Formed in 2008 by guitarist/composer Frederick Thunder, Neonfly are a breath of fresh air in today’s overcrowded melodic metal scene.
The band’s line up consists of Frederick Thunder on the guitar, Willy Norton on vocals, Paul Miller on Bass, Patrick Harrington on the guitar and Boris Le Gal on drums.
The band’s first EP “Clever Disguise” released in 2008 featured ex-Shy and current TNT vocalist Tony Mills guesting on one of the songs. This EP was well received by the underground metal community and landed the band a few prestigious support slots in the UK for bands such as Power Quest, Adagio and To-Mera; as well as some European festivals and headline shows in 2009/10.
Two UK tours followed in 2010, supporting H.E.A.T. and Freedom Call together with a storming set at Bloodstock Festival where the band was offered to release their track “Ship With No Sails” on the multi-million selling video game ROCK BAND.
Bloodstock was also a turning point in the band’s career as they parted ways with their original vocalist and enlisted the services of singer extraordinaire Willy Norton, who performed live with the band with only one week or preparation!
With this new line-up and a pack of new songs under their sleeves, the band decided it was time to finally record their debut full-length album. And so, in February 2011 the boys set off to Remaster Studios in Italy to record with producer Nick Savio (Power Quest, Arthemis, Raintime). The result of this collaboration is an outstanding stadium metal album with 11 epic tracks called “Outshine The Sun”.
