Tag: Instrumental
Interview with Marty Friedman (Guitars) (Marty Friedman) ex Megadeth
January 4, 2015 January 4, 2015 DenysComments(6)
I believe that Megadeth are in the market for a new guitarist. Has that chapter finally closed for you? You earlier said that you prefer to move forward rather than go back.
Marty "I don't really have an answer for you, I know that people would want to know. Honestly I don't have an answer. I have never said never to anything in my life, so who knows? I really don't know."
Gus G and Marty Friedman live at the O2 Academy, Islington UK, 21 May 2014
June 2, 2014 June 3, 2014 Adrian HextallComment(1)
massing worldwide acclaim as a guitar superstar, Marty of course has helped sell millions of records with Megadeth. He has also continued to record solo records, often embarking on adventurous musical forays far removed from his work with Megadeth, including an album with Golden Globe winner Kitaro.
Kiko Loureiro – Sounds of Innocence Review
April 4, 2013 September 26, 2013 DenysComments Off on Kiko Loureiro – Sounds of Innocence Review
Sounds of Innocence" is a record with an interesting concept. Since Kiko is first and foremost, a guitarist, though he has played bass and drums on some of his previous records, his playing is the centerpiece of the record.
The Dirk Scheuer Softcore Explosion – Nulla Vita Sine Musica
August 6, 2011 September 25, 2013 DenysComments Off on The Dirk Scheuer Softcore Explosion – Nulla Vita Sine Musica
An interesting array of influences are shown in the promo pack, for instance apparently Dirk was influenced by a very and still underrated guitar man, the late Tommy Bolin and I can actually hear some similarities in it's music for instance on the instrumental, fusion track "Organic Tubes" you can sense a little of the style of playing that Bolin experienced before he joined Deep Purple for that tragic period in time, more loosely resembling his stint in Zephyr.
Trigon – 2011
June 17, 2011 September 25, 2013 zeezeethegreataustraliaComments Off on Trigon – 2011
For a three piece band there sure seems to be lot going on here, and it's rare to find an album that really doesn't need any vocals to get its message across, so I guess in that sense that the album is a resounding success…
Carlos Lichman – Genocide
March 21, 2011 September 25, 2013 zeezeethegreataustraliaComments Off on Carlos Lichman – Genocide
The tracks are all heavy metal based once again sounding a bit like a Yngwie Mamlsteen record without any vocals. He combines the backbone of thrash metal with the technical proficiency of progressive metal and adds some pure speed metal for good measure, which leads me to another comparison to the eighties band CACOPHONY..
Joop Wolters – False Poetry
March 15, 2011 September 25, 2013 zeezeethegreataustraliaComments Off on Joop Wolters – False Poetry
JOOP WOLTERS' blend of speedy shredding mixed with jazz fusion and sprinkled with a bit of classical inspired stuff is very easy on the ears and is a guitarist's wet dream. Seriously, this is one of those albums that you listen to and then decide to hang your guitar up in shame as there is so much technicality here that it just shouldn't be possible for one man to be so versatile…
Chaos Conspiracy – Indie Rock Makes Me Sick
March 15, 2011 September 25, 2013 zeezeethegreataustraliaComments Off on Chaos Conspiracy – Indie Rock Makes Me Sick
It's quite difficult really to pick out individual songs on this album as it's really a mixed back that it better listened to all the way through, preferably when your mind is otherwise altered to get the full effect of the oddness that spews its way out of these eleven compositions…
Ben Levin Group – Pulse Of A Nation
March 15, 2011 September 25, 2013 zeezeethegreataustraliaComments Off on Ben Levin Group – Pulse Of A Nation
The latest oddity to come across my desk is a largely instrumental album from the BEN LEVIN GROUP, who were formed of all places at the Berkley School Of Music, which as a lot of you would know gave us the almighty Dream Theater. So as you can imagine, instrumentation is the main course here and I'll tell you now that these guys are very highly skilled on a technical level…