Hailing from Denmark, DWELL, was born in 2012 with the sole intention for founders Jens Bendtsen Pedersen and Allan Brejner Larsen to release their personal demons. They released "Ash Tombs" in 2013 with a few session musicians and Holme. Three more tracks were recorded in 2014 and in fall of that year DWELL released their first album "Vermin and Ashes". "Vermin and Ashes" is a combination of the "Ashes Tomb" debut demo and the three new tracks recorded in 2014. The band describes themselves as a "shapeless mixture Death, Doom, and Black Metal.

"Vermin and Ashes" comes in with six tracks and a listening time of 36 minutes. The Doomy Black Death Metal is apparent from the beginning of track one "A Collapse Sublime".  Heavy with Doom, but increasingly has Death and Black Metal influences. The vocals are really low and gritty, but for the most part understandable. Not only that, but they create a different element to the music presented. The guitar riffs are incredible. I love when a band can incorporate so many different elements into their music, and these guitars absolutely have those elements. The bass is low, melancholy and methodical; perfect for this sound. The drums are good and have an uniqueness about them.

Track two "Pathless and Dormant" is a soft symphony - white noise mix that is indicative to a very cryptic tale. This mostly instrumental track opens to a few growled lines of discontent and anger. The depth this track adds to the album, as a whole, is genius. It's a piece of creative synthesis with the great nothingness of white noise.

"Vermin in my Arteries", track three, comes back in strong climaxing to a guttural growl and an amazing riff that has a bit of a classic feel to it. Overall the sound is low with a balance out with the guitars, lifting the feeling just a bit. In this track there is also a bit of a Alternative sound to ago along with the ever changing genre shifts these guys make through out each track.

"Plunging into Ash Tombs" is another piece heavy in synths, but this track also incorporates every other element DWELL possesses. This track is instantly engaging. My opinion, this is the best track on the album. It has a little slowness mixed with the fast and harsh, mixed with the light and the dark. This track incorporates everything you've heard from the beginning into one track and kills it.

"Become the Void" is a completely different track than the rest on the album further showing DWELL's creativeness and their musicianship. Another instrumental that is more spacey and atmospheric than anything else heard on the album. Track five is a perfect interlude; four minutes in heaven.

The final track is "Perdition Mire" is that heavy, to the core bass track. The guitars lend a helping hand to enhance the bass and drums in this track, while not losing the guitars in the backup. "Perdition Mire" is a wonderfully executed track.

The only negative I have about this album is I think the production is off. The greatness in writing is there, the musicianship is there, but the production is not. However, this isn't the worst production out there and the album is definitely worth your time.