A pack of warriors ride out through the marshes, led by the spirits of two beloved hounds, ready to spread the gospel of heavy metal to the unfaithful via sharp swords and sharper riffs. One-man army Nate Garrett uses the genre’s well-established lingua franca to explore struggles physical, psychological, and metaphysical. He wields his maximalist attack the same way singer-songwriters weaponize their acoustic guitars’ minimalist directness – only within the context of absolutely triumphant anthems like “Right into the Light” and “Stronger Than Your Pain.”