Certain Uncertainties

Dream Unending’s Certain Uncertainties is the duo’s third full-length album, released October 30, 2026, through 20 Buck Spin. Across six tracks and approximately 41 minutes, guitarist Derrick Vella and vocalist-drummer Justin DeTore expand their atmospheric death-doom into spacious passages of progressive rock, jazz-inflected guitar, and psychedelic improvisation. Its defining quality is contrast: Vella’s luminous melodies and exploratory solos coexist with DeTore’s cavernous growls and weighty drumming, allowing beauty and menace to occupy the same musical space. Guests include trumpeter Leila Abdul-Rauf, percussionist Benny Grotto, and vocalist Brendan Radigan, broadening the arrangements without displacing the interplay between the two principal musicians.

“Blinding Allure” opens with nearly eight minutes of delicate guitar work and gathering heaviness, while the instrumental title track introduces a more reflective setting colored by trumpet. “Strained Sincerity” delivers a more direct death-doom attack before “Rubato” shifts toward subdued rhythms, atmospheric keyboards, and expressive guitar lines. “I Carry Your Burden” leads into the 11-minute closer “Causal,” whose extended development brings the album’s exploratory playing and heavier passages together. The opening and closing pieces build toward substantial climaxes, but the intervening space remains essential: rather than sustaining constant pressure, Certain Uncertainties lets its music wander, breathe, and gradually find its way back to force.