A Massive Album Release From Everfelt

A massive new album from Everfelt breeds a unique and heavy soundscape that lends a hand to Classic metal, psychedelic undertone, doom-rock, and plenty more, all rolled up into one big record that has stories to tell, and comes through with a vivacious and robust approach and energy from start to finish.

The album is called Stirring To Wake, and it starts off with a spoken word introduction that kind of gets you ready for the album itself. You are about to embark on a bit of a journey, and the introduction is giving you some of the story.

After the intro, you dive into the first track called "Epic One", and it starts with a spacious and expansive, cinematically drawing undertone as guitars play progressions clean, while electric guitars sort of come in and out with swells, peppered throughout the song as vocals come in and start giving you this theatrical and powerful sound.

Soon enough, the track explodes into a metal sound, and everything becomes empowered. The song does have an aggressive tonality once this starts happening, but it is still very melodically driving.

One of the things that catches your ear right off the bat is the energy levels between the players. It feels almost as if a lot of these songs were recorded live on the floor, and everyone involved was just feeding off of each other the entire time.

Of course, I wasn't there, so I don't know, but listening to this record makes you want to go see them perform it live, in your face.

If they're able to capture this kind of energy and aesthetic on record this well, then seeing live must be face-melting.

You just get the air of a live performance throughout this entire album, and this helps build on a theatrical undertone and theme of it all.

"Epic One" is an outstanding track to open the door to the rest of the album because you are hearing some of the great staples that you will hear throughout the rest of the release; however, this is a record you listen to all the way through, in one shot.

There are more than a few surprises around the corners, inventive guitar work, and they take things in different directions when they feel like it, showcasing alternative rock, thrash, and all kinds of other influences.

Tracks like "Tombstone" deliver widespread, almost '90s alternative rock and grunge tonalities. The vocals are still very powerful and melodic, but as they belt out, you can hear that they are sort of drenched in this reverb-like effect, giving a distant feel.

All of this helps the vast underbelly that the album portrays.

There's a certain part of the song where things change up, and you do actually get a slight old-western film vibe going on. I found this to be very interesting, and this happens a lot throughout the record. There are always these changes that are happening, and it kind of keeps you on your toes.

Not only does it build on that theatrical feel, but it's something that showcases how the band thinks outside the box and is not afraid to experiment when arranging and writing songs.

One of my favorite tracks on the entire thing is actually the closing track called "Stranger", which has some of the best guitar work in my opinion. This track is thriving with this incredible energy and progression. You can hear the almost psychedelic-rock influence coming through on this one a lot.

These guys can put together songs that have so much depth and create a lot of layers and textures that really just pull you in.

Listening to one or two songs from this release will not give you the full spectrum of what the album has to offer and its entirety.

Going through this album in one shot will give you a great experience, and I think that's the one it's meant to give.

This is a record meant to be heard in full.

Yes, there are plenty of singles that stand on their own two feet, including the ones I've already mentioned, but listening to the whole thing is like an escape.

It's almost like reading a book, and each song is like a chapter in that book.

When it's all over you have to reacclimate yourself back to reality again.

This is something I love, simply because you don't get it often. I can't even remember the last time I heard a record that spanned so many great heavy rock and metal genres, told a lot of stories in depth with powerful, bountiful vocal approaches, and served as this heavy level of escape.

It's a lot to soak in; the record is over 42 minutes in length, but that's the perfect length for a good record that has a lot to say.

This is for anyone who loves Stoner, doom, alternative, or metal. All of these genres and attributes are woven into this album, and they all flow through the soundscapes you hear.

Most importantly, the songs deliver plenty of character.

Definitely take a deep dive into this one as soon as you can and remember where you heard it first.

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