Release Date: January 16th 2026. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
Depth - Tracklisting
1.Depth
2.Dragged
3.Drowned
4.Dredged
Members
Guglielmo Allegro - Everything
Review
One man Drone/Doom wrecking crew Void Sinker returns with their sixth full length album Depth which continues with creative mastermind Guglielmo Allegro’s deep fascination with the ocean and aquatic world that’s dominated his musical landscape of the last couple of years. The sound once again is haunting with brooding Drone textures developing with the darker depths of the ambient surroundings that Void Sinker purposely takes a slow time to deliver. However, this is the style of music that Void Sinker has used for the majority of their releases. Guglielmo does change musical direction with a lo-fi brooding style of Doom Metal that has elements of SUNN 0))), CONAN and ELECTRIC WIZARD.
Depth lasts for around eighty minutes in length spread across four tracks which gives Guglielmo plenty of opportunity to challenge your patience for long drawn out DRONE METAL passages. With a neverending style of down-tuned and amplified DRONE heaviness, there’s an undercurrent of bleak progressive elements forming very early on within the epic opening title track. The later stages of the track become heavier, aggressive and even stripped back with Void Sinker allowing the listener to explore the dark undercurrent of Sludge/Stoner Metal melodies forming quietly into the distance.
Void Sinker does play with a cold and highly calculated precision where the music could even be classed as methodical which becomes more part of the action on tracks such as Dragged, Drowned and Dredged. Guglielmo perfectly captures the bleak experience of reaching the bottom of the ocean and not knowing if you’re going to make it out alive. That sense of fear transfers over to real musical mention with Void Sinker developing heavier, progressive and emotionally charged sounds that delves further into the DRONE METAL abyss.
There are moments with Void Sinker playing with a more riff-centric sound with eerie shadows of Ambient Metal, Post-Rock, Stoner Metal and Blackened Sludge starting to fully emerge. The standout tracks on Depth are most definitely Depth and Dredged. As this is where Guglielmo creates the most interesting ideas and themes on the album though the other tracks perhaps the heaviest and distorted grooves on Depth. As with previous Void Sinker releases, this can be a tough and challenging listen but this album is perhaps more about endurance with the record running for around eighty minutes in length.
Void Sinker once again has delivered a brutally tough and emotionally destructive record that brings some of the most thrilling Droned Out Metal sounds around from within the underground scene.
Words by Steve Howe
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