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Sagen’s "Mandate" Drops Like a Meteorite: Metal’s New Anthem or a Symphony of Chaos?

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Sagen just unleashed Mandate, and holy riff salad, this track is a monster. Imagine throwing death metal’s brutality, groove’s swagger, prog’s brainy twists, and a dash of "hold my beer" technicality into a blender. Now set that blender on "apocalypse". That’s Mandate for you—a sonic tsunami that’ll leave your eardrums begging for mercy (and encore).

From the first gut-punch riff to the last cymbal crash, Sagen flexes like a band possessed. Adam Cheatham's vocals? Berserk enough to sandpaper your soul. Stephen Hegarty's guitar work-a shredding fireworks show that would have made even the old gods of metal nod in approval. And those drums? Well, let's just say they've got more kick than does a double-shot espresso.

Sagen doesn’t just make music. They’re storytellers, mad scientists welding myth to mosh pit. Since Tides of Succession (2016), they’ve been dropping albums like cryptic treasure maps—Mammoth (2021) roared with primal fury, Roots of Proctor (2023) tangled listeners in a rootsy, otherworldly saga. Now, Whalefall looms on the 2025 horizon, teasing us like a cliffhanger in a Netflix series. Five singles? A companion book? These guys aren’t playing—they’re building a universe.

Look, I’ll level with you: I’ve had Mandate on repeat since it dropped. My neighbors hate me, my dog’s howling in solidarity, and my neck’s sore from involuntary headbanging. But hey, that’s the price of admission when Sagen’s in town. They’ve cracked the code—merging story and steel into something that’s alive.

Is Mandate for everyone? Nah. If your idea of metal’s a gentle campfire singalong, run. But if you crave music that thinks, that feels, that grabs you by the collar and drags you into the abyss (with a wink)? This is your jam. Sagen doesn’t just write songs—they carve sagas into the bedrock of metal. And Whalefall? Consider me already submerged.