Battle-ready rhythms dominate the field

As far as power metal is concerned, it’s easy to recognize a good album almost immediately. Visigoth delivers the larger than life guitar section, soaring vocals and galloping drums in great quantity on their newest release, Conqueror’s Oath. The heroic narrative and epic storytelling associated with the genre are as present as ever, as the album is accompanied by battle-ready rhythms that dominate the field. Every member of the band exhibits great energy and guile in their performance, and every layer of the production is robust and recognizable while synchronizing incredibly well.

As a followup to 2015s Revenant King, the album immediately establishes its worth from the first notes of the initial track “Steel and Silver.” The song begins with an incredibly energetic medieval sounding guitar riff supported by booming percussion leading up to Jake Rogers’ powerful yet graceful vocals. The hook is sure to get stuck in many listeners heads, as its infectious nature is incredibly hard to ignore. Throughout the rest of the eight-track, 42-minute album, the sort of fun and energetic mood only strengthens through blistering riffs such as with “Outlive Them All,” and more somber melodies such as the introduction to “Traitor’s Gate” that gradually works itself up into a fervor as it progresses on.

Conqueror’s Oath is undoubtedly a genuine example of a great power metal composition, with all of the elements that make this fact apparent visible in even the most subtle passages. The album is full of catchy choruses and memorable guitar and drum work throughout, almost to the degree of a live arena performance. For such a relatively young band to have such a mature and refined sound is incredibly rare and bodes well for them in the future as they progress in their art form even more.