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izzyizbourne.de – Stormbringer on Go Tell The Bees

The whole album has a very epic feeling—not just in sound, but in the way the songs carry themselves.

Some of the verses unfold with a proper narrative arc, and the choruses don’t just repeat—they open up, like actual melodic interludes. It’s got that Dio feel, not in the tone, but in the structure. Like someone sat down to tell you something, not just throw riffs at you…

Apricot Magazine - 2025

There are albums that entertain and albums that transform, and Bastion’s Wake’s Go Tell the Bees falls squarely into the latter. Released on November 4, 2025, the Wilmington-based band’s ten-track odyssey is an immersive blend of melodic death, doom, and symphonic power metal, combining the ferocity of their roots with a cinematic elegance that feels both ancient and modern. It is an album born from loss, resilience, and mythology, channeling grief into something transcendent…

…Much of the album’s power comes from its emotional honesty. Tracks like Tiny Box and This Is Home reveal a tenderness beneath the heavy riffs, exploring vulnerability in a way that feels both personal and universal. The production, handled by Øysten G. Brun of Borknagar in Norway, gives every instrument room to breathe, allowing the band’s symphonic textures and melodic intricacies to shine without losing the grit that defines them. The mix is rich and expansive, creating a sound that feels like standing inside a cathedral made of distortion and light…

RJ Bayley – Host of “The Metal Empire” show; Top 10 Albums of 2019

You’d be forgiven for thinking Bastion’s Wake are an army given the colossal sound of their music, but it is in fact just the duo of ėVė and Derelith October. Billing themselves as “cinematic metal” the pair certainly live up to that on their debut album. Sonically capturing a tempestuous sea rife with all manner of Lovecraftian creatures and piping it directly into your earholes, the album appropriately drowns you in mournful melodies, haunting vocals and stormy storytelling…

Let’s face it, we live in a day and age where musically……..originality is hard to come by. That’s not saying bands don’t try to break the mold, but we live in a time where almost everything has been done and every genre has been mixed and matched to form a new sub genre. Every..

This is a change of pace from my usual metal fare, but Delaware’s Bastion’s Wake are an enigmatic power/symphonic band that piqued my interest with the fantasy artwork of their first album, ‘Sea Creatures and Sky…