30/09/02

YNGWIE J MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE / ATTACK!!

Guitar Hero's seem to be in short supply these days, Vai has gone so off at a tangent he doesn't seem to rock any more, even Satrani's last one didn’t do much for me and I like Joe, so it's nice to see that Yngwie still ROCKS.

He has been thrilling us with his classically inspired axe work for over 20 years, my is it that long, how time flies. This is classic Rock, with an emphasis on the Classic, full of runs, hammer on's, pull off's and arpeggio's, enough to keep us happy for months to come.

As usual Yngwie plays bass as well as his usual cream Strat and it's nice to see its business as usual. If you like Yngwie you will not be disappointed with any track on here. When songs like "Valley Of The Kings", Razor Eater", "Rise Up" and "Ship Of fools" come storming out of your speakers its pure joy to the ears. There are 3 instrumentals on here and the last track is a version of "Air" by J.S Bach as only Yngwie can. This is not trendy music, it is however Classic Rock at it's best, buy it and enjoy.

TOTAL PLAYING TIME = 69 mins + 15 TRACKS