(written by Todd Manning)

“If there is a universal mind, must it be sane?”- Charles Fort

The Midwest’s best-kept secret is Indianapolis’s doom/sludge juggernaut, Veilcaste. Every time they hit the studio, their sound grows, the space between the stars grows darker, the universe gets a bit heavier. Their latest single, “Embedded”, marks the current apex of their enormity.

These guys sound like a sentient black hole, with guitars that exert an unfathomable gravitational pressure, and the vocals sound like a god, both divine and unhinged. This is just a small preview of their forthcoming album Hellward, due out on August 7th courtesy of Third House Communications.

Now if only a universal mind, sane or insane, could take control of this world… Continue reading »