Neonfly - Strangers In Paradise

[Stefan]

 

 

'Strangers In Paradise' out December 1st. Produced by Dennis Ward.

 

 

http://www.neonfly.net/

 

https://www.facebook.com/NeonflyUK?fref=ts

 

 

 

Tracklist:

1. Whispered Dreams
2. Highways To Nowhere
3. Better Angels
4. Rose In Bloom
5. Heart Of The Sun
6. Aztec Gold
7. Fierce Battalions
8. Sons Of Liberty
9. Chasing The Night
10. Falling Star

[martinsane]

[phaffas]

What style is this Terry?

(Cant listen at work..)

[martinsane]

What style is this Terry?

(Cant listen at work..)

Rather technical melodic hard rock/metal. Kind of Dragonforce-ish and the like.

[heavyharmonies]

Just added samples of all tracks over on the main site. I'd call it more hard rock than metal. It has some metal elements to be sure, but it's very melodic. I'm digging it.

[Dead Planet]

Pretty good....will check it out...

[heavyharmonies]

Giving this a full listen for the first time. One of the unexpected surprises of 2014, in my opinion. Some excellent choruses to be certain.

[JC_AOR]

Sounding pretty good, will check out some more samples.

[heavyharmonies]

Here are two of my favorite tracks (complete) showcasing the variance in style across the tracks on the album, the first being heavier somewhat power-metallish, and the second a ballad... that goes to 11.

 

http://www.heavyharmonies.com/audio/neonfly_sonsofliberty.mp3

 

http://www.heavyharmonies.com/audio/neonfly_roseinbloom.mp3

[JLPRocks]

Whoah......really good stuff here! I'll be buying it!

[Stefan]

[Geoff]

Not loving any of those samples, but I'm sure I'll check this one out. Just sounds like a lot of the mid-range bands in the genre at the moment. I hope I'm wrong, but we'll see...

[heavyharmonies]

Srsly? Geoff, Geoff, Geoff... smh.

 

Heart of the Sun is not one of the better tracks on the album, but the two cuts I posted above in their entirety are just superb, IMO.

[Jez]

Sounds very promising, will defo check out

[Geoff]

Not loving any of those samples, but I'm sure I'll check this one out. Just sounds like a lot of the mid-range bands in the genre at the moment. I hope I'm wrong, but we'll see...

 

I must have bailed on the second sample a bit early, because I do actually really like the ballad.

 

If I'm being honest, I basically hate this album, but there are three really great songs amidst the un-melodic horseshit. I love 'Better angels,' 'Rose in bloom' and 'Falling star.' Three very good melodic rock songs/ballads, which almost remind me a bit of The Magnificent.

 

The rest? Just fast paced pointless hard rock / metal with choruses and "hooks" that blend into the verses of nothingness. There are decent hooks in 'Whispered dreams' and 'Chasing the light,' but the verses are so shitty and mind numbingly boring that the worth of any hook is kind of lost by the time they come around.

 

I really don't understand bands that obviously have an ear for melody yet chose to release 70% of an album almost completely devoid of melody. And alternatively, if you're a band hoping to create shitty throwaway music devoid of melody; cool. Go for it. But what makes them decide to put that one or two songs in the mix, which might actually be considered good by people with an ear for melody?

 

I just think to make it easier, cater to one audience and stick with it. I find it very frustrating; bands who come across really confused with what they want to be.

[Stefan]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Geoff]

As noted above, just didn't get into this one at all bar a small handful of songs.

[Stefan]

[heavyharmonies]

Jeebus, don't fucking do that to me! Here I thought it was a single from a new album...

 

Dammit.