Italian doom/prog/sludge titans Void of Sleep are streaming their highly anticipated fourth full-length, The Abyss Into Which We All Have to Stare, in its entirety now via the 666MrDoom YouTube channel. The album sees official release this Friday, October 17th, through Aural Music.
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Formed in Ravenna, Italy, in 2010, Void of Sleep, featuring Gale (guitar), Burdo (vocals/guitar), Allo (drums), Andrea Burgio (bass), and Mohammed Ashraf (keyboards), have long been known for crafting a cosmic blend of progressive sludge and heavy psych. Their music fuses towering doom riffs with intricate time signatures, melodic introspection, and lyrical explorations of human frailty and existential dread.
Following their acclaimed debut Tales Between Reality and Madness (2013) and the ambitious New World Order (2015), Void of Sleep continued to evolve, broadening their sonic landscape with Metaphora (2018). Now, The Abyss Into Which We All Have to Stare marks the band’s most expansive and introspective work yet, a bleak, cinematic odyssey that mirrors a collapsing world.
“Our new album is the soundtrack to the decline of a narcissistic, self-centered society that has lost all respect for itself and for the world around it,” the band explains. “For the first time, synthesizers were part of the writing process from the very beginning. This allowed us to take a broader, more progressive approach, creating a sound that’s both personal and contemporary — a major step forward in our evolution.”
Recorded with the full five-member lineup, The Abyss Into Which We All Have to Stare envelops the listener in a dense, atmospheric soundscape where modern sludge meets post-metal melancholy.
The Abyss Into Which We All Have to Stare – Track Listing
- Dark Gift
- Omens From Nothingness
- Misfortune Teller
- Lullaby of Woe
- From An Unborn Mother
- Phantoms of Nihil
- Of A Demon In My View
Void of Sleep’s latest work continues their tradition of fearless experimentation, channeling their heavy roots through a lens of introspection, decay, and transcendence.
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