Backed up by a run of European gigs starting later this month, Brunhilde’s latest release, “Rising From The Ashes,” reminds us of all the things that made metal such a powerful, not to mention popular, sonic force in the first place. As many of their competition try to get heavier, cleverer, more ornate, darker, and more blatant in their willingness to merely suckerpunch the audience, Brunhilde has remembered the most important thing – melody.
It’s not that there is any shortage of those attributes running through this single; it’s more that they are expert at weaving them all together with hook, dynamic, infectiousness, and accessibility. It’s not enough to be merely powerful; poise and indeed poignancy have to play a part. Grit counts for little if it doesn’t have groove.
As a song, it is big but clever too. Drums pummel out a beat, riffs roar, and vocals soar and swoon and demand that you sing-along; it is brutal, bombastic, and booming, but boy does it make you want to move your body, flip your wig, cut a rug, or whatever the cool kids are calling it these days! This is anything but an exercise in more-is-more; it is a reminder that even songs built at that point where punk energy meets nu-metal smarts meets hard rock swagger, you need to offer something more than mere punch and abrasion.
Sure, “Rising From The Ashes” has everything that makes the heavier end of the spectrum so effective, but it offers so much more, too, and that is why it wins out over pretty much all of the competition.
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