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Galvanist โ€“ The Silence Between Stars Review By Spicie Forrest

I was initially surprised that Galvanist hailed from Bozeman, Montana, but I really have no right to feel that way. Based on its proximity to major outdoor destinations, I thought Bozeman would be like Jackson, Wyoming, where I briefly lived, but Google quickly disabused me of that notion. Suffice it to say, I have no idea what Bozemanโ€™s music scene is like. But Iโ€™ll tell you what I do know. I know that Galvanist released debut Connection in 2022 and split Hollowtop with Ulm in 2024. I know theyโ€™re returning now with sophomore effort The Silence Between Stars. And after spinning this album every day for weeks, I know that all my expectations, like so much dust beneath the heel of an eldritch god, have been casually and utterly annihilated.

The promo material describes Galvanist as โ€œblackened doom metal, progressive death metal, and experimental textures.โ€ That may outline the canvas upon which Galvanist paints, but it does them little justice. Throughout The Silence Between Stars, I hear Animals as Leaders drowning in sludge (โ€œAtrophyโ€) and Huntsmen channeling Thou (โ€œDreich,โ€1 โ€œSpioradโ€2). Woven into the fiber of their sound, I hear the swirling chaos of Ulcerate (โ€œHauntologyโ€), creating a shifting maelstrom that denies me any safe or solid ground. Synths and keys, courtesy of lead guitarist Micah Tippit, lend Galvanist a threatening, extraterrestrial edge. Over it all, vocalist Tanner Erhart bellows with the raw intensity of acts like Ragana. Galvanist takes these ingredients and filters them through a clear and singular identity to create something entirely their own. Orders of magnitude greater than its descriptors, The Silence Between Stars is a journey by turns and at once deeply rooted in the homestead and violently flung to the darkest reaches of space.3

With every track but the 63-second intro4 clocking in at roughly 8โ€“11 minutes, I worried The Silence Between Stars would suffer from bloat or overly aggressive proggery. My fears were unfounded. The Silence Between Stars demands my attention front to back, and at an easily digestible 40 minutes, I frequently find myself looping back for another spin. This isnโ€™t so singular a work as Winterโ€™s Gate or Mirror Reaperโ€”thereโ€™s little need for gapless playback hereโ€”but each track flows so naturally into the next that I struggle to start anywhere but the beginning or stop anywhere but the end. I donโ€™t know if this is a concept album, but itโ€™s heady, interconnected subject matter5 demands more than just lyrical exposition. Galvanist is plenty capable, wielding mystifying time signature shifts (โ€œAtrophy,โ€ โ€œHauntologyโ€), abruptโ€”but never jarringโ€”compositional transitions, and mid-melody key changes (โ€œSpioradโ€) with aplomb. Galvanist adeptly handles such progressive elements to bake their storytelling directly into the music itself.

Even beyond its total disregard for my expectations, The Silence Between Stars continues to awe. Galvanist uses the soundstage to further cultivate that sense of being both grounded and in freefall. Bassist Kevin Georgeโ€™s mix leaves room for each instrument to breathe, but in a good way, only just. With a little added reverb, the result fosters that contradictory atmosphere even more, like suffocating in open air. Erhartโ€™s rhythm guitars hang out on the wings, where microtonal variances between left and right ears create an incredible dissonance, a feeling of infinite liminality. Elements float in and out of the spotlightโ€”like Georgeโ€™s bass at the midpoint of โ€œAtrophy,โ€ Chris Navarroโ€™s drums at the end of โ€œHauntology,โ€ or Tippitโ€™s astounding leads on the back half of โ€œSpioradโ€โ€”constantly redirecting my attention and driving me further into Galvanistโ€™s labyrinth.

It is not often I have no complaints about an album, and rarer still, I have more praise than I can fit on the page. Had I time and space enough, I would still be raving about The Silence Between Stars long after the final keys of โ€œSpioradโ€ fade to silence. From the cosmic violence of โ€œAtrophyโ€ to the striking bookends of โ€œDreich,โ€ and from the spine-tingling keys of โ€œHauntologyโ€ to the magnificent, delirious climax of โ€œSpiorad,โ€ Galvanist has created something truly special. Like a will-oโ€™-wisp or a foxfire trail coaxing you into the dark, The Silence Between Stars is disquieting yet tempting, unnerving yet comforting. I didnโ€™t know what I was in for when I picked up Galvanist, but to shamelessly adapt my favorite line from the album,6 I crossed the threshold, and I found myself amidst worlds strange and wonderful.

Rating: 4.5/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: May 27th, 2026

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๐Ÿค—โ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒˆโ˜๏ธ๐Ÿ’›๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ•Š๏ธโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโœ๏ธ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ’’๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿ›๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿคฒ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿค—[Jesus Lord of heavenly grace!*Thou Brightness of Thy Fatherโ€™s face!*Thou Fountain of eternal light!*Come holy heavenly love Send down Thy Holy Spiritโ€™s cloudless ray!*& we the Fatherโ€™s help will claim!*& sing the Fatherโ€™s glorious name!*His powerful help we now implore!*That we may๐Ÿ‘‰

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๐Ÿค—โ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒˆโ˜๏ธ๐Ÿ’›๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ•Š๏ธโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโœ๏ธ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ’’๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿ›๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿคฒ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿค—(Jesus!*Lord of heavenly grace!*Thou Brightness of Thy Fatherโ€™s face!*Thou Fountain of eternal light!*Come!*holy Sun of heavenly love!*Send down Thy radiance from above!*& to our inmost hearts convey!*The Holy Spiritโ€™s cloudless ray!)๐Ÿ‘‰

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๐Ÿค—โ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒˆโ˜๏ธ๐Ÿ’›๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ•Š๏ธโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโœ๏ธ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ’’๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿ›๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿคฒ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿค—(O Jesus!*Lord of heavenly grace!*Thou Brightness of Thy Fatherโ€™s face!*Thou Fountain of eternal light!*Whose beams disperse the shades of night!)*[Come!*holy Sun of heavenly love!*Send down Thy๐Ÿ‘‰

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๐Ÿค—โ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒˆโ˜๏ธ๐Ÿ’›๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ•Š๏ธโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโœ๏ธ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ’’๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿ›๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿคฒ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿค—*O Jesus!*Lord of Heavenly Grace!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’›๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ•Š๏ธโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโœ๏ธโ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒˆโ˜๏ธ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ’’๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿ›๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿคฒ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽต๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฟโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿค—

(O Jesus!*Lord of heavenly grace!*Thou Brightness of Thy Fatherโ€™s face!*Thou Fountain of๐Ÿ‘‰

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๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’โ€โ™€๏ธ*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS๐Ÿซ๐Ÿช HAPPY OVER THE HUMP DAY!๐Ÿซ๐Ÿช*& IT'S FREEZING ON THIS CONNECTICUT MOUNTAIN IN THE USA!*BUT I AM STILL OUTSIDE DRINKING MY COFFEE!*& STARTING TO FEED MY SPIRIT WITH๐Ÿ‘‰

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๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’โ€โ™€๏ธ*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING!*&๐Ÿซ๐Ÿช HAPPY OVER THE HUMP DAY!๐Ÿซ๐Ÿช*& IT'S FREEZING ON THIS CONNECTICUT MOUNTAIN IN๐Ÿ‘‰

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