New York’s Doom Metal/Sludge Artist UMBERSOUND Announces New Album “Tracks From The Slither”; Watch “It Still Breathes” Music Video!

The Metallist PR
5 days ago
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New York-based artist UMBERSOUND is ready to come back after delighting doom metal fans with the album “If The Flies Could Sing,” released last year. The new album is called “Tracks From The Slither” and its release is set for July 17th on Red Book Records.

The song “It Still Breathes” is available as a music video and you can watch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvQAVchXuR8

Showcasing 10 brand-new tracks for over 35 minutes of musical experience, “Tracks From The Slither” will be available as vinyl, CD, tape, and digital. Pre-order your copy at the links below:

Vinyl, CD: https://tinyurl.com/y46k5nmt

Digital: https://tinyurl.com/twe4yxdn

UMBERSOUND stated about the new song:

“It Still Breathes” is about the creeping anxieties and thoughts that live in the back of your mind. Nothing negative ever truly disappears; it stays beneath the surface, waiting. Open that door too far, and chaos follows. The video acts as a ritual transformation of those anxieties into something creative, beautiful, and frightening. The burning words and lamb’s heart become physical manifestations of fear, vulnerability, and emotional weight. Rather than escaping darkness, the piece confronts it directly, turning inner turmoil into creation. What is buried never truly dies. It still breathes.”

UMBERSOUND‘s upcoming album “Tracks From The Slither” expands further into psychological terrain, exploring avoidance, internal decay, and the consequences of neglecting one’s inner self. Much of the album was captured in single takes, prioritizing instinct over precision and allowing each moment to exist as it happened.

“Tracks From The Slither” continues UMBERSOUND’s yearly release cycle - each record evolving in process while remaining rooted in the project’s core doom atmosphere.

This time, the approach shifts toward a raw, analog-driven methodology. Nearly the entire album was recorded through tape, pushing saturation to the limit.. The result is loud, dirty, and heavily textured—an intentional departure from a cleaner digital production in favor of something more raw this time around. The record leans into a heavier sonic weight than previous releases, with more screaming vocals as opposed to clean. The tape machine itself becomes part of the album…the harmonic saturation that shapes the album’s character.

The sound evokes the feeling of discovering a lost late reel buried in a vault - something unstable, and almost cursed. That sense of an unearthed presence runs throughout the album. Performance-wise, “Tracks From The Slither” strips away the extra bells and whistles. Much of the material was captured in single takes, prioritizing instinct over precision. The goal was not perfection, but directness - committing fully to each moment as it happened.

UMBERSOUND‘s is proud to reveal the cover of “Tracks From The Slither” by James Hutton, while the tracklist can be read below: