Portland acoustic doom act Dolven premiere new single and music video »Sun Bleached Stones«; »In My Grave…Silence« LP nears June 13th release!

Portland, Oregon based acoustic doom act Dolven (feat. members of Agalloch, Eneferens, Canvas Solaris, Travellers Rest & more) premiere new single and music video »Sun Bleached Stones« taken from their third studio album, »In My Grave…Silence«, set to release on June 13th, 2025 via Winding Stair Records and Fiadh Productions.

Tracklist:
01. Sun Bleached Stones
02. Beside Me
03. You’ve Chosen
04. Standing Among The Ruins
05. Just Like All The Rest
06. Anymore
07. Seeking Solace

Courtesy of Earsplit PR:

“Prepare for a more depressing day.” – Metal Injection

Metal Injection is hosting the worldwide video premiere for »Sun Bleached Stones«, the new single from Portland, Oregon-based Dolven and their third album, »In My Grave…Silence«, nearing release in June.

Led by Dolven’s main songwriter Nick Wusz (Travellers Rest), »In My Grave…Silence« brings together an extraordinary and experienced lineup. Jason Walton (Agalloch, MoonBladder, Sculptured) lends his brooding, expressive bass, Hunter Ginn (Agalloch, Canvas Solaris, Radical Research) provides intricate yet restrained drumming that underscores the album’s dynamic tension, and Jori Apedaile (Eneferens, Hyalithe) delivers haunting, emotional vocal passages that drift like lost souls through the album’s desolate soundscapes.

Engineered by Jason Walton at Earth In Sound, »In My Grave…Silence« was mixed and mastered at Unisound by the legendary Dan Swanö (Edge Of Sanity, Katatonia, Opeth, Bloodbath), ensuring that every note lingers like a ghost in the cold air. Swanö’s presence and touch bring the album to elevated levels of sonic bliss. The album is completed with medieval cover artwork and logo by Alexandr, and additional illustrations by Thaumaturge Artworks.

Nick Wusz reveals, “This song is about the sorrow I feel every year visiting my father’s grave. As the years go by, the tombs and stones surrounding my father’s plot are being absorbed by moss, bleached by the sun, and yet it is exactly the same as it is every time I visit. I am struck by how, in the very near future, I will be in the ground too. The cycle repeats itself. Musically, this is an emotional, powerful song, evoking grandeur and the oppressive nature of passing time. Jori’s vocal style deeply and softly brings out the emotions I feel in these visitations of the dead. Another year gone by. Another emotional Dolven record.”

Tune in to Metal Injection to watch Dolven’s »Sun Bleached Stones« video RIGHT HERE.

»In My Grave…Silence« will be released on June 13th, on vinyl via Winding Stair Records, on CD and Cassette via Fiadh Productions, and digitally by Dolven. Find preorders for all formats HERE and watch the »You’ve Chosen« visualizer HERE.

Dolven emerges once more from the shadows with their third album, »In My Grave…Silence«, a deeply atmospheric and emotionally resonant exploration of acoustic doom. Stripping doom metal down to its rawest essence, Dolven crafts a sound that is both intimate and immense – where the weight of sorrow and the depth of mourning is carried not by distortion, but by melody, space, and the ghostly echoes of silence itself. Exploring themes of loss, love, and suffering, Dolven reduces its sound down to their emotional core.

The result is a powerful album that speaks in whispers yet resounds with a crushing emotional weight. Songs like »Sun Bleached Stones« and »Just Like All the Rest« unfold like funeral hymns, rich with melancholy and reflection. The interplay of acoustic guitars, spacious percussion, and sorrowful harmonies creates a sense of time slowing, of the earth reclaiming all things, of silence itself becoming a voice. Punctuated with three haunting instrumentals, the album sits well with contemplation and reflection. For those who find solace in doom metal and emotional music, »In My Grave…Silence« is an offering of beauty and loss, a quiet meditation on finality. This is doom in its purest form – not just the genre, but a feeling, an experience, a passage into the depths of your soul.

Fans of Warning, 40 Watt Sun, My Dying Bride, Anathema, Solitude Aeturnus, Dan Swanö, Aerial Ruin, Nest, Antimatter, and similar acts – imagined in a fully acoustic setting – do not miss out on Dolven’s »In My Grave…Silence«.

Dolven is:
Nick Wusz – Guitars
Jason Walton – Bass
Jori Apedaile – Vocals
Hunter Ginn – Percussion

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well