Rigorious

Rigorious's sound is heavy power metal with synth and orchestral elements. The powerful and at the same time driving songs of the band from Monheim are completed by melodic, but sometimes also rough vocals with shouted parts in between. Singer Lukas does not have a classic power metal voice in the falsetto range, but moves from clean to rough over 3 octaves, mostly in the low midrange. Guitarist Christopher stands out with his powerful riffing, his catchy voice and his harmonic backing vocals. On bass Sebastian brings in independent but not overburdening, catchy basslines, as well as a second clean backing voice. For particularly hard parts, the shouts also come from him. The second Lukas and lead guitarist of the band founded in 2021 gets his high recognition value by his fast, expressive and classic solo sound, as well as by his tendency to compose great hooks again and again. On drums, Paul provides piercing double bass passages, driving grooves and powerful fills. At the same time, he manages not to overload the arrangements and to give the string instruments plenty of room to unfold. Their 10-song debut album "Night of Retribution", which was produced by none other than Chris Boltendahl (Grave Digger), offers sounds in the style of Battle Beast to Blind Guardian with a vocal style that you will recognize on second hearing and was released on November 10th 2023. The second album, “Kingdom Unfold,” was successfully released on January 17, 2025.