Type O Negative‘s Peter Steele was one of many biggest musicians, singers and songwriters who ever walked this earth. Although it has been greater than a decade since Peter left us, far too quickly, the legacy of Peter and Sort O Unfavourable continues to develop. There’ll by no means be a substitute for Peter. Not even shut. Definitely there are some bands who clearly took/take their cues from Sort O, for instance Woods of Ypres (which was the brainchild of David Gold, who additionally died far too younger), however none but have risen to the extent of straight up Sort O Unfavourable worship that comes by the hands of the mysterious new act, Neon Nightmare.
We do not know a lot about Neon Nightmare aside from the truth that this particular person (assuming it is one particular person) desires to create a tribute-like expertise to the Drab 4 with out being a canopy band. Definitely Sort O cowl bands exist, resembling Useless Once more, however Neon Nightmare performs a singular card right here, straddling the liminal area as one thing between a tribute band, a parody and, maybe, a clone.
The primary single launched by Neon Nightmare was “Misplaced Silver.” Proper from the get-go you are going to hear shades of “Love You to Dying” from Sort O‘s legendary October Rust document. There’s somewhat “September Solar” in there as nicely about six minutes in. Even a touch of “Anesthesia” within the keys right here about 45 seconds in as nicely, which is ironic, given the music title, “Misplaced Silver” and the truth that Josh Silver was the famed keyboardist for Sort O.
“It is All Over (For You)” sounds an important deal like “Inexperienced Man.” “LATW2TG” goes to remind you of “An Ode to Locksmiths.” “She’s Drowning” will deliver again ideas of “Be My Druidess.” The resemblances are uncanny, by design, it seems.
Neon Nightmare trades Sort O‘s well-known Pantone Inexperienced 369 for an unknown shade of blue, and the band’s merch parodies Sort O‘s merch from again within the day. The whole lot about this band is by-product, however for me, that is okay. I do know I will by no means hear music from Peter and Sort O Unfavourable once more. And with this notion, Peter may say “I am unable to imagine how merciless life is.” So given the truth that Peter will solely reside on in our hearts, I will take Neon Nightmare. Whereas the keys do not fairly sound as full as Silver’s and the vocals are near Peter – however not fairly there, I am unable to assist however to actually just like the songs on this document.
In the event you’ve been following the web chatter about Neon Nightmare (and there may be a lot of this), there’s been an excessive amount of hypothesis precisely who’s behind this band. Is it former members of Sort O? Is it Youtuber Dennis Pauna (who does an incredible Peter imitation). Is it a mixture of each? Is it another person? Neon Nightmare‘s label is holding this beneath wraps. And when you’re questioning if I do know who it’s, I do not. However I do know this – whereas Light Goals is not any substitute for Sort O, I will actually take it.
