SONIC PROPHECY – Savage Gods

Remember the first time you listened to an Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Mercyful Fate, or Fates Warning album? Sonic Prophecy do; their new album Savage Gods sounds like they were remembering the sounds created by the classic Heavy Metal five piece bands—their tone, and the feelings they elicited—every moment during its recording. Vocalist Shane Provstgaard has a Classic Metal voice, able to deliver low and ominous but also eager to soar to the high air-raid ranges. Guitarists Darrin Goodman and Sebastian Martin deliver some great harmonics and soloing; rhythm section Matt LeFevre on drums and Ron Zeanek on bass provide a solid foundation beneath. Savage Gods seeks to recapture the epic quality of early Heavy Metal releases, and overall it succeeds beautifully.

The opening title track takes listeners into a “Powerslave”-esque world of arcane mythology; follow up and lead single “Night Terror” utilizes a slow-build intro to carry the song into one of the heaviest riffs of the album, as well as one of Provstgaard’s strongest performances. Sonic Prophecy channels their inner Manowar on call-to-battle anthem “Man The Guns”. They speed things up on “Iron Clad Heart”, another battle anthem that kicks things into rapid fire Thrash territory. On Savage Gods, Sonic Prophecy manages one of the most difficult tasks in creating a Heavy Metal album, the thing that differentiates the aforementioned bands from lesser known contemporaries. They’ve crafted an album where songs are both immediately recognizable and accessible as Sonic Prophecy songs, but the song structures, writing, and playing also manage to keep them fresh and distinct, giving the album a feeling of cohesion, depth and variety.

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