{"id":646816,"date":"2026-06-19T07:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/646816\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T07:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:51:14","slug":"in-vespro-where-silence-used-to-sleep-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/646816\/","title":{"rendered":"In Vespro – Where Silence Used to Sleep Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In a week where I was forced to bail on my half of a double review of Warning\u2019s righteous comeback due to time constraints, a new band from Italy found their way into my ears and heart, offering succor and sweet redemption. In Vespro play doom-death in the vein of early Katatonia, Paradise Lost, and my much beloved Rapture. On their Where Silence Used to Sleep debut, they pull out all the stops to make a tried-and-true style sound as fresh in 2026 as it did back in 1993. Featuring members of Svart Vinter and Veil of Conspiracy, In Vespro demonstrate a firm grasp of the sadboi essentials, crafting anthems to despair, loss, and hopelessness with hooks that stick in your swollen tear ducts and keep you hanging around for all the weepy unhappiness. That\u2019s how you get Steel in the yard to have a good cry!<\/p>\n

As soon as opener \u201cFading Hollow\u201d takes flight, you\u2019re cast back to Katatonia\u2019s Brave Murder Day era for a sullen simmer in the crockpot of eternal sadness. It\u2019s instantly likeable and after a few spins, lovable. The morose riffs and glum harmonies conjure the melancholies, and frontman Luca Gagnoni\u2019s vocals are perfect; no clean singing, just a wounded death roar. Can you complain that it\u2019s too close to the Brave Murder Day sound? No, because that way madness lies. \u201cGhost Inside Tomorrow\u201d is like a long-lost Rapture song, and that gets my full attention. The heaving, sighing guitars also bear the pungent stench of prime Paradise Lost. \u201cAbsence Becomes Her\u201d keeps the dour times rolling with an upbeat pace, but the mood remains despondent, even when they spice things up with some unexpectedly noodly guitar work.<\/p>\n

By the album\u2019s mid-point, I was so impressed that I started to doubt the second half could keep pace. It does, with killer cuts like \u201cBeneath the Unseen,\u201d which feels deceptively simple on first exposure, led by some very Paradise Lost-adjacent guitar lines, but it does just enough with the classic melodoom formula to make things percolate with pain and remorse. \u201cAshes of the Dawn\u201d is another textbook example of how to write effective melodoom and make it stick to the ribs. It\u2019s unhurried and grim, but the melody in the weepy guitars carries you along effortlessly from segment to segment. \u201cThe Last Light\u201d could\u2019ve fallen off the back of the Draconian Times tour van, so you know that\u2019s a win. Happily, no song feels like filler, and the album functions well as a whole. At a tight, trim 40 minutes and with all songs in the 3-5 minute window, the album moves at a near-perfect pace, and no song overstays its welcome. In fact, several cuts are all the better for their brevity, leaving you wanting more. The production is great with a warm sound and a mix that allows the guitars the weight and space they need for maximum effect, while leaving plenty of room for everything else to breathe.<\/p>\n

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The guitar tandem of Luca Gagnoni and Emanuaels Marino is a talented one, spinning somber leads that submerge the soul in icy grave water. The harmonies are subtle but impactful and funerary, and the sudden flashes of semi-wanky solos are a nice surprise. Gagnoni is aces as a melodoom vocalist, moving effectively between early days Jonas Renkse and Nick Holmes death bellows and more acerbic blackened wails. There\u2019s no clean singing whatsoever, only occasional spoken word segments. This isn\u2019t an issue, but a few forlorn singing stanzas would make for a nice change-up. If there\u2019s a complaint to be made, it\u2019s how close In Vespro cleave to their obvious influences. It\u2019s impossible to spin this and not hear Katatonia and Rapture looming large in the writing, but when it\u2019s done well, does it really matter? The short answer is fook no.<\/p>\n

Where Silence Used to Sleep is a very impressive debut from In Vespro, and it\u2019s quite an effective mood piece album. Mark it as one of those unheralded and happy surprises the promo sump vomits forth when the stars align and the tentacles favor the bold. I may have missed my chance to weigh in on Warning, but I caught this dark beauty as a consolation prize. Life is good (and sad).<\/p>\n

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Rating: 3.5\/5.0
DR: 11 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Meuse Music<\/a>
Websites: invespro.bandcamp.com<\/a> | facebook.com\/invesprodoom<\/a> | instagram.com\/invespro_doommetal<\/a>
Releases Worldwide: June 19th, 2026<\/p>\n

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