Italian doom/death metal band In Vespro to release debut album »Where Silence Used To Sleep« on June 19th via Meuse Music Records; first single/video out now!
Rome, Italy based doom/death metal band In Vespro (feat. members of Svart Vinter, Veil Of Conspiracy & Handful Of Hate) will release their debut album »Where Silence Used To Sleep« on June 19th, 2026 via Meuse Music Records.
Watch a brand new music video for the title track »Where Silence Used To Sleep« below!
Tracklist:
01. Fading Hollow
02. Ghost Inside Tomorrow
03. Where Silence Used To Sleep
04. Absence Becomes Her
05. A Quiet End
06. Beneath The Unseen
07. The Last Light
08. Ashes Of The Dawn
09. Everfall
Courtesy of Meuse Music Records:
In Vespro is a doom metal band formed in 2025 in Rome (Italy).
The band includes members from Svart Vinter, Veil Of Conspiracy and Handful Of Hate.
The sound is deeply rooted in the early ’90s doom/death tradition, recalling the atmospheres of early Katatonia and Anathema, while developing a distinctly introspective and contemporary approach.
Through melancholic melodies and expressive growls, In Vespro create rarefied soundscapes where pain never erupts but instead settles, layers and slowly dissolves.
»Where Silence Used To Sleep« unfolds as a single immersion into a suspended dimension where time, identity and memory gradually dissolve. Rather than telling a story, it builds a compact emotional state shaped by absence, emptiness and loss of reference points. Silence becomes an active force, not merely surrounding but absorbing everything, while time collapses into a static, circular condition.
Photo credit: Marco Gagnoni
The lyrical language is minimal and evocative, revolving around recurring imagery – ashes, fading light, oceans, dust – creating a rarefied, almost oneiric landscape.
Sonically, the record draws from the stripped-down, hypnotic side of doom/death in the vein of Katatonia’s »Brave Murder Day«: slow tempos, cyclical riffs, and extended structures with no cathartic release. Dynamics remain controlled, gradually fading rather than building.
Vocals, entirely in growls and screams, are embedded within the sound as a continuous, inhuman flow, with no melodic relief, intensifying the sense of alienation.
As a whole, the album stands as an immersive atmospheric experience, rejecting resolution and guiding the listener toward a gradual dissolution where the boundary between presence and absence disappears.
All songs written by Luca Gagnoni.
Lyrics by Emanuela Marino.
Mixed and mastered by Luca Gagnoni at Mørknatt Studio.
In Vespro logo by Christophe Szpajdel.
Band photography by Marco Gagnoni.
Graphic layout by Emanuela Marino.
In Vespro is:
Luca Gagnoni – Vocals, Lead And Rhythm Guitars
Emanuela Marino – Rhythm Guitars
Daniele Mielert – Bass
Diego Tasciotti – Drums
FFO: early Katatonia, Anathema,…
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well