FINALLY! This legendary American progressive epic doom metal band will, after being five years in the making, release their new opus, titled "Vast Oceans Lachrymose", on Italian heavy metal label Cruz Del Sur (famous for Crescent Shield and Slough Feg, amongst others).
I've already heard two songs on their myspace (
http://www.myspace.com/whileheavenwept), and this has completely blown me away. This is by far one of the most amazing progressive metal I have heard since I first heard Arch-era Fates Warning. These guys combine the best of early Candlemass, old Fates Warning, Trouble, and there's even a snippet of Journey here and there. Their first two albums were already pretty damn good, but this sounds mindblowing. To me this sounds like Veni Domine always wanted to be (and I like Veni Domine a lot).
If the entire album sounds like this, "vast Oceans Lachrymose" might just be my record of the year.