“I will stand the test of time!” exclaims Calgary, Alberta-based band Divinity on their new album Allegory. They sound like they mean it. And for 41 punishing minutes, they deliver.

This is a band with some serious metal chops. Vocalist Sean Jenkins takes on many personas, from clean vocals—harmonized with bassist Nick Foster and guitarist Sacha Laskow—to throaty growls and piercing screams. Allegory is a fitting title for this album, as the band careens between power metal, death metal, thrash and hardcore, sometimes within the same song like on “Methodic” and “Plasma.” Guitarists Laskow and James Duncan shred relentlessly, unleashing power chords, solos and riffs like they purchased them wholesale. Drummer Brett Duncan adds to the chaos by attacking his kit like it just punched his mother. It all adds up to a record that blends amazingly skilled musicianship with anthems you can pump your fist to.

The best part about Allegory is that once you think you have the band pegged, they come at you with something different. For instance, after being beating you to a pulp by the heavy rockers “Modern Prophecy” and “Strain,” the band switches up on you with the piano intro to “The Unending.” And just when you think that’s going to be a ballad, they speed things up to an even faster tempo than what they did before. The same goes for “Chasm,” which features the cleanest vocals on the record but adds frantic breakdowns and growls of doom to the mix.

I have to admit, I was not expecting much from Divinity. You often never know what you are going to get out of these things. But Divinity, despite not having a very inspiring band name, can flat out bring it. They’ll get you swinging your heavy metal hair with their power but knock your socks off with their musicianship. This is high-quality, Grade-A metal.