‘Astral Levitation’ then comes calling, marching out of your speakers with some serious swagger. This is true of the music too, with far more major chords strewn through this album than previous efforts combined. And although the same can be said for this new LP, I’m sure, it also appears that Garrett has consciously tried to look at things from a more ‘glass half full’ perspective. Previous albums have covered, through Spirit Adrift’s particular aesthetic lens, some pretty difficult emotional times for their main man. Interestingly – and rather needed in this difficult times – Garrett’s other major pivot in songwriting is quite how positive this new record is. Mixing heavy chugs with treble-heavy guitar noodling, this immediately gets the head nodding.
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It’s full of both epic grandeur and impetuous frivolity. Enlightened In Eternity by Spirit AdriftĮnlightened in Eternity kicks off with ‘Ride into the Light’, a track that sounds like Iron Maiden guested on an AC/DC song. The guitar and bass playing are stronger than ever before, the drums are tighter than previous recordings, and Garrett’s vocals have come on leaps and bounds even when compared to last year’s impressive LP. With Marcus Bryant plays drums, the duo have also both clearly made a concerted effort to grow their technical prowess with their instruments. Aside from the aforementioned final song, all the other tracks present are notably more concise. Although the old school doom worship is still present, particularly on closing track ‘Reunited in the Void’, the rest of the album only nods to it occasionally, being far more preoccupied with classic heavy metal. Although dealing with a similar sonic palette, the overall feel is one of greater focus and precision. Spirit Adrift’s fourth record is quite a different beast to their prior efforts. Indeed, it was overflowing! And suddenly Garrett found himself unintentionally writing a new Spirit Adrift album – Enlightened in Eternity. Despite being exhausted from the creative process of prior album Divided by Darkness, he proved to himself that the creative pool had certainly not run dry. Instead, every time he picked up a guitar, he would excite himself by writing riff upon riff upon riff.
Add to the fact that until earlier this year the guy was also in the mercurial death doom band Gatecreeper and it’s difficult to figure out when or if the man ever sleeps! But in 2020 Garrett had the opportunity and time to take stock and decided all of this was too much, and having amicably stepped away from Gatecreeper, thought he would take some time out. That is exactly what Spirit Adrift have done this past half decade and Enlightened in Eternity is the latest material to be fired out of the creative melting pot that is Nate Garrett’s brain.
Four albums and two EPs in just five years is a damn impressive feat.
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