This is perhaps Yngwie Malmsteen's most famous album of all time. The title track "Rising Force" shows a solo that is proved very difficult for the average guitar player. It is a song of amazing melodic playing and well thought out riffs and harmonies. "Black star" is probably Yngwie's most famous song involving very complicated guitar playing and is thought by alot of people all over the world as very inspiring. This inspired alot of players such as Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker, John Petrucci etc. "As Above, So Below" is another great song and involves catchy lyrics and brilliant melodies, not to mention a duel of guitar and keyboard! "Evil Eye" is also such an amazingly complicated and qiuck paced song which invloves some classic Yngwie guitar playing! All together these songs plus the creativity and pure speed and skill of Yngwie's playing makes it the start of neo-classical guitar playing!
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Advantages: The rise of neo-classical metal, great guitar playing, fine vocal performances Disadvantages: Production values ain't great, inaccessible for some
Advantages: The rise of neo-classical metal, great guitar playing, fine vocal performances Disadvantages: Production values ain't great, inaccessible for some
Dec 31st, 2006
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