Rage Unfold – My Division (Single Review)

The raw, the real, and the remembered. That’s how Rage Unfold aims to tell your story, through the art of heavy metal music and ferocious tendencies. They’re ‘virtual’ Metal creators from Bulgaria and Australia, with tons of diverse skill and equal passion to simply punch out killer songs that captivate our ears and senses. Their sound is reminiscent of Metallica, Iron Maiden, Manowar and Dio.

In a less vague fashion, Rage Unfold consists of Bozhidar Popov, who plays the guitars and handles mixing and production, as well as Marie-Louise Anastas with the lyrics. Bozhidar’s melting guitar solos and epic soundscapes produce emotionally powerful songs, and he consistently improves his craft through studying music theory, jazz, and the latest production techniques.

Marie-Louise has an edge too, with lyrics that dig deep through uncertain terrain, exploring lyrical structure and style, studying the lyrics of great artists such as Led Zeppelin, Fontaines D.C. and Joy Division.

Formed in 2022, Rage Unfold has produced 7 songs, including instrumentals. This collective effort has led to them gaining popularity on YouTube with 1.2 million views acquired from May 2022 to September 2024. With their newest single ‘My Division’ under scrutiny, let’s make up our minds about Rage Unfold.

The song begins with a very quick syncopation, with a unique time signature difference between the melodic phrasing and the percussion- before having an interlude and transitioning into the main segment. The melodic lines and the scales used within this track is very interesting and I can tell that they’re oscillating between many scales, which leads to a very high level of motivic variation.

Even though I would typically have a critique of how predictable the drum pattern of metal songs would be, the tension marked within the song and the strategic changing of drum patterns and segments as well as the accompaniment, really help to truly elevate the song.

This song is truly a music theorist’s dream, honestly. The lyrics are also quite fascinating and presented in an extremely energetic and theatrical manner, with the chorus almost touching on the pelog or Ambassel scale. This song is a trip and a journey while earning fascination all in one.

SCORE/Excellent: Rage Unfold presents itself with a track that is just as compelling as it is technical and exhilarating. With various scales, solos and different time signatures littered throughout the song, it’s definitely one that will capture your attention span and have you feeling enlightened about music.
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