Everyone has a style that they truly enjoy but don’t visit very often because they don’t want to spoil themselves with it or get burnt out with its varying sounds. For me, that’s folk metal and I’ve always been very picky about it, but tonight I sat down to find a new album of the genre that I wasn’t even gonna think about. Just pick a record and see what happens. Luckily, the first album I found was the latest offering from America’s Adavant, and it’s quite a savory album to behold.
Something that always makes a folk metal album good to me is if the band in question is going above and beyond with the theatrics and really shows the listener that the band know only knows their way around a solid structure for music but also has a sense of musicianship as it’s not easy to bring the many factors that go into the style then proceeding to make it work. Adavant is not a band of fools as their latest album, “The Unyielding”, has practically everything I look for in a top-tier folk metal album outside the sheer mastery over the sound, but I can excuse such a thing. The concept album brings together so much of what makes folk metal great, to begin with from the fantastic instrumentation, a terrific backdrop that’s perfect for this story of revenge, an intrepid hunter, and a journey resulting in self-discovery, and an undeniable spirit to back it all up in the end. From start to finish, “The Unyielding” has a compelling story, an unbelievable allure that’s sure to hook most anyone who takes even a step into these twelve tracks, and an overall sense of awesomeness that truly permeates every moment of this record. Adavant has been going for over a decade now, and it’s a damn shame they’re not more well known as “The Unyielding” is a display of true brilliance in every capacity.
Hopefully, this magnificent record will propel this band to a bigger fan base that they undoubtedly deserve as they’ve put in the time, the passion, and have the undeniable talent that deserves more recognition and you can really feel all of that in the first two tracks of this album alone. In every single way, “The Unyielding” is a terrific piece that demands to be heard, and it’s so complex that it’s hardly a thing you can just casually listen to for the first time as it’s a real experience.
LISTEN to “The Unyielding” on Bandcamp here.
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