Aug 29, 2024 2 min read

[promo] Endangered Reign - "The Forester Awakens" (Heavy Metal from US)

This West Michigan metal band expertly combines melody and hooks into an ultra-heavy, yet personal sound. While their technical proficiency is undeniable, their primary focus remains on crafting great songs with thought-provoking lyrics, catchy vocal melodies, and creative instrumental ideas

Artist: Endangered Reign
Release Title: The Forester Awakens
Label: Raising Iron Productions
Release Date: April 16, 2024
Format: Digital, CD
Genre: Heavy Metal
Country: US

Endangered Reign released their latest album, The Forester Awakens, in April 2024. This West Michigan metal band expertly combines melody and hooks into an ultra-heavy, yet personal sound. While their technical proficiency is undeniable, their primary focus remains on crafting great songs with thought-provoking lyrics, catchy vocal melodies, and creative instrumental ideas. Their sound is unique, yet fans of bands like Nevermore, Iced Earth, Judas Priest, Megadeth, and Iron Maiden will find much to appreciate.

The Forester Awakens is a perfect blend of modern and old-school metal, transporting listeners into another realm with its heavy, melodic, and dynamic tracks. Despite its initial release earlier this year, the album deserves more recognition, and the band is eager to ensure it gets the attention it merits. Step deep into the forests with Endangered Reign and experience this outstanding production.

Endangered Reign is a roiling cauldron of grinding grooves, sophisticated chord changes, molten guitars and tough, epic vocals. The end result is an intriguing blend of progressive metal and the Friday night headbanging magic of golden-era Metal Church. There are details like twin leads, light-and-shade and double bass drums (and just wall-of-sound drumming in general) but none of that distracts from the laser-focused obscure ‘80s metal knowledge inherent in these guys across their surprise-filled compositions. In other words, this is both thoughtful and cause for drunken revelry. - Martin Popoff