SKYLINER
CONDITION BLACK

Jacksonville in Florida's north-east shouldn't be condemned just because Limp Bizkit hails from there. Jacksonville has more to offer. SKYLINER, for example, who appeared on the metal scene two years ago with their excellent album, "Outsiders" and who immediately made their mark on the genre with their musical brew of Power and Prog Metal elements. The Americans sounded distinctly European, something that did not only make friends in their hometown. But they bit the bullet and carried on, working through local clubs and began writing songs for their follow-up album. "Condition Black" built up on "Outsiders" dipping a toe into new musical spheres and showed a band trying to find its new self without turning its back on its influences. Not an easy task but in the end the lads are to be congratulated on the success of the experiment. In a musical sense they became more experimental, the songs are different to those on the predecessor, the sound reaches further into the past. "Condition Black" is certainly an album which is not meant to be just music in the background.