H-Blockx - Fly Eyes
54 MB | 128 Kbps | 44 kHz
H-Blockx is a German quintet formed in 1990 in Muenster. Since their debut single Rising High (Sing Sing, 1993), they focused on the furious funk-metal sound popularized by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Rage Against The Machine.Their debut album Time To Move (1994), containing a second single, Move, sold half a million copies. The follow-up, Discover My Soul (1996), sold almost one million copies.
Fly Eyes (1998) (Risk, 1999) is supposed to be their world-wide break-through. It displays a not too original take on rap-metal (Fly, Without You, Can't Break My Fear), a propensity for Bon Jovi-level melodrama (Liquid Sunlight), and an even less original reprise of German pop-metal (One Day, Even Goes, Wish). The album's best moments may actually be the once that steer away from heavy metal's stereotypes: the power-pop of Tell Me Why, the acoustic ballads Take Me Home and Stars, and even the trip-hop Cold and Paradise Valley. Clumsy, derivative, sterile.
H-Blockx have also written the soundtrack to the film Bang Boom Bang (1999).
Fly Eyes (1998) (Risk, 1999) is supposed to be their world-wide break-through. It displays a not too original take on rap-metal (Fly, Without You, Can't Break My Fear), a propensity for Bon Jovi-level melodrama (Liquid Sunlight), and an even less original reprise of German pop-metal (One Day, Even Goes, Wish). The album's best moments may actually be the once that steer away from heavy metal's stereotypes: the power-pop of Tell Me Why, the acoustic ballads Take Me Home and Stars, and even the trip-hop Cold and Paradise Valley. Clumsy, derivative, sterile.
H-Blockx have also written the soundtrack to the film Bang Boom Bang (1999).
1. Fly Listen
2. One Day
3. 9:08 a.m.
4. Liquid Sunlight
5. Take Me Home
6. Even Goes
7. Without You
8. Stars
9. Tell Me Why
10. Black Skies
11. Can't Break My Fear
12. Cold
13. Heartblood
14. Wish
15. Paradise Valley
2. One Day
3. 9:08 a.m.
4. Liquid Sunlight
5. Take Me Home
6. Even Goes
7. Without You
8. Stars
9. Tell Me Why
10. Black Skies
11. Can't Break My Fear
12. Cold
13. Heartblood
14. Wish
15. Paradise Valley