One of the finest Power Metal bands from Australia returns with its ninth album. Yes, you are reading this correctly: Ilium are back, six years after their previous full-length album, “Carcinogeist”, and four years after the Quantum Evolution Event EP.
Ilium need no special introduction, as the adventurous and progressively developed Power Metal they have been delivering has become their very own sonic trademark through the years. However, with their new album, they have managed to take their music to a whole new level. Adam Smith on guitar, bass and keyboards, Jason Hodges on guitar, and Tim Yatras on drums join forces with vocalist Giles Lavery (Warlord, Alcatrazz, Jack Starr, Dragonsclaw), and the result is an amazing full-length that perfectly captures the definitive Ilium sound.
Is this the “thinking man’s Power Metal”? Yes, it is. Not only because of the song structures, which explore new progressive dimensions, and not only because of Lavery’s vocals, which bring a fresh wave of inspiration to the entire album, but mainly because of the overall songwriting, which ultimately becomes the album’s greatest feature. And that practically means that “Scythe Ballet” is an album you simply won’t be able to stop listening to.
Complex, exotically melodic and still so damned catchy, “Scythe Ballet” marks the return of a band with a truly special musical character and is an album that should not be missed, especially by those who are searching for something more in their daily metal listening.
Adds Giles Lavery:
I was delighted when Jason and Adam reached out to me to join them on this album, for a few months in 2025 we made a really great album of which I am very happy with the end result, and I hope everyone else who hears it is too! — furthermore, I am excited to be releasing this via Arkeyn Steel/Steel Gallery Records in Greece!
The full track-listing for “Scythe Ballet” is:
Infant Clairvoyants
Blood Embers
Scythe Ballet
Confessions Of A Former God
Extinction Point
Byzantium
Jovian Storm
Lexicon
Morality Virus
The Prophet King
Line-Up:
Giles Lavery – Vocals
Adam Smith – Guitar, Bass,
Keyboards Jason Hodges – Guitar
Tim Yatras – Drums
The CD can be purchased directly from Steel Gallery Records: https://steelgallery.com/metal-store/product/ilium-scythe-ballet-cd-pre-order/
Connect with ILIUM here: https://www.facebook.com/iliumofficial
Connect with Giles Lavery here: https://www.facebook.com/GilesRLavery
Listen to “Byzantium” right here:
Listen to “Blood Embers” right here:
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