dreamwarrior

DeRank ™: 1,26

DeAge™ : 7614 days • Here since 5 august 2005

Yngwie Malmsteen Trilogy

19 may 06

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I just listened to Stand in line yesterday, but how dirty was Impellitteri! Maybe it was also due to a not-so-great production, but it seems that now he has improved a lot. The magazine seems to judge Stump seems to be Guitar One. Usually, I always keep my distance from this kind of operations, especially if they are done by metal magazines and the like, but I think a specialized one can be quite reliable.

Yngwie Malmsteen Trilogy

19 may 06

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Essentially, in this review I've tried to poke fun at the usual preconceptions surrounding the Swedish guitarist. Many of these preconceptions are legitimate; however, it would be undeserved not to recognize his merits. As for Marco and festwca, of course, if you oppose the entire power-prog movement, that's perfectly fine, no issue there. Unfortunately, there are people who spit on Malmsteen and then adore Symphony X or Vision Divine, all in the name of coherence. As for the cover: imagine it as a desktop background...

Pandaemonium Return to Reality

19 may 06

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One thing is to have a cool riff, another is to always have the same structures: 8-10 tracks, orchestral intro, long suite. Oops, but those are Rhapsody... Anyway, the fairies' cute butts on the cover are very nice...

Yngwie Malmsteen Trilogy

19 may 06

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Dear Jet, I clearly remember the interviews about HM, you’re right it was a Jaguar (you know, what a drama to destroy a Ferrari…). As I said in your review, by "passed" I mean not in terms of quality but technically, as many of his successors, maybe with less talent, but with more study and dedication and, perhaps, less Ferrari, have managed to refine and complicate his style even further.

W.A.S.P. W.A.S.P.

19 may 06

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Well, if you added that they were also progressive, then the game was set...

Yngwie Johann Malmsteen Rising Force

19 may 06

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So Jet, Malmsteen has surpassed himself, especially. For many years now he has become a self-parody, and after Odyssey and a few good tracks, it’s been absolute darkness. If not from a qualitative point of view, then from a technical standpoint, there are better guitarists, but each of them has to kiss the picture of Saint Yngwie every day and thank him. Anyway, my review of Trilogy should be published at home soon, I hope.

Pandaemonium Return to Reality

19 may 06

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...standard orchestral intro... I mean, is it mandatory to include an orchestral intro? Now it makes sense why these bands all sound the same...

Yngwie Johann Malmsteen Rising Force

19 may 06

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So, Rhapsody owe 70% of their music to Malmsteen. The same goes for Stratovarius, Edguy, Symphony X, and 90% of the power-prog scene of the last 15 years. That he is an outdated guitarist is indisputable.

Verdena Elefante

17 may 06

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I don't whine because why should I have the classic chip on my shoulder since I'm the first one to joke around. What I wanted to point out is that if a certain standard is used, namely that anything should be published, I can't understand why out of my 6 reviews written, 3 shouldn't be featured on the front page, when those that have been, in their studied absurdity, gained a certain interest (well, quite a few comments). Now, if you go to the homepage there's yet another review of Images & Words by Dream Theater, well-written but absolutely number three thousand! No news from the Friends of Roland, but this wasn't enough for the editors to publish it. Naturally, the Friends of Roland have little to do with it, but how many reviews that had little to do with the artist in question have been published?

Yngwie Johann Malmsteen Rising Force

17 may 06

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Paradoxically, it is the only Malmsteen album, excluding the one with the orchestra, that is almost entirely instrumental. In his later works, although not excluding 2-3 instrumentals, the Swede would prefer to focus his efforts more on canonical hard rock compositions, riding the line between Rainbow, Deep Purple, and certain Scandinavian AOR. It's strange, because he is labeled as the father of all show-offs when, in fact, most of his creations are songs in every sense.