Metal Monday: VOLA

posted in: Artist Features • Rock

Typically most of the Metal Monday content”whether it’s interviews, reviews, playlists, etc.”is primarily focused on the most metal of bands. Sometimes, however, a band comes along that’s so good it almost doesn’t matter just how “metal” they. Danish band VOLA falls right in line with this thought. They’ve got a few heavy jams, some not-so-heavy jams and all sorts of stuff in between. Having multiple Top 10 finishes in both metal and hard rock, as well as making it into the Best Of Top 20 for rock, it’s safe to say that VOLA know how to play hard.

It’s really difficult to find an accurate box to place VOLA into, even ones as broad as “rock” and “metal” because they don’t ever seem content to stick with one style. Take “Glasswork” for example: The first portion of the song is an ambient rock piece, and then about halfway through you can feel the heavy surging until you get some hard riffage for a couple of minutes as the song fades back to ambient rock. Their song “Golden Lighthouse Failure” is almost the exact opposite, starting off with a gnarly opening riff and moving through all sorts of different styles of rock and metal.

Even though their songs feature a wide array of styles and switches between said styles, they manage to avoid a disjunct sound and feel, even when the contrast between styles is stark and fast. It’s truly remarkable how well their transitions work, and lend themselves to lengthy songs”nearly all of the songs they’ve uploaded to OurStage are over five minutes, and a couple even reach the six minute mark.

VOLA recently added a new drummer to the band and are working on a new EP that will be recorded this summer, perhaps released this summer as well (though the update the band posted to YouTube didn’t really specify that). If you’re a fan of rock, metal, progressive and/or awesome, VOLA is a band you should definitely be aware of. Check out some of their fantastic tunes below: