AD INFINITUM - Outer Space
How have I gone this long without hearing about Melissa Bonny. I think it's cool that she started as a solo project and then the band formed around her.
This song was immediately texted to my brother for him to check out because I knew he would be blown away by the band's sound and the singer.
Her power and her clean vocals are amazing and the band has a great sound and style!
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Yes, Ad Infinitum is still active, and yes, Melissa has her charms and isn’t afraid to show them off. 🫠❤️🔥 But be warned—she’s married to Amaranthe’s drummer, Morten Løwe Sørensen. :) Aside from maybe Electric C. every now and then, Ad Infinitum is the only remaining European band I’m still actively following these days. And I’ve done so ever since their first album in 2020. Why they aren’t more well-known is just as much a mystery to me as it is with some other bands in the genres (*cough, Lovebites), but it probably comes down to the fact that symphonic metal seems to be less and less in demand. And I think that’s probably also the reason why, with the album this track comes from, they’ve moved away a bit from the symphonic element and started experimenting. That said, it’s worth noting that from the very beginning, they’ve more or less done their own thing audio-visually and haven’t really let themselves be pigeonholed. :) Melissa is much like Tatiana from Jinjer (the comparison makes sense) both an angel and a devil rolled into one. :) However, since clean vocals are always my preference, it’s precisely those with which she manages to wrap me around her little finger time and time again. 🤭 And the musicians around her are really good and, above all, extremely versatile (imo). I first became aware of them back then through their song/mv “Marching On Versailles,” for which an acoustic version was also released as a video a few months later. (I highly recommend both). The permanent fixture in my playlist, however, is “Somewhere Better", which is a bit calmer and allows Melissa to give the devil inside her a little break. :) I also highly recommend the accompanying, rather raw and unedited one-take recording by Melissa herself, which, like most of their videos, can be found on the Napalm Records channel. 😇
I remember hearing Ad Infinitum for the first time a while back and being completely enthralled by them. I listened to them nonstop for some time, but then for some reason I just quit. I had forgotten how totally awesome they are. This song and video is epic. I gotta add them to my rotation again.