Release Date May 18th, 2026
Format Digital
Genre Heavy Metal
Origin USA
The Whispering is a Los Angeles metal unit built around vocalist and guitarist Lucian Fhor, with French bassist Loic Colin and drummers Dirk Verbeuren and Tobias Kellgren completing the lineup for this release. Fhor serves as the main writer after years of performance and production work across North America, Europe, Australia and China. Colin has spent decades in the technical metal field through Scarve, One Way Mirror and Watcha, alongside work as an audio engineer and bass columnist. Verbeuren, currently associated with Megadeth, reunites here with Colin after a long shared history in several projects. Kellgren brings credits with Dissection, Wolf and Soulreaper, plus touring work linked to Sacramentum and In Flames. Additional voices come from The Sisters Spellbound. Issued through the group’s own LAG Records imprint, "The Whispering Part I" contains four songs selected from a ten song full length due in autumn 2026. It is the first public chapter from a new name whose lineup already has decades of studio and stage experience behind it.
Written by Lucian Fhor, the EP was tracked at Studio Besco in Paris during 2025, produced by Dan McConomy, engineered and mixed by Mohammad “Momo” Sadeghin, then mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound. The four songs run for just under fifteen minutes, using compact structures, recurring riff hooks, sudden rhythmic shifts and choruses shaped for immediate response. Verbeuren performs on "The Whispering" and "Life After God", while Kellgren handles "Evil Eye" and "Pretty Witches". Their approaches remain distinct. Verbeuren uses controlled kick patterns and precise accents, Kellgren brings looser movement and more cymbal colour. Colin’s bass has an audible role beneath the guitars, adding motion where the riffs settle into repeated chord figures.
Fhor’s guitar work relies on heavy chord movement, clipped accents and short melodic leads, with little excess around the main ideas. His voice moves between stern melody, low rasp and chant based phrasing, while The Sisters Spellbound adds an occult shade around selected passages. The arrangements leave space between vocal phrases and guitar replies, allowing the hooks to register quickly. No section is stretched merely to increase the runtime.
The production has definition, the songs waste no time, and the darker melodic details add substance beyond the surface aggression. "The Whispering Part I" introduces a capable unit through disciplined writing, skilled personnel and four songs that invite repeated plays. It also raises expectations for the coming full length, since this opening selection presents enough character and songwriting quality to make the complete release genuinely interesting.
|8.5
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