I’m not familiar with Hungary’s Symphonic/Epic/Gothic Melodic death metal troupe Meteora, but I’m always up for some symphonic stuff, and I do have a soft spot for the classic ‘beauty and the beast’ dual female vocal styled stuff (Nightwish, Epica, Leaves Eyes, Tristania, Love History, Thalarion, Draconian, etc).

With 4 albums under their belt, you’d expect a level of confidence and expertise in the style, and you definitely get that on these 4 songs, which continue the story and themes from the two prior 2025 EPs, In This Silence and Broken Mind (the band will be releasing all three EPs together as one album, Darkest Light ).

With oodles of big, brash symphonics, multiple vocal styles (clean male and female croons and death metal growls)  delving into various narratives and moods, the 22 minutes of classically driven orchestration and riffs are brimming with theatrical, epic moments that kept me pretty entertained.

Whether it’s the opening waltzy, really cool riff of standout opener “Darkest Light” or the surprisingly heavy last two tracks “Dissonance – My Reality, Pt. IV” and Waganerian “Witch Hunt – Tragedy of Delusion, Pt. III”, Meteroa clearly are masters of their chosen style and certainly a new addition (for me) to the top level bands mentioned in the opening paragraph, but adding a little more heaviness to the style. Good stuff.

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