Omnium Gatherum - May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way (2025)

Aging like a fine wine, today we have Finland’s Melodic Death Metal juggernauts Omnium Gatherum and their latest offering: “May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way”. Featuring nine tracks and over 40 minutes of polished and very engaging music, the band sticks to what they do best, which is release extremely catchy and crafty Melodic music, filled with soaring vocal arrangements and masterful guitar work.

Always setting a very dynamic and engaging mood with their opening tracks, the band leverages the album title track to create momentum as it transitions into engaging pieces like “My Pain” and “Last Hero”, tracks that bring back the band’s signature riffing style and atmospheric complement. As soon as Jukka Pelkonen's harsh vocals come alongside the catchy instrumentation, the headbanging must commence.

The band has perfected their approach to the genre, and continues to deliver epic songs like “The Darkest City”, “Walking Ghost Phase”, and “Ignite the Flame”, where atmospheric momentum-building passages are masterfully culminated with soaring vocal arrangements or intricate guitar solos from founder Markus Vanhala. The playfulness of the dual guitar approach leads to very engaging songs that take the listener into different directions and tempos, creating very catchy songs like “Streets of Rage”.

As the release closes with the blistering “Barricades”, and the dreamy atmospherics of “Road Closed Ahead”, we are left blown away as to how Omnium Gatherum always manages to sound fresh and engaging, while keeping their signature styles and elements. The band has been heavily touring in the past few years and already has some dates scheduled in North America for the release of this album, we can’t wait to hear these excellent songs live during this run. This album is a solid candidate for album of the year in our book.

Label: Century Media Records

Release: November 7th, 2025

Genre: Melodic Death Metal

Country: Finland