Song Review and Interview: The One Divide - “Call of the Redeemer”

The One Divide, an independent studio metal act, released their single Call of the Redeemer on July 7th, 2025. The track bursts into action with no hesitation as hard-hitting guitar riffage inspired by Gothenburg-era Swedish death metal takes the forefront of the mix, while slamming drum grooves hold together the backbone of the song. Soon, raw screams are introduced with an aggressive style, creating a distorted and dark vocal sound.

Clocking in at just over 6 minutes, Call of the Redeemer is a crushing showcase of modern heavy metal from The One Divide, taking listeners on a high-octane sonic journey. In an unexpected switch-up about halfway through the song, clean vocals are brought into the fray for the first time so far. With their musical style, The One Divide pays homage to classic metal, building a nostalgic sound that brings to life the sounds of the '80s and '90s while mixing the speed and intensity of thrash with the explosive vocals and brutal guitar chugs of more extreme genres like death metal. Hints of metalcore and more modern melodic metal are also found throughout Call of the Redeemer as the contrast between clean and screamed vocals creates a powerful dynamic between catchy elements and traditional metal ferocity.

In an atmospheric bridge that brings tribal-esque choir chants and screeching pinch harmonics to the forefront–in a way that reminds of acts like Gojira or Godsmack–Call Of The Redeemer suddenly launches into a soaring guitar solo that showcases technical instrumentation as rapid trills and multi-layer guitar harmonies create an infectious sound.

Lyrically, The One Divide sets the stage for the fictional character The Redeemer, who represents the final glimpse of hope that humans grasp onto as everything around them falls to pieces. In times such as these, The Redeemer stands as a spiritual champion, waging war upon inner demons in another realm, acting as a guardian angel and humanity's final stand.

The One Divide delivers a promising single with Call of the Redeemer. As a fully independent band, the production comes across authentic and energetic. Overall, Call of the Redeemer will leave listeners excited to hear more from The One Divide, particularly fans of classic metal, thrash, and death metal.

You can stream Call of the Redeemer out on all platforms now.

Exclusive Interview with The One Divide:

1. Who are the members of The One Divide, and what do they do in the band?

The One Divide is a self produced metal band-duo created by Carl Bevan in alliance with long time friend James Bertrand. They both equally develop the concept behind the band's music and overall artistic approach. Bevan handles guitars, lyrics, vocals, bass, keyboards, drum programming and takes care of music recording and production, as well as all of the band's artwork. Bertrand contributes guitar shredding, backing vocals, bass, keyboards, critical production support, and develops the band's promo videos.

2: How would you describe your music?

Groovy, emotional, and heavy without trying too hard.
We write the kind of metal we’d want blasting on a long drive — we try to write riffs that feel weighty, choruses with heart and melody, and hopefully at some point, enough story and mythos to sink into on a rainy Sunday.
It’s all mostly personal stuff for sure, but I guess our twist is we turn that into stories we find cool, and less emotionally compromising....

3: What are The One Divide's biggest influences?

I think that if i give you a list of bands we borrow influence from we'd never end, so i'll tell you the genres we gravitate mostly toward to. Our music has some heavy metal, a little power metal, and definitely a thrashy edge. But i guess the vocal style and many of our chord proggressions tend to place us somewhere within the melodic death metal vibe.

4: What is “Call Of The Redeemer” about lyrically?

Our first official LP release will be a concept album that chronicles the birth of "The Redeemer," a fictional character we created who represents that last strand of hope we humans cling onto when everything in the world has gone to hell. That last bit of light that refuses to die even when logic predicts shit's about to get real bad. So The Redeemer is a spectral warrior born from a person's pain, who fights that person's demons in the spirit realm...kind of like a badass guardian angel, or perhaps a mighty warrior overseen by a powerful archangel. I know, it all sounds like a video game. But we are both heavily into game design, so the medium's influence will be noticeable throughout our work for sure.

5: How did the band form?

We’ve known each other for ages, we first met at our work place like 15 years ago. Respected each other’s grind and became close friends ever since. We like the same kind of stuff, video games, combat sports, metal, beer, and we are both obssessive guitarrists, so it was just a matter of time before we started a band. BUT, The One Divide as a metal project started as a solo mission some 12 years ago. I simply wanted a home for my music, but then we became a duo, and now a more serious effort. I would say a true collaboration — two longtime friends building something from the ground up with no middlemen. There's no label. No funding. No machine....just two dudes doing everything themselves.

6: What’s the story behind the name "The One Divide"?

It came out of a conversation about those crossroads we all hit at some point — when life either breaks or builds you. The One Divide would be that razor’s edge. That one line that separates who you are from who you may become if you put yourself on the other side of that divide. For better or worse, crossing or not, it changes everything. It's that one breaking point in life we all face at some point; The One Divide would be its frontier.

7: What do you guys enjoy outside of music?

Boxing. Gaming. In my case i'm a single dad these days so living with my metalhead daughter is always a fun time. James tends to hang out with his girlfriend and sister a lot, but in terms of James and I, we will spend stupid amounts of time talking trash about riffs that slap too hard before geeking out on some fantasy lore or some Zelda game we are trying to beat. Normal guy stuff i guess.

8: What would be your Dream collab or band to play with?

Evergrey would be killer. Soilwork, Amon Amarth, Lamb of God, In Flames, Dark Tranquility...we could see some of these guys' audiences maybe digging our stuff. But honestly? We’d play with any band that’s doing it with love for the craft, not just the algorithm.

9: What’s next for The One Divide?

We’re dropping a full concept album, single by single. Each track tells the story of our dark spectral warrior waging battle against demons in the spirit realm. We’re blending visuals, story, and metal into something we’d want to experience ourselves. New singles, new art, and maybe even a game sometime involving The Redeemer could surely be cool. For now, it's all about the metal though, so until the full album's released music will be the focus.

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