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RJ Bayley – Host of “The Metal Empire” show; Top 10 Albums of 2019

You’d be forgiven for thinking Bastion’s Wake are an army given the colossal sound of their music, but it is in fact just the duo of ėVė and Derelith October. Billing themselves as “cinematic metal” the pair certainly live up to that on their debut album. Sonically capturing a tempestuous sea rife with all manner of Lovecraftian creatures and piping it directly into your earholes, the album appropriately drowns you in mournful melodies, haunting vocals and stormy storytelling…

Let’s face it, we live in a day and age where musically……..originality is hard to come by. That’s not saying bands don’t try to break the mold, but we live in a time where almost everything has been done and every genre has been mixed and matched to form a new sub genre. Every..

This is a change of pace from my usual metal fare, but Delaware’s Bastion’s Wake are an enigmatic power/symphonic band that piqued my interest with the fantasy artwork of their first album, ‘Sea Creatures and Sky…