Supremacy's is openly catchy, melodic, and poppy heavy/power/gothic metal that doesn't suck. Far from it, in fact. It's driven by all the things that irritate a lot of metalheads: clean, lilting female vocals, synthestra, obviously rock influenced songwriting, and a whole host of other, similar features. But it seems that Supremacy is able to avoid the most painful of pop sensibilities and simply employ those sounds to provide an extra dimension of catchiness and enjoyability. What makes the pop elements so tolerable is how well they're employed. Jadi-Anne is a remarkably talented vocalist; far better than the majority of melodramatic, overblown divas that the metal scene is infested with. Her tone is never operatic or packed with vibrato; it's just a strong, steady, measured tone of beautiful sound that meshes perfectly with the rest of the music.
And that is very good music indeed; the omnipresent keyboards (generally a piano line plus backing orchestra) never become irritating, and always add to the overall texture of the songs. Riffing is powerful and generally based off power metal conventions, with simple chugging or NWOBHM inspired riffs forming the rhythmic base while dramatic, traditionally influenced solos burst in perfectly. Incredibly professional and delicate hands were clearly at work while constructing these songs; as far as heavy metal with pop sensibilities go, this is up there with artists like Sonata Arctica in consistency and quality.
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