Review: EVERGREY – Architects Of A New Weave

Napalm Records – June  5^th, 2026

Reviewer –  Stephen Brophy

So many things can be said about EVERGREY regarding just how good they are musically, but for me it comes down to this, they are Masters of their craft. To produce album after album for the guts of 30 years and remain fresh, innovative and sound like it all just comes so easily to them. ‘Architects Of A New Weave‘ is the 15^th studio album and eleven songs on offer deliver such power, an epic feel and stories that breath for themselves.

The themes involved in their music are so often formed from the depths of despair and the darkness around people, yet the music they create for me personally can very often be so uplifting, always powerful and thought provoking. And the songs on this album are no different.

There is no filler here, no duds, songs that drag you back for more and something I’ve always loved about Evergrey is that you have to go back to songs over and over again to hear things for the first time through the different layers of the music. One song I find very interesting on this album is ‘Leaving The Emptiness’ which has such an upbeat tempo and feel to it. Very different, almost a pop style which belies the lyrics and story of the song, but it sounds great. It’s really pointless to pick out favourite songs on this one, you need to listen to the album over time and different songs raise the heartbeat as you listen more. At the moment the brilliant ‘The World’s On Fire’, ‘A Burning Flame’ that features another exceptional singer in Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquility) and cuts and chops across melodies with so many layers weaved in the background, it’s a cracking song. The album closer ‘The Prophecy’ is a beast of a song which at it’s most powerful is just piano and Tom’s vocal power, it’s beautiful.

All of the music is exceptional throughout on top of which Tom’s vocals are just perfect. There is no doubt this album will be stuck on repeat for me for a long time and will return to the player over and over. So far this is my album of the year and it will have to be something very special indeed to knock it off that spot. Thank you once again EVERGREY for always delivering and always striving to bring something different, bring light to the darkness and create brilliant music.

For me the most consistent band in Meta/Rock of any genre, the compositions are stunning and they have an ability to be able to transport you into the songs story, nothing short of magical. It may be album number 15 but the quality never drops, another brilliant creation and I can’t wait to hear some of these songs live. If you like Progressive Metal this is a must. Live with and love this one as I am doing.

Track list:

1. Welcome To The Pattern
2. The Shadow Self
3. Architects Of The New Weave
4. The World Is On Fire
5. Heaven
6. The Script
7. Leaving The Emptiness
8. Longing
9. A Burning Flame
10. Call Off Your Lions
11. Chains Of Shame
12. The Prophecy

Line-up:

Tom S. Englund – Vocals, Guitar
Henrik Danhage – Guitar
Rikard Zander – Keyboard
Simen Sandnes – Drums
Johan Niemann – Bass

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