ASHES TO ARES – New Messiahs (2025) *HQ*
American metallers ASHES OF ARES, featuring former Iced Earth members Matt Barlow & Freddie Vidales, returns with their fourth full-length album, “New Messiahs“, on July 18, 2025, in Europe and August 8, 2025, in North America. ”New Messiahs” blends neck-breaking metal riffs, atmospheric interludes, and the dark, emotive tones the band is known for.
Since their earliest work, ASHES OF ARES has proven how important a singer’s voice is for the overall sound of a band, even in a genre as riff-driven as heavy metal. Due to the timbre of Barlow’s voice and his overall highly dramatic delivery worthy of musical theater, ASHES OF ARES will always be reminiscent of Barlow’s work fronting Iced Earth, even though the riff work of Freddie Vidales – another Iced Earth alumnus – barely sounds like their shared former band.
ASHES OF ARES has a somewhat more modern sound, despite the riffs clearly being rooted in traditional heavy metal and early progressive metal.
01 – Novus Ordo
02 – New Messiahs
03 – Two Graves
04 – Where You Go
05 – Wake Of Vultures
06 – Atrophy
07 – Keep On Walkin’
08 – The Hawk And The Dove
09 – Lust To Feed
10 – From Hell He Rides
Matt Barlow – vocals
Freddie Vidales – guitars and bass
Kyle Taylor – drums
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