Bastion’s Wake ignite myth & mourning on their towering metal epic ‘Go Tell the Bees’

With their latest offering ‘Go Tell the Bees’, Bastion’s Wake deliver the kind of album that reminds you why metal is still one of the richest storytelling mediums we have. It’s grand, sorrow-soaked, and cinematic, yet grounded in a very human ache. The Wilmington quartet have long flirted with emotional depth beneath their heavy exterior, but this is the moment they step fully into their own mythology, crafting a record that feels ancient, spiritual, and fiercely alive.

The folklore premise gives the project its anchor: the old tradition that you must share your joys and sorrows with the bees who live on your land. From that seed, the band spin an album steeped in death rites, whispered confessions, and the fragile thread between the living and those who’ve slipped beyond. But make no mistake, this isn’t a quiet meditation. It’s a towering metal odyssey.

Singer Sami’s soaring and spectral voice is a revelation throughout. She moves between tenderness and steel with an ease that could carry an entire album on its own. Pair that with Ray’s razor-edged guitar work, and you have a partnership that gives the record its spine. Add Rob’s thunderous drumming and Ben’s grounding bass, and Bastion’s Wake finally sound as massive as their long-held vision.

Tracks like ‘Willow’s Ruse’ erupt with full-force grandeur, blending the precision of European metal with a sweeping emotional undercurrent. Elsewhere, pieces like ‘Tiny Box’ and ‘Pathos’ trade brutality for introspection, pushing the record into colder, more vulnerable territory. It’s this balance of ferocity meeting fragility that elevates the LP beyond standard genre tropes.

Mixed and mastered by Øystein G. Brun (yes, that Øystein) in Norway, the album achieves a clarity and scale that rivals the best modern symphonic and melodic metal releases. Every choral swell, percussive strike, and shimmering guitar texture is sharpened for maximum impact.

Despite its mythic scope, ‘Go Tell the Bees’ is ultimately a work about connection between bandmates, the past and the present, and the living and the dead. Bastion’s Wake are carving out their own lore, and they do it with unshakable conviction.

This is the band’s most powerful and complete statement to date: delivering a record that breathes, laments, roars, and ultimately heals. A rare metal album that feels both ancient and new, intimate and massive. A hive fully awake.

If there’s any justice in the metal world, this is the record that pushes Bastion’s Wake straight onto the global stage.