Vetelgyus

Vetelgyus is a fulfilling work on which Galneryus mobilizes virtuosic guitar and keyboards, soaring high vocals and precise rhythm. After the previous work’s epic ambition, it makes its outstanding playing more powerful and condensed. The songs, while having sure speed, have very strong vocal-melody drama, powerfully turning the height of the technique straight into deep emotional lift. A record where Masatoshi Ono’s overwhelming high range shines. From the development from the opening instrumental to the speeding “Redstar Rising” and the drama of “Endless Story” to a cut like “There’s No Escape,” every song is engaging, while cuts like “Ultimatum” and “The Judgement Day” convey the work’s fullness. Syu’s neoclassical, virtuosic guitar is powerfully in sharp form throughout. A record on which the outstanding construction, never losing memorable hooks even within complex, elaborate development, stands out. It shows the splendor and sure precision of Japanese power metal at an extremely high level. An engaging masterpiece that again powerfully showed Galneryus’s mature ability — a record where the band’s steady ability shines.