time To Harvest is a beautiful and stunningly heavy Cosmic Doom/Stoner Metal album that’s told thoroughly the power of Instrumental Rock. You can expect to hear fractured and fragmented Spaced Out passages with Sacri Suoni exploring the finer details of Psychedelic Doomed Out Stoner Metal. There is an extra heaviness of Sludge Rock/Metal developing within the Space Rock surroundings which comes to life on the excellent opening track Plow The Void.
Plow The Void continues the distorted and psychedelic vibe heard on their acclaimed debut album Sacred Is Not Divine though Sacri Suoni allows a thunderous progressive energy to develop that overlaps with the intense gloomy guitars from Gianmarco De Santis and Giacomo Tagni. The guitars have a similar sound to the likes of BELZEBONG and CLOUDS TASTE SATANIC but perhaps more Space Rock and Sludge Rock obsessive which becomes the main weapon of choice for the band to destroy the listener’s hearing with.
Second song Soothe is a richer, aggressive and progressive offering with Sacri Suoni adding small movements of Ambient and Drone appearing behind the scenes. The epic rhythm section of Mattia Carabelli on Bass and Alessio Gavioli on Drums keeps everything grounded especially when the music moves at a faster pace. There’s areas of swirling psychedelic sounds and sludgy dynamics that once again ventures into the far reaches of the Space Rock/Cosmic Rock vortex. The music can be quite stripped back with Sacri Suoni opting for STOP/START approach which allows the heavier COSMIC themes bring a gloomy sense of weariness into play. This allows Soothe to be one of the most cinematic and climatic tracks on the whole album.
Third track Dissolve To Reunite In Varanasi was originally released as the second single from the album and it gained major acclaim for how the song actually plays out. This is a track with a beginning, middle and end but told through a breathtaking creative narrative which propels Sacri Suoni into greater levels of storytelling. Sacri Suoni experiments with tone, sounds, melodies and progressive moods for a song that once again becomes way more CINEMATIC and adventurous. There's an epic intro of Seventies based Prog Rock that’s pitched against a thrilling modern day Psychedelic Doom Soundtrack score. This song has become my favourite track I’ve heard this year with Sacri Suoni exploring different areas of the Instrumental Doom/Stoner Metal scene and conjuring pulsating melodies that will leave you on the edge of your seat.
Fourth track It WIll Crumble Before Us offers a sombre and moody Post-Rock delivery with Sacri Suoni eerily setting the scene for this mammoth thirteen minute track. Taking cues from the likes of PELICAN, RUSSIAN CIRCLES and VINNUM SABBATHI for the opening moments before exploring their own distinctive style of Cosmic Doom yet again. The sound is multi-layered with the band adding deceptive layers of Psychedelic Metal and Ambient surroundings. Sludge Metal landscapes take centre stage with Sacri Suoni still taking their music into completely new creative directions. The execution is swift and always highly rewarding with Time To Harvest ending in a brilliant and surprising way.
Time To Harvest is an album I’ve been listening to constantly on a daily basis for the past month or so and it becomes a much better experience every time you listen to the album. The record is wonderfully produced and when you have the legendary talents of Brad Boadright to master the record with mixing and engineering duties at Niton Lab by Enrico Mangione & Luca Martegani, then you have the perfect ingredients for a record that sounds incredible from start to finish.
That’s why TIME TO HARVEST is going to be one of the standout and possibly most important Instrumental Doom/Stoner Metal records of the year.
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to Qabar PR for the promo.
Time To Harvest is available to buy now on DD/Vinyl via Electric Valley Records.
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