Invicti are band coming from Seville, Spain and they are new to the scene being formed in 2022. This is their debut full length opus. This one contains eight songs plus one bonus song, meaning nine in all. The music of Invicti can be described as a melodic heavy metal leaning also on some hard rock influences in songwriting and structures, also some groove metal and progressive played parts. Musically, that is pure heavy metal, with good vocals at times reminding me of mixture between Bruce Dickinson and Eric Adams. ‘Riders of Death’ reminded me a lot of Dickinson’s solo material in many parts, having that melody and groove. Lyrically, songs with titles like ‘Rock, Drink and Fuck’ or ‘Balls of Steel’, also ‘Heavy Metal is Painful’ will give you the picture what this band is about in lyrics side of things. Musically they are tight, superb guitar solos, especially in above mentioned ‘Rock…’, and the whole atmosphere and vibe of the album reminded me a lot of early Manowar albums and that era of first three albums, but maybe a bit less epic, but also having some longer songs and more fantasy leaned like ‘The Arena’ or ‘Song of Conquest’. This is great debut for a heavy metal band.

7,5/10