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release:
artist....: Vestigial
album.....: Descending Vastness
type......: album
source....: WEB/MP3
tracks....: 7
label.....: Cyclic Law
store date: 2025-07-04
catalogue#: 257th Cycle
encoder...: LAME3.99r
quality...: 320 kbps / 44100Hz / Joint stereo
URL.......: https://open.qobuz.com/album/fjzjgmc01uzba
genre.....: Ambient
genres....:
- industrial
- drone
- dark ambient
- experimental
- ambient
- Italy
similar...:
- Apocryphos
- raison d'être
- Alphaxone
- Svartsinn
- New Risen Throne
artist links :
bandcamp : https://vestigial.bandcamp.com/
last.fm : https://www.last.fm/music/Vestigial
label links :
bandcamp : https://cycliclaw.bandcamp.com/
discogs : https://www.discogs.com/label/18743
last.fm : https://www.last.fm/label/Cyclic+Law
myspace : https://myspace.com/cycliclaw
official site : http://www.cycliclaw.com/
metal-archives : https://www.metal-archives.com/labels/Cyclic_Law/7152
twitter : https://twitter.com/CyclicLaw
vk : https://vk.com/cycliclaw
facebook : https://www.facebook.com/cycliclaw
soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/cycliclaw
wikidata : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57776739
youtube : https://www.youtube.com/user/cycliclaw
release links:
bandcamp : https://vestigial.bandcamp.com/album/descending-vastness
tracklist.:
- [ 01. The Ascent 05:22.70 ]
- [ 02. Through The Million Points Of Time 07:06.81 ]
- [ 03. Elemental thesis 04:49.97 ]
- [ 04. Vastness 04:46.91 ]
- [ 05. Set Sun To Flames 09:49.07 ]
- [ 06. 863 02:51.82 ]
- [ 07. Do You Hear The Earth Cry 06:27.83 ]
comment...: |
CYCLIC LAW RECORDS ALBUM RELEASE PRESS:Vestigial Returns from the Abyss
with New Album "Descending Vastness".Italy’s Vestigial Breaks Years of
Silence with a Hauntingly Cathartic Journey Into the Inner Void.After
years of dormancy, the enigmatic Italian project re-emerges with the
long-awaited new album, a profound and immersive exploration of the
human condition through sound. This album marks a visceral return to
form, channeling the raw essence of inner torment and
transcendence.Though the project has remained largely silent, Vestigial
has never truly ceased to exist. In moments when the spirit was haunted
by helplessness, a spark of catharsis inevitably ignited. That spark has
now coalesced into Descending Vastness—an atavistic, liberating chant
echoing through the oppressive ruins of contemporary society. It is both
a confrontation and a requiem, composed at the intersection of horror
and serenity, destruction and renewal.The album is a descent, a journey
inward, into the deepest shadows of self and structure, where the
grotesque and the sublime coexist. Yet within this vast inner descent
lies a paradoxical glimpse of peace. That elusive serenity, always on
the horizon, hints at an inevitable ascent: a transcendence beyond the
constraints of human nature."Descending Vastness" is forged from
fragments of time. Some tracks were written years ago; others have been
reimagined, while many were reconstructed from remnants of vanished
sessions. Despite, or because of, this fractured process, each
composition stands as a vital part of the descent and a precursor to the
ascent that follows.Sonically, the album oscillates between moments of
seraphic contemplation and devastating force. It is an immersive
experience of contrasting extremes: ambient stillness disrupted by
cataclysmic power, subtle textures giving way to monolithic
intensity."Descending Vastness" is not merely an album, it is an
invocation, a mirror, a ritual.CD edition of 300 copies in 6 panel
Digisleeve. 7 Tracks. Running Time 41:11
biography.: |
There are at least two artists named Vestigial: (1) a dark ambient
project from Italy and (2) a melodic death metal / melodic metalcore
band from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Vestigial is a dark ambient project
from Italy. In the vein of Inade, Land:Fire, Lustmord and Loki
Foundation outfits, this mysterious act propels the listener into an
insane abyss filled with nightmarish soundscapes and experimental bliss.
Tweaked out drones dominate the sound as <a
href="https://www.last.fm/music/Vestigial">Read more on Last.fm</a>