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7/10
Summary
Label: Metalapolis Records
Release date: January 17th, 2025
User Review
( votes)This young band out of Germany has just released their 3rd studio effort, as a follow up to 2023’s full length Night of Retribution: Rigorious – Kingdom Unfold. The band hit the ground running and since 2021 have shared the stage with the likes of Grave Digger, Brainstorm, Rage, Orden Ogan and Serious Black.
Vocals
Without having the actual lyrics available, the first impression is very much pirate metal from stem to stern. The vocals all have a very merry vibe, as if sung in a heavy metal musical. Vocalist Lukas Remus has a very wide range, and he puts it to considerable use throughout the entire album.
Production
Like the previous album, Kingdom Unfold was again produced, mixed and mastered by GRAVE DIGGER singer Chris Boltendahl at the Graveyard Studio in Cologne. The production is very clean, with very tight arrangements, and lots of intricate orchestrations. The drums do sound very much like a programmed set of sounds than they do a human behind the kit. While it’s impossible to know without firsthand knowledge, the overall sound of them seems to perfect.
Final Notes
RIGORIOUS – Kingdom Unfold has a lot going for it, especially from a young, up and coming act. However, it does come off a bit to theatrical, in the sense of it feels like the soundtrack to a heavy metal musical. The vocals can be too sing-songy at times, and over dramatic. There is a lot of talent here, so the album is worth a listening for those who love the sounds of adventures on the high seas mixed with their heavy metal.
Lineup
- Lukas Remus – Vocals
- Lukas Famula – Guitar
- Christopher Blankenaufulland – Guitar
- Sebastian Kanczok – Bass
- Paul Reil – Drums
- Guest Musicians
Kingdom Unfold – Tracklist
- Fate Is Sealed
- King
- Hear Me Out
- Bathed In Blood
- Midnight
- Ignite The Flame
- The Wish
- The Snake
- Into The Sea
- To Life
- Dreams
- Akeldama
Check out the video for “The Snake” by Rigorious off of their new album: Kingdom Unfold
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