Dream Unending & Worm – Starpath LP hot pink / royal blue

With both bands dropping major works back to back in the previous two years, they became intrinsically linked in the imaginations of the fanbases. And while musically they almost couldn’t be farther apart, the foundational points when exhumed of the Earth, have plenty in common.

The latest tracks from Dream Unending, “So Many Chances” and “If Not Now When” further dissolve the goth / post-punk elements that existed within earlier output, continuing to build upon the spacious free-form drift of extended guitar passages, pensively heavy riffs and Justin DeTore’s thunderous roar. Phil Swanson, who appeared as guest clean vocalist on Song Of Salvation, returns again here. These two extended pieces represent the most realized incarnation yet of where Derrick Vella and Justin DeTore are steering the ship.

Worm, as they are now known for, continue to be an ever shape-shifting entity of pure virtuosic blackness. “Ravensblood” embraces vampyric black metal with icy keys and eerie cemetery melodies. The chillingly atmospheric “Midwinter Tears” invokes a snow covered gothic mood and side ender “Sea Of Sorrow” encapsulates the necromantic shred of lead guitarist Wroth Septentrion over Phantom Slaughter’s idiosyncratic black doom and immortally haunted crypt invocations.

Two bands, two unique approaches, a chasmic spectrum of light from radiant impassioned creation to the terminal abyssic darkness of oblivion. Dream Unending and Worm each present over twenty minutes of new music created specifically with the joint release of Starpath in mind.

Label: 20 Buck Spin – SPIN189

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Released: Oct 20, 2023

Genre: Rock

Style: Doom Metal, Progressive Metal, Black Metal, Symphonic Metal

Tracklist

1 Dream Unending– So Many Chances 12:04

2 Dream Unending– If Not Now When 10:54

3 Worm (23)– Ravenblood 6:56

4 Worm (23)– Midwinter Tears 7:56

5 Worm (23)– Sea Of Sorrow 6:56

• Incredible split release between two of the most massive new names in underground metal

• 20+ minutes of new music created specifically with this release in mind

• Exclusive Revolver color variant

• Vinyl edition includes huge poster (24x36 inches)

• Cover artwork by Mark Riddick who did his first painting in decades for this

• For fans of Evoken, Tiamat, Opeth, Trouble / (early) Katatonia, Christian Death, King Diamond, Death, Emperor