Artist: WHILE HEAVEN WEPT
Album: VAST OCEANS LACHRYMOSE (CD)

Year: 2009
Media type: CD

Vast Oceans Lachrymose (Cruz del Sur, 2009) doesn’t waste time. Throw on the first track, “The Furthest Shore,” and you know what you’re in for. Palm-muted riffs that hold the sweet spot between traditional metal and thrash transition into an epic solo that cuts away to beautiful emptiness before chucking you back into the malestrom. The song hurls itself from section to section, but the changes never feel self-serving. The focus is on emotional power, not chops, even though the band has chops to spare.

TRACKLIST:

1. The Furthest Shore (15:50)
2. To Wander the Void (6:27)
3. Living Sepulchre (4:00)
4. Vessel (7:47)
5. Vast Oceans Lachrymose (5:01)
6. Epilogue (3:12)