Mix a beautifully angelic vocal with some heavy riffs, and you’ve got a fan in me for life. World Shaper just proved this with their latest single “Motions.”
For those who haven’t discovered them yet, I’d like to introduce you to World Shaper. They’re brand new (as in, formed within this year), and if their latest single “Motions” is any indication, you’ll want to hear more of what they have to come.
In an overarching manner, you could call them a metal project, but they’re so much more than that. They admit that they’re still pinning their sound down and don’t quite want to be defined by a specific metal subgenere just yet…or maybe ever, for that matter. That’s why we’re getting a variety of the best musicality metal has had to offer within their sound right now.
It’s obvious that the band is choosing the best parts of what they love about the genre and choosing to expand on it. You’ll hear this when you listen to “Motions.”
That’s the sound of diverse metal influences coming together. Scalette’s voice stands out in this track. It’s a nice feminine yet strong tone that compliments the heavier elements that are happening. Musically, it’s a straight up metal tune.
Lyrically, “Motions” is a critique of society’s norms that force us to serve. We’re serving everyone but ourselves. I like to look at it as though World Shaper is suggesting we’re serving CEOs and risking our physical and mental health in the process. In classic metal spirit, “Motions” tells us we won’t be so submissive anymore.
All in all, “Motions” is a solid beginning effort from a very new metal act. I don’t hate it. I understand that the project is new. I do want to hear more.
I want to see how World Shaper evolves and continues to use a variety of metal influence, and the obvious respect they have for the entire metal genre tells me they’ll do it well.
