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Instrumentally, Man On Fire manages to hit each of the genres they dabble in quite well. Strong and well arranged, and they do help glue the album together a little better. The vocals of Man On Fire are generally quite Not have sounded out of place in a gospel choir. Vocals here are paired between somewhat gruff male vocals, and a female vocalist that would The same, there are aspects of the sound that follow through most of the music here. Sure enough, Man On Fire both manages to load a lot into their music,Īnd this sense of variety is what I think defines what Man On Fire have done with 'Chrysalis'. This equates to a shapeless monster that incorporates pop, metal, electronica, jazz, and even On Fire seem deadset on exploiting every style and avenue they can lay their instruments on. Actually, a fitting term would be 'diverse' Man 'Chrysalis' appropriately with any one word, or ten. In fact, it may be difficult to describe the sound of Old greats here, but the sound is not retro. Man On Fire are first and foremost a modern prog rock act. Strikes gold, there is something that could have been done better. Smoothly, Man On Fire's ambition is a tad overbearing, and for every thing on 'Chrysalis' that Despite nailing several aspects of their sound down 'Chrysalis' is certainly anĪlbum that gives listeners a reason to be excited it is a well-played, inventive album thatĭelivers quite a few thrills over its course. Man On Fire is a band I have been hearing quite a bit about this year, thanks in no small partĭue to the release and subsequent acclaim of this, their latest album. Posted Wednesday, Janu| Review this album | Report (Review #890380) Nice and original music, that can be hardly appreciated by fans stuck in Classic Prog and its development over the years, but will have a certain appeal to more open-minded lovers of music.Recommended. While the sound of this early Man on Fire work has evident references to 90's US Progressive Rock, the combination of different sights and sounds goes beyond this narrow description and ends up being trully artistic and progressive, dropping into the mix elements from quirky Pop, Progressive Rock, Experimental Rock and even Synth-Pop Rock, at the end having their own personal and diverse music approach.There are strong bits from 90's KING CRIMSON, 80's/90's-period RUSH as well as classic Art Rock acts such as TALK TALK, JAPAN, while some of tracks have this typical American TILES/ENCHANT-like feeling and a few of them contain guitar plays in the vein of QUEEN'S BRIAN MAY.Twelve mostly short compositions, where the main components are the distorted vocals, the thin drum programming, the swirling fretless bass of Sands to go along with epic keyboard sounds, 80's-sounding synthesizers, sound effects and soft piano lines.The guitars are also present, mostly in rhythmic parts along with some limited solos, and the tracks are accesible, well-crafted, based more on atmosphere than technique.Really hard to describe the different-sounding tunes in Man on Fire's music, but imagine generally a nice blend of Art Pop Rock with more accesible Progressive Rock, but certainly more varied and artistic than to say IT BITES. Man on Fire started in the 90's as a duo of two talented figures based in Atlanta, Georgia.Composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Hodges and multi-instrumentalist Eric Sands decided to join forces and come up with an Art Rock style with little resemblances to other bands.Their first efforts were taped on their 1998 self-released self-titled debut.