Greek power metal featuring the singer from Blind Guardian? Well that’s gotta be a good portent. I hadn’t heard of Innerwish until checking out the video, they’ve been shredding and blasting beats since 1995. And they have a really tight sound that comes with being a nearly 30-year-old band.
The song has a ton of bombast, and Hansi Kürsch’s soaring vocals pair well with George Eikosipentakis’s growl. Hansi kinda looks like Steve Lemme, too. I dig the dueling guitar solo after the breakdown, it’s not crazy noodly but it stands out, especially when both guitarists are in split screen. Gotta have a good split screen. The drums and bass really drive the song along such that you don’t notice it’s six and a half minutes long. Gotta imagine it’d be great for keeping a swift pace on a run or bike ride.
The song’s about traversing the seas as a refugee, from the perspective of a child. The lyrics cover the uncertainty of traveling to a new unkown place. It also has video from refugee camps, so if that’s a bit too much for you to see today, I put a Spotify embed below.