WHOM GODS DESTROY - Insanium

WHOM GODS DESTROY

Album: Insanium

Genre: Progressive Metal

Release Date: March 15th, 2024

Country: USA

Label: Inside Out Music

Band Links: BANDCAMP / FACEBOOK / INSTAGRAM

When WHOM GODS DESTROY started to tease on their upcoming debut, the reaction in the Prog community was quite enthusiastic due to the well-known names involved, calling out a new supergroup. Speaking for myself, the first songs left me rather underwhelmed, feeling a bit too formulaic in my ears, yet I was curious to hear “Insanium” in its entirety, and it turned out to be way stronger than the initial impression might have suggested.

Interestingly, the singles work better in the overall context than as stand-alone tracks. What I really like is the high energy in their compositions and performances (besides the ballads, that lack the needed feeling for me, especially considering the personal lyrics), and the playing skills of all musicians here are for sure excellent, which makes the album a worthy highlight this week. It’s a bit like Sons of Apollo 2.0, building on the strength of their 2017s debut, but without this huge surprise factor they had back then, so things sound already rather familiar, still delivering all technical ingredients for dedicated Progmetal listeners.

Written by Katha (originally for The Progspace)