Sounds exactly like all his others. Christ, AC/DC get grief for doing the same album over and over, but seriously, Malmsteen's new one sounds like his first one, but without the good songs.
I don't like Malmsteen's music, other than the first album, but I wanted to hear Ripper so I listened to this a few times today.
Ripper sounds totally out of place - his voice is far too aggressive for this melodic rock stuff.
Yngwie's constant noodling gave me a headache on the drive home from work - it was as relentless as a fucking Dragonforce album (the annoying "same things repeated over and over for long periods of time).
His solos sound exactly the same to me. Every song has a solo which doesn't seem to fit with the chords in the background, just Yngwie playing as fast as he can.
There's also a song which ends with an echo/delay effect of his noodling fading out. Just like every other one of his albums I think.
Can't he play a solo using a humbucker, just for a bit of fucking variety? Every solo is stylistically the same, and tonally they're all the same too. Try something else FFS!
Overall, I thought I MIGHT like this album because I love Ripper's voice. But in the end, I like it even less thanks to Ripper's voice. The lyrics are incredibly cheesy and lame too.
I can't figure out why anyone likes this music. If I want to hear Yngwie I'll listen to Paul Gilbert doing an impression of him.
I don't like Malmsteen's music, other than the first album, but I wanted to hear Ripper so I listened to this a few times today.
Ripper sounds totally out of place - his voice is far too aggressive for this melodic rock stuff.
Yngwie's constant noodling gave me a headache on the drive home from work - it was as relentless as a fucking Dragonforce album (the annoying "same things repeated over and over for long periods of time).
His solos sound exactly the same to me. Every song has a solo which doesn't seem to fit with the chords in the background, just Yngwie playing as fast as he can.
There's also a song which ends with an echo/delay effect of his noodling fading out. Just like every other one of his albums I think.
Can't he play a solo using a humbucker, just for a bit of fucking variety? Every solo is stylistically the same, and tonally they're all the same too. Try something else FFS!
Overall, I thought I MIGHT like this album because I love Ripper's voice. But in the end, I like it even less thanks to Ripper's voice. The lyrics are incredibly cheesy and lame too.
I can't figure out why anyone likes this music. If I want to hear Yngwie I'll listen to Paul Gilbert doing an impression of him.
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