Of Infinity's Alessandra sent me a copy of their 3 song demo CD back in early September and asked me to give a listen. The self proclaimed female fronted, melodic metal band does not easily fit into one of the standard musical genres, but is a true mixture of genres. They have a very gothic look (think Evanescence), but obviously are classical trained musicians with a progressive metal edge (a la Dream Theatre and Queensryche), with some thrash/death metal thrown in (Testament comes to mind) for good measure. All 3 songs on the demo show some very promising glimpses of what they can become, but it also shows their lack of song writing experience (which seems to be a typical problem for classical trained musicians, see Yngwie Malmsteen). I think Of Infinity stands a very good chance of "making it" in some way or from, if they can accomplished a couple things.
- Find a drummer. The computer generated drums tracks scream of just that, computer generated. They lack any feel, and really take away from the songs.
- Forget all their training for a couple months and learn AC/DC's Back in Black and Bowling For Soup's Drunk Enough To Dance cds. Then try to figure out a way to mix simple harmonies into their song writing, without losing their sound.
- Add some emotion to the vocals. Alessandra has an excellent singing voice, but in the demos it comes off very sterile. I'd like to see her listen to some Karen Lawrence (Blue By Nature), and add elements of Karen's techniques into her style.
That being said, if you are into progressive music, I'd suggest stopping by Of Infinity's site, take a listen, and maybe by a copy of the demo for yourself. In a perfect world, I'd would have liked Of Infinity to spend a week with the NJ band Xenon. Just a week hanging around those guys (and girl) would enhance Of Infinity's sound, and take it to the next level.