Dreamless Veil – Every Limb of the Flood CD (Jewel Case, 2024, Relapse records)

Dreamless Veil make a devastating debut with Every Limb of the Flood, a blackened extreme metal concept album featuring members of Inter Arma, Artificial Brain, and Psycroptic. From the first note, this release establishes the band as one of the year’s most haunting and intense new acts in the modern extreme metal scene.

Every Limb of the Flood explores the terror of corporeal disintegration and existential disappearance through eight harrowing tracks, including “A Generation of Eyes,” “Saturnism,” and “Cyanide Mine.” Vocalist Mike Paparo delivers one of his most unchained performances yet, alternating between pained shrieks and disembodied bellows, while lyrics craft a narrative of misery, grotesquery, and transcendence without ever directly revealing it. From the ambiguous horror of opener “Dim Golden Rave” to the harrowing closure of “Dreamless,” the album draws listeners into a caustic and immersive sonic universe.

Musically, the album fuses blackened metal intensity, extreme death metal ferocity, and progressive technicality. Drummer David Haley (Psycroptic) delivers mind-bending rhythms, navigating wild tempo shifts, breakneck blast beats, and sudden dynamic pauses. Guitarist Dan Gargiulo (Artificial Brain) layers disorienting, intricate riffs that amplify the album’s sense of unease and tension.

Recorded by Brett Bamberger (Revocation), mixed by Dan Gargiulo, and mastered by Colin Marston (Gorguts, Krallice), Every Limb of the Flood combines precision, atmosphere, and sheer brutality, cementing Dreamless Veil as a band to watch for fans of blackened death metal, technical extreme metal, and concept-driven albums.

A must-have for collectors and extreme metal enthusiasts alike.

Recommended if you like: Inter Arma, Psycroptic, Revocation, Pyrrhon

Artist: Dreamless Veil
Title: Every Limb of the Flood
Label: Relapse Records
Cat #: RR75122
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Release Year: 2024
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
Condition: New & Factory Sealed