This is the fifth album from US progressive doom band Dreadnought.
Dreadnought play a brand of progressive doom, with black, folk, jazz, classical, and post-metal elements all embedded into it. It’s a heady mix, but the band have more than enough talent and skill to pull it off.
For a very, very rough starting point, imagine a mix of bands such as Pallbearer, Julie Christmas, Opeth, Isis, and Wolves in the Throne Room.
The music is creative and textured. The songs present a tapestry of rich soundscapes for the listener to lose themselves in. These songs are well-crafted and multifaceted, exploring a range of sounds and ideas as they unfold with progressive depth and captivating feeling. The songwriting is nuanced and beautifully rendered; all of the six tracks that make up this 41-minute record feel constructed from only the best quality materials, and the band do these justice with sterling performances all-round.
The music is colourful and intricate, using a variety of different tools to achieve its musical ends. The songs ebb and flow as they develop and spread their wings. From post-metal resplendence to progressive doom scope to ethereal dreamscapes to aggressive waters to a whole vista of different landscapes, Dreadnought take the listener on an absorbing and compelling journey.
Expressive clean vocals, frequently layered, offer heartfelt emotion. Harsh vocals deliver demonic shrieks, biting the air where the clean vocals just were.
Atmospheric and immersive, Dreadnought have created a highly successful contemporary progressive doom album.
For lovers of idiosyncratic and adventurous extreme metal, The Endless is essential.
Wonderbox Metal 
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