Deliver the Galaxy recalls its heroes.
Formed in 2010, the band led by Matthias Mente (guitar/vocals, ex-Varg) and Christian Rockstedt (guitar), completed by Danny Stoye (bass) and Ludwig Sieber (drums) returns this year with Bury Your Gods, their third album, on Massacre Records.
The album kicks off with an eerie piano and cybernetic vocals on Ancient Alien, a dark, modern introduction that quickly leads into the heavy Bury Your Gods, a self-titled composition in which the musicians take a jerky approach. A few more airy harmonics complete the picture, while the catchy vocal parts carry us through to Insetopia, where the groovy approach adds to the heady leads and roars, then the sound becomes strangely very accessible on the final acceleration thanks to the keyboards. Let’s switch to German for Unsterblich, where the non-German speaker in me notes an extra touch of aggression confirmed by sudden eruptions at the end of the track, then the band returns to driving tones with Get Down, borrowing its energetic, almost festive elements from metalcore, which will be extremely effective in motivating the crowd. The atmosphere darkens again with Dead Planet and its intriguing percussion, but the rhythm section takes over again to offer livelier patterns, then the musicians offer us a short moment’s respite before returning to raw fury on Live.Die.Repeat, mixing explosive riffs with a unifying chorus and some heady melodies. We continue with the mysterious but lengthy introduction to Shadows, where clean vocals succeed murmurs, creating a relatively soothing universe while building up to the final climax that leads to Path Of Existence, where the sound becomes groovy and crushing at times, but also occasionally transforms into majestic refrains. The spark is also rekindled for Deathlight, where Power Metal roots lend an epic edge to the composition, while a duality between clean and saturated vocals keeps the rage alive, and then Serpent’s Lament returns to its frantic approach, with palm-mutes to accentuate the heaviness. The album draws to a close with In Retrospect, which takes us into space with a touch of melancholy, particularly in its final moments, before PE3 puts the last touches to it with a soaring modern instrumental, in keeping with the previous track.
Deliver the Galaxy‘s modern approach gives Bury Your Gods a catchy feel, whether with the cybernetic tones or the energetic riffs. The album is relatively well-paced, which pays tribute to the raging keys.
75/100