With Wars of Spirit // Wards Of Light, Dreadnought reach beyond. Bending and re-coding the worlds of heavy music, they pull the listener along a journey of chaos, purity, and power. With this watershed release on Vesperian, the band find themselves at the precipice of the moment, hurdling into tomorrow with an epic that can only be described as “World Building Metal Ethera”.
Serving for many years as one of the best kept secrets in music, Dreadnought have always carved a space of their own. Across numerous releases traversing from progressive stylings through folk infused extreme metal and entrancing atmosphere, the Colorado grown outfit find themselves stepping into their most clearly defined and reinvented form with Wars of Spirit // Wards Of Light.
With a newly focused lineup in tow, and the masterful production of Julius Mauranen (Oranssi Pazuzu) aboard to elevate the sound to new heights, the band dive headlong into fleshing out a work of visceral escape. This album captures all of the grandeur, the embattled struggle, and the heart of what can only otherwise be found in timeless epics of video gaming, or other imagined elseworlds.
Approaching this era with a renewed energy, Dreadnought infuse synthesizers and electronic elements seamlessly into a songwriting style more direct and engaging than ever - which captures the listener and plunges them deep into the wars of spirit that await us all. Beautiful, adventurous, and with some real teeth - Wars Of Spirit // Wards Of Light provides a soundtrack to the battle between technological dystopia and the hand-made and heart-driven elements of the human soul.
Explore their world. Defend the light. Let Dreadnought, and this fierce new LP lead the charge into tomorrow.