Galderia – The Universality (2012)

Featuring 13-tracks of traditional and uplifting Power Metal, today we have France’s Galderia and their third full-length release “The Universality”. In their first release through Metalodic Records, the band delivers a much needed dosage of traditional sounding Power Metal that is not marred by an over the top production or an extreme obsession for being super-fast or overly bombastic.

Immediately after the intro track, “Children of the Earth” showcases the maturity of Galderia and their ability to craft such an epic track with warm sounding guitars and killer vocal melodies. The overall melodic nature of this track is superb and the guitar work really helps elevate such a monumental song to Power Metal excellence. The same epic feeling is transmitted to tracks like “Universality”, “Raise the World” and “Sundancers” making this release a blast to listen to, especially if you enjoy old school Power Metal that was more about soaring vocals and blasting guitar riffs

As we previously mentioned, the reason we love this release is the fact that it sounds like the late 80’s heavy metal album and early 90’s Power Metal releases. The band does a great job in having a very solid musical core that revolves around tight drumming, excellent guitar work, and impressive vocal arrangements. While there is some keyboard use, it is very minimal and this allows the music to sound more organic and less saturated with all kinds of stuff going on. The production is also very natural and allows the music to shine, without the help of too much polishing on certain instruments or sections of songs.

In a release filled with excellent songs, we have to say that “Ocean Light”, “Call to the World”, and “Children of the Earth” are the best and most epic tracks in this album. If you are looking for an old-school Power Metal release that kicks ass and features epic vocal arrangements, look no further and get “The Universality”. We are glad that somebody has stepped aside from the over-produced Power Metal sound of these days and has made something that is very natural sounding and epic as fuck.

Release: November 29th, 2012

Genre: Power Metal

Country: France