Given the right musicians, even the most basic of musical styles can blossom into a fruitful expedition for listeners to enjoy. That’s what we have here from the five-piece GODS OF TOMORROW on their self-titled debut record. These gentlemen travel the melodic hard rock / melodic metal landscape,
featuring fiery lead play next to some smooth, mid-range to high pitched vocal activity backed by foundational bass/drum mechanics to keep each of these twelve tracks bristling with energy.
On initial passes, the main chord progressions possess an immediate catchy nature that’s hard to resist – encompassing a mixture of ’80 U.S. hard rock to European metal influences. If that doesn’t grab your interest – the powerful resonance in the pipes of singer Felipe Del Valle surely will electrify those hair-raising, spine-tingling motions – also incorporating background vocal harmonies that are sugar sweet in a Def Leppard meets Kissin’ Dynamite manner.
The midtempo swagger of “Hold On to the Vision” garners highlight status, the smooth keyboard action bolstering those larger than life hooks that fence sit between ’80s AOR and early 90s Glenmore / Letter X Teutonic metal. Europe / H.E.A.T. followers will dig the follow-up “Devil’s Daughter”, where lead guitarist Thomy Gunn throws down some impressive arpeggio sweep abilities.
Digging a bit deeper into some Rainbow / Dio-esque atmosphere next to some soaring melodies allows “Point of No Return” to be another fist-waving anthem, the keyboard swirls and thunderous bottom end bass supportive of those larger vocal harmonies once again.
Smartly not front loading the record with all uptempo cuts should keep interest at peak performance levels – “Face the Truth” one of those heavier, driving numbers that works best with the top down on a weekend jaunt at top speeds. Far Eastern elements take shape in “Girl From Tokyo” as the guitars fade in to another midtempo AOR / melodic hard rock track that features a lot of open space for the vocals and diverse clean / electric movements – Felipe gracefully tackling some lower register verses to move seamlessly into his natural addictive higher inflections.
The record ends on the longest song “Sailing Through the Seven Seas”, a six-minute ballad in that early Dio tradition, although vocally more aligned to Rough Cutt or H.E.A.T. as there’s some belted-out screams to treasure.
Gods of Tomorrow have a lot to be proud of in this record. They have a great mix of melodic hard rock and classic metal influences – tying them together in such a way that will probably satisfy the thirty-something and above hordes more than any other group of followers. We’ll have to see where they go from here – as the future looks bright from the onset.
Highly Recommended
1. Gods Of Tomorrow
2. Fire and Ice
3. Hold on to the Vision
4. Devil’s Daughter
5. Dying for Your Love
6. Point of No Return
7. 1000 Miles
8. Face the Truth
9. Dirt of Society
10. Rise of an Empire
11. Girl from Tokyo
12. Sail through the Seven Seas
Gods Of Tomorrow – Gods Of Tomorrow 2025+FLAC
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