Neon Nightmare - Faded Dream - CD

Born out of the elemental primordium contained in heavy metal's working
class roots, from the war-scarred industrial landscapes of Birmingham to
the beat up bars and basements of Brooklyn, Neon Nightmare arrive like a
ghost in the night to carry on the tradition. Troubled music for troubled
people. And though there's nothing new under the sun, in the shadows
there may yet be a chance, and it is in the shadows where 'Faded Dream'
was shaped out of shimmering steel.
The title says it all, with 'Faded Dream' Neon Nightmare's debut album is a
synthesis of emotional peaks and valleys and dark brooding atmosphere,
evoking a longing angst for a past once colored by adolescent excitement
and wonder. Utilizing a foundation of big riffs, crushing studio production
immersed in technicolor fantasy and psychedelic ornamentation, and a
dramatic vocalist able to smoothly swing from a spooky gothic baritone to
soaring heavy metal melodicism, 'Faded Dream' is the crossroads where
Doom, Psych, Shoegaze and Alternative Metal all intersect in a way not
heard in years.
A blink-and-you'll-miss-it but unmistakable deadpan satirical strain also
runs through 'Faded Dream' as Neon Nightmare cleverly avoid the overtly
sad-sack whimsy and self-serious mopery of the standard "metal band with
goth tendencies" milieu. For all its genuine foreboding and confrontation
with real depression, 'Faded Dream' never loses itself in the mire or gives
up on its predilection for thrill-seeking amusements and sanguine
fascination. The sounds conjured have lived in many momentous forms
throughout the decades of heavy metal history, and Neon Nightmare are
here to continue the cycle.

Tracklist
1. Higher Calling
2. Lost Silver
3. It's All Over (For You)
4. LATW2TG
5. They Look Like Shadows
6. She's Drowning
7. Promethean Gift