Label: Eclipse Records
Release date: September 18th 2026
If the gods of symphonic metal ever decided to descend upon Nashville, they clearly chose Valkyrie’s Fire as their vessel.
This album doesn’t “drop.” It erupts, like a cathedral exploding into starlight.
From the first note, "Out Of Darkness" feels like standing in the middle of a cosmic storm wearing nothing but confidence and a grin. It’s huge, hungry, and heroic, but with that wicked, sensual undercurrent that makes you lean in closer.
This band isn’t playing symphonic metal. They’re seducing it.
"Out Of Darkness" is a 13‑track odyssey carved from grief, cosmic wonder, and historical despair. It’s the kind of album that makes you want to stand on a cliff at midnight and scream your soul into the void.
Together, they’re not a band they’re a mythic order, forged for grandeur!
Led by Dave Hale the architect, the pulse, the heartbeat, Adam Sanders theory‑trained, precision‑driven, the kind of vocalist who could command armies or whisper omens, Ryan Metroka percussionist with classical discipline and the energy of a war drum echoing across mountains, Joey Grimaldi guitarist, pianist, producer, engineer, mixer… basically the mad scientist stitching lightning into every track,Bettie Floyd the spellcaster. A soprano‑mezzo dual‑range enchantress whose harmonies with Sanders feel like two celestial bodies colliding in slow motion and Salem Belladonna keys and cello, adding that gothic, elegant, almost erotic orchestral depth.
Tracks that hit like Metal Meteors!
"Burning Sky" The crown jewel and not just because Mikael Sehlin jumps in with guest vocals that sound like a prophet screaming through a storm. This track is an apocalyptic call to arms, channeling plagues, tribulations, and the feeling of standing in a world on fire and saying, “Not today.”It’s cinematic. It’s furious. It’s Valkyrie’s Fire kicking the door off its hinges!
So "Burning Sky" is the inferno, "Cascade" is the moment you look up from the ashes and see the cosmos breathing. It’s dusk turning to night, constellations blooming, and the band painting the sky with symphonic layers so lush you could swim in them.
This is the track that proves they’re not just heavy they’re celestial.
"Evermore" is a dagger wrapped in silk. They take Poe’s The Raven a poem soaked in despair and flip it into something redemptive, comforting, almost luminous. It’s grief without the grave. It’s memory without the chains. It’s the reminder that the ones we lose don’t vanish they echo. This is the emotional core of the album, and it hits harder than any blast beat.
They’ve taken European grandiosity, fused it with American grit, and built something that feels mythic, modern, and utterly unstoppable.
This album doesn’t ask you to listen. It demands it.
Grief turned into power, Darkness turned into beauty, Symphonic metal turned into a living, breathing creature.
And Valkyrie’s Fire? They’re not rising. They’re already here and the genre better make room.
Review: Seb Di Gatto Score:9/10
Reviewed:19/08/2026
Track Listing:
1.In Spirit, In Shadow
2.Evermore
3.Valkyire's Fire
4.Cascade
5.Burning Sky
6.Shattered
7.I See the Angels Fly
8.Skylark
9.Labyrinth
10.Bone and Thorn
11.Dark Moon
12.Nocturne
13.I Will Rise Again
Band Lineup
Bettie Floyd: Vocals (soprano)
Adam Sanders: Vocals
Joey Grimaldi: Guitars
Ryan Metroka: Drums
Dave Hale: Bass
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