DREAM UNENDING - Song of Salvation (Full Album) 20 Buck Spin

DREAM UNENDING Song of Salvation Released November 11th, 2022 CD / LP / TAPE / DIGITAL https://www.20buckspin.com/dreamunending https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/song-of-salvation 1. Song of Salvation (0:00) 2. Secret Grief (14:05) 3. Murmur Of Voices (19:11) 4. Unrequited (21:54) 5. Ecstatic Reign (27:37) The 2021 Dream Unending debut album ‘Tide Turns Eternal’ was a marked shift in musical ambition for Derrick Vella (Tomb Mold) and Justin DeTore (Innumerable Forms, Sumerlands). While structured with a foot firmly in Death / Doom, a far loftier purpose and progressivism was its hallmark, as such distancing itself from others pursuing the style. Now returning only a year later with the stunning ‘Song of Salvation’, that exploratory zeal is given substantially greater allowance to soar and shine. The 14 minute title track opener enters like a morning sunrise over a calm sea before ramping up into ethereal heaviness like the richly textured waves of a sudden ocean storm. The songs momentum never retreats into laborious repetition, always opening new doorways, ebbing and flowing like river water from its source. Like solitarily gazing at the downtown lights of the city at night from the window of a darkened room, ’Secret Grief’ features the guest talents of vocalist Phil Swanson and Leila Abdul-Rauf on trumpet, further widening the breadth of musical talent involved and the sweep of “Song of Salvation’s” distinctive narrative. The tranquil interlude of ‘Murmur Of Voices’ gives way to the evocative ‘Unrequited’ that begins with a lonely solo guitar before transitioning into a drifting daze of afternoon reverie and subconscious meditation. Finally comes the album’s epic bookend,16 minute closer ‘Ecstatic Reign’. It features perhaps the album’s heaviest straight Doom moments along with the return of ‘Tide Turns Eternal’ featured guest voices McKenna Rae and Richard Poe. Tomb Mold drummer / throat Max Klebanoff also appears for a shattering back and forth vocal tradeoff with DeTore. The album’s cinematic vision and painstaking colorful detail are fully encompassed bringing this enthralling journey to its enduring peak. Only a year on from ‘Tide Turns Eternal’ Dream Unending’s rapid evolution on the boundless panorama of ‘Song of Salvation’ is, crucially and intrinsically, a continued departure from limiting genre norms and an adept redefining of them. Members: Derrick Vella - Architect of Dreams Justin DeTore - The Bridge Between Two Worlds Piano and Synth contributions by David Vella Featuring: Phil Swanson as The Forlorn Leila Abdul-Rauf as The Siren Call Max Klebanoff as Final Judgement McKenna Rae as The Implorer Richard Poe as The Dreamer Drums captured at Solomon's Temple by Arthur Rizk and J.K Allison Guitars captured at Boxcar Studio by Sean Pearson Mixed and Mastered by Arthur Rizk Cover Painting by Benjamin A. Vierling Layout by Chimère Noire