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"Alchemy of Rebirth [...] one of the
catchiest things I’ve heard in ages, which can be a bit embarrassing when
listening to it on headphones [...] a stunning debut album, a near-perfect
meshing of industrial and techno music ...with a
depressing vision of a journey through life. Can’t think when I was last this
impressed by an album from such a new band." (live4metal.com)
Here's the link to reach the REVIEW page:
http://www.live4metal.com/reviews-725.htm
Neon Synthesis -
Alchemy of Rebirth
(Killer Pool Records) review by Sam Thomas
It’s always a good thing when the subliminal messages
that you pick up from the packaging are reflected in the music contained within:
in the case of Neon Synthesis there’s such an expectation from the name (cyber
goth, synth-laden dance rhythms) and the band pix (very arty, but no PVC) that
you’re almost expecting the music to be “true black metal” in some kind of
ironic statement. Fortunately, these Italians (could have guessed that from the
photos alone), deliver a very well-produced album which is somewhere between
Deathstars meet the anarchy of The Kovenant (more recent works) with a good
touch of melancholy thrown in to alleviate the overall frantic nature of the
piece. Or, in other words, this is where industrial meets up
with techno/dance and comes out on top. The problem is, the end product is one
of the catchiest things I’ve heard in ages, which can be a bit embarrassing when
listening to it on headphones…I’ve never claimed to be a singer, and now
everyone at home knows why…Johnny Thyper provides vocals which range from
distorted, tortured growls through to a very light, clean sound, and also
manages to cover what seems quite a wide variation in pitch. The programming, is
of course, absolutely central to the whole sound – I’d hazard a guess that this
might well be the first part of each track to be laid down, and as you ought to
expect from this type of sound, the production is crystal clear and extremely
tight.
The album manages to pull off that most difficult of balancing acts –
being a coherent whole without being a boring rehash of the same track over and
over again – with ease, keeping the interest going right through to the last
track. The style is original without being so far removed from a lot of bands
that you just wonder what the hell is going on, making this release a positive
pleasure to listen to. Checking on the band’s website, I was blown away to
discover that this is their official debut album, and in fact they have only
produced one self released album previously. Given that that is the case, I
would describe this as being absolutely outstanding and incredibly mature.
“Artificial Paradise” in particular stands out as being an amazingly
sophisticated piece of layered melancholy.
This is a stunning debut album, a
near-perfect meshing of industrial and techno music with a depressing vision of
a journey through life. Can’t think when I was last this impressed by an album
from such a new band…
2:15 AM
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