# Neonism > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Neonism > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Neonism.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonism > Source revision: 1343631547 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{About|the album|the sense of a "recently coined word or phrase"|neologism}} {{Infobox album | name = Neonism | type = studio | artist = [Solefald](/source/Solefald) | cover = Neonism cover.jpg | caption = Cover to 2007 reissue and later editions | alt = | released = December 7, 1999 | recorded = Autumn 1998 at [Sunlight Studios](/source/Sunlight_Studios), [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), [Sweden](/source/Sweden) | venue = | studio = | genre = [Avant-garde metal](/source/experimental_metal), [black metal](/source/black_metal) | length = 50:11 | label = [Avantgarde Music](/source/Avantgarde_Music) | producer = Solefald | prev_title = [The Linear Scaffold](/source/The_Linear_Scaffold) | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = [Pills Against the Ageless Ills](/source/Pills_Against_the_Ageless_Ills) | next_year = 2001 }} {{Album reviews | rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/neonism-mw0000449699 |title=Neonism - Solefald : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |last=York |first=William |work=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |accessdate=5 September 2012}} | rev2 = [Chronicles of Chaos](/source/Chronicles_of_Chaos_(webzine)) | rev2score = 6/10{{cite web |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/Articles.aspx?id=2-1412 |title=CoC : Solefald - Neonism : Review |last=Azevedo |first=Pedro |date=10 December 1999 |work=[Chronicles of Chaos](/source/Chronicles_of_Chaos_(webzine)) |accessdate=5 September 2012}} }} '''''Neonism''''' is the second [studio album](/source/studio_album) by [Norwegian](/source/Norway) [avant-garde metal](/source/experimental_metal) band [Solefald](/source/Solefald). It was released on 7 December 1999, through [Avantgarde Music](/source/Avantgarde_Music). == Background == The album takes its name from a synonym for the word "neologism",{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} which means a made-up word which enters everyday use. The album's recording sessions were marred by a [mixing](/source/audio_mixing_(recorded_music)) console that caught fire.{{cite web |url=http://www.avantgardemusic.com/HTML/content/album/detail.php?id=album_77 |title=Neonism, House of Avantgarde |work=avantgardemusic.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201015/http://www.avantgardemusic.com/HTML/content/album/detail.php?id=album_77 |archivedate=27 September 2007 |accessdate=5 September 2012}} === Sound === On the sound of the album, band member [Cornelius](/source/Cornelius_Jakhelln) said, "The hard will be harder, the passion will be more passionate, the ecstatic more ecstatic." The band wanted to utilise a "true black metal production" sound, having it recorded at Sunlight Studios (home to many reputed black metal acts in the mid 90s).{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} The album expands upon their debut ''[The Linear Scaffold](/source/The_Linear_Scaffold)'' by bringing a concept to the unique sound. It is in theory a [black metal](/source/black_metal) album, but contains many sonic elements and themes the genre usually does not touch on. The vocals by Cornelius and Lazare are different on this album than the first; though Lazare retains his clean singing and Cornelius continues his black metal screams/growls, some are delivered in a [rap](/source/rap_music)-like cadence and one song, "Omnipolis", is sung in [French](/source/French_language). Some songs feature keyboards and electronic sounds unlike those typically used in other black metal songs. Indeed, the album was so far from traditional black metal, the band received a death threat.{{Cite web|url=http://wormgearzine.com/2009/01/11/solefald-interview/|title=Solefald – Interview|date=11 January 2009}} === Lyrical content === Although there is some thematic continuity between songs, the album is not as strictly a [concept album](/source/concept_album) as some of the band's later works. The lyrics to the album focus on [consumerism](/source/consumerism) and pop culture, which is a departure from many metal lyrics. American and European consumption seem to be targeted, as there are countless references to many brands and consumer icons throughout the record, including [Naomi Campbell](/source/Naomi_Campbell), [The Marlboro Man](/source/The_Marlboro_Man), [Coco Chanel](/source/Coco_Chanel), [Calvin Klein](/source/Calvin_Klein), [Disneyland](/source/Disneyland), [Prozac](/source/Prozac), [Tom Cruise](/source/Tom_Cruise), [Special Agent Dale Cooper](/source/Special_Agent_Dale_Cooper), [James Bond](/source/James_Bond), ''[Jurassic Park](/source/Jurassic_Park_(franchise))'', [Visa](/source/Visa_Inc.) cards, [McDonald's](/source/McDonald's) and [Michael Jordan](/source/Michael_Jordan). There are also references to philosophers and thinkers such as [Charles Darwin](/source/Charles_Darwin), [Karl Marx](/source/Karl_Marx), [Plato](/source/Plato), [Friedrich Nietzsche](/source/Friedrich_Nietzsche) and [Niccolò Machiavelli](/source/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli), as well as references to various religious allusions, such as [Gaia](/source/Gaia_(mythology)), [Noah](/source/Noah), [Sodoma](/source/Sodom_and_Gomorrah), "[Satan](/source/Satan)istan", etc. == Track listing == # "Fluorescent (The Total Orchestra)" – 5:20 # "Speed Increased to Scaffold" – 8:27 # "CK II Chanel No. 6" – 3:31 # "Proprietors of Red" – 6:33 # "A Motion Picture" – 1:55 # "Omnipolis" – 5:36 # "Backpacka Baba" – 5:24 # "Third Person Plural" – 4:03 # "04.34 PM" – 3:22 # "The New Timelessness" – 6:00 == Personnel == * [Cornelius](/source/Cornelius_Jakhelln) – vocals, guitar, bass guitar * [Lazare](/source/Lars_Nedland) – vocals, keyboards, drums == References == {{Solefald}} {{Authority control}} Category:Solefald albums Category:1999 albums Category:1990s concept albums Category:Avantgarde Music albums --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Neonism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonism) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonism?action=history)). 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