Ashes Awaken release full-length album "Rise"

Heavy metal band Ashes Awaken release full-length album "Rise"

Ashes Awaken kick off the new year with the release of their highly anticipated debut album, Rise, alongside the premiere of their deeply personal single and official video, “Amazing Grace, Again.” The track serves as the emotional and spiritual centerpiece of the album, capturing themes of redemption, resilience, and the transformative power of Christ’s love.

Written by frontman Michael Stover, “Amazing Grace, Again” is an autobiographical journey from darkness into light. The song confronts addiction, self-loathing, and inner demons with unflinching honesty and urgency, portraying brokenness met by divine grace. Lines such as “I was crawling in shadows, no light to be found… But then the silence broke like a crack in the sky / A voice like thunder said, ‘Child, you can rise!’” vividly express the moment of spiritual awakening and renewal.

Musically, the track delivers a crushing yet uplifting impact. Soaring choruses, punishing guitar riffs, and cathartic percussion collide to create a song that is both a modern metal powerhouse and a heartfelt testimony of salvation. It reflects the band’s ability to balance heaviness with hope, intensity with melody.

The album Rise spans 11 tracks that move through themes of confession, repentance, spiritual warfare, and ultimate renewal. Standout songs such as “A Better Way,” “For You,” and “Rise from the Ashes” further expand the record’s narrative arc, offering moments of reflection, struggle, and triumph. Ashes Awaken’s sound merges the raw force of modern metal with accessible melodic hooks, creating a listening experience that resonates both physically and emotionally, while maintaining a strong worship-driven core.

Hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ashes Awaken fuse metal’s unfiltered intensity with stories of faith, hope, and redemption. Their music does not shy away from confronting darkness, but instead faces it head-on, offering a path toward healing and spiritual renewal. With Rise, Ashes Awaken make a bold and powerful debut, establishing themselves as a band unafraid to speak truth through heaviness and faith alike.

Rise: https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/5cphn7W6rSgMWsLv40ZXms