Label: Nuclear Blast
Release date: February 28th, 2020
Website: https://www.facebook.com/thenightflightorchestraofficial
Here it is, the 5th album of this great Classic Rock, AOR band from Sweden. What started as a fun project 13 years ago from musicians of Extreme Metal bands like SOILWORK or ARCH ENEMY is nowadays one of the leading bands of the AOR scene.
“Aeromantic” again proves that this group can write big melodies and hooklines without putting hands on the typical AOR clichés. Singer Björn Strid and his boys and girls are paying tribute here to the big sounds of the late seventies when bands like TOTO, BOSTON or FOREIGNER had their biggest hits.
Of course, when you are from Sweden, ABBA always is a big impact in your songwriting if you do music like this. Parts of the album were recorded on the original drum kit from the “Super Trouper” recording sessions.
Songs like “Divinyls”, “Transmissons or “Servants Of The Air” are some of the best tracks they ever wrote, but I need to question why the awesome single “Satellite”, released 2019, is not part of this album. This is a shame!
At the end of the day, “Aeromantic” is a solid album, but for me not as good as the two previous ones!
7,0/10
Tracklist:
- Servants Of The Air
- Divinyls
- If Tonight Is Your Only Chance
- This Boys Last Summer
- Curves
- Transmissions
- Aeromantic
- Golden Swansdown
- Taurus
- Carmencita Seven
- Sister Mercurial
- Dead Of Winter
- City Lights And Moonbeams
