Reigning Phoenix Track
Free up: 5 July 2024
Style: Energy Steel
Hyperlinks: https://ordenogan.de/
Line Up:
Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann | vocals
Niels Löffler | guitars
Patrick Sperling | guitars
Steven Wussow | bass
Dirk Meyer-Berhorn | drums
Tracklist:
1.Kings of the Underworld
2.The Order Of Concern
3.Moon Hearth
4.Conquest
5.Blind Guy
6.Prince of Sorrow
7.Dread Lord
8.My Worst Enemy
9.Anthem to the Darkside
10.The Adventure Thus A long way
11.The Lengthy Darkness
The 7th album from the German band, spearheaded via the gifted Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann, is as grand in scope as it’s anthemic. Phrases akin to majestic, anthemic, robust, charming, and uplifting have steadily been used to explain Orden Ogan’s song through the years, and I’m happy to confirm that those descriptors follow abundantly to this unencumber as neatly.
The album quilt seamlessly integrates into the band’s discography, with refined nods to earlier releases that keen-eyed fanatics will respect. By the point we development previous the name observe and Moon Hearth, a way of pleasure prevails, realizing this album meets all expectancies for an Orden Ogan unencumber. Seeb’s vocals are extra tough than ever, the guitar paintings is outstandingly actual, and the multi-layered vocal harmonies are impeccable. After the rather extra pop-oriented Ultimate Days, it’s refreshing to look the band go back to their core strengths.
This album is intense and heavy, with the guitars turning in a crunchier sound, focusing extra on a riff-driven way relatively than orchestral components. This stylistic shift is intriguing, and whilst the album keeps the quintessential Orden Ogan identification, it represents an developed sound, and the band advantages very much from it.
For the ones involved {that a} ‘heavier’ and ‘much less orchestral’ course may outcome within the absence of anthems akin to Gunman or the observe that offered me to the band, The Issues We Imagine In, relaxation confident—they’re incorporated and extra.
What units this album aside is a singular flip of occasions the place a bout of author’s block led the band to collaborate with a devoted fan from Uruguay, who contributed to shaping the course for The Order of Concern. The result’s a choice of 10 tracks that proceed the cinematic narrative of protagonist Alistar Vale.
The entire band’s albums are interconnected, from their debut thru 2015’s Ravenhead to the present unencumber, the place Vale faces demanding situations, tricky alternatives, and extra, orchestrated via the clergymen from the Order. The band’s web site provides a storybook that gives context for the ten songs at the album. I eagerly look ahead to delving into it over again.
Rating: 10/10
Reviewed via: Adrian Hextall
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