Deep-pression - Vegtelen Tenger (2012)

After not really liking the band’s previous releases, we finally have found the key to enjoy Deep-pression’s very unique and disturbing music: while taking a hike in the dark. If you listen to this album while you walk alone in the woods, we guarantee that you will go paranoid in a few minutes and think something supernatural is following you around, and this is without the help of drugs or any other ‘mood enhancer’.

The traditional intro flying by, “Syreny” creeps up on you with some Psycho-esque ambient sounds that made us jump when not expecting them. The guest vocals in this release really hit the jackpot as they are creepy as fuck. We imagine that a ghost would sound exactly like this, and they greatly add to the overall ambience of the music. “Tam,Gdzie Martwe statki Jęczą...” is equally creepy and very effective thanks to the dark ambient elements and the dissonant bass guitar here and there.

“Nieskończone Morze” delivers more feelings of hopelessness and despair in a 7 minute package that makes this one of the best tracks in the album. There are some trippy Post-Rockish elements in this song that make it very enjoyable and a nice change of pace from the previous two tracks. Creating a very high level of tension “Głębiny” nicely creeps on the listener and resonates thanks to the aggressive nature of a few of the vocal sections.

The shoegaze-ish “Nadejście Zimowych Chmur” reminded us a bit of label mates Hypomanie and Dutch Black Metal Shoegazers An Autumn For Crippled Children, but with less hate and intensity but extra atmospheric elements. As the album closer, this track nicely puts the whole release in perspective. If you like creepy music that has very lush atmospheric elements and some downright disturbing vocals, look no further and get this very solid release.

Release: November 19th, 2012

Genre: Dark Ambient

Country: International