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Yngwie Malmsteen
Crucify
Album: War To End All Wars
Genres: Metal
Glorious uber-metal excess from the fleet-fingered Yngwie! It sounds like 1985 all over again! |
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Anybody remember "Crucify," that jaw-dropping Bible lesson (told from the point of view of Pontius Pilate) from '80s Christian speed metallists Bloodgood? No? Your loss, baby, but this track of the same name from Yngwie's latest album may be even better. Hard to tell if the crucified individual in question is actually Jesus Christ (lyrics like "Your soul will burn forever / Bringing eternal pain" sound a little too vengeful to be coming from the mouth of God's only son), but the sheer, over-the-top drama matches Bloodgood's song blow for glorious blow. And when it comes to pure, unbridled shred, nobody touches Yngwie; "Crucify" opens with thirty seconds of shuddering bass-string hammer-ons, and gets even more insane from there (the man's style may not have changed much since 1985, but who cares?). Throw in some top-notch howling by Mark Boals, a phalanx of helium-pumped backing vocals, and even an electric sitar (!), and you've got six transcendent minutes of uber-metal bombast. Let me see your fucking lighters!
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Dan Epstein |
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Dan Epstein is a Los Angeles-based journalist and pop-culture historian whose work has appeared in L.A. Weekly, BAM, Raygun, Guitar World and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. His first book, Twentieth Century Pop Culture, was published in 1999 by Carlton Books.
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It's Yngwie...if you've heard one song you've heard this one.
John
its the best -#1 n'uf said!!
scotty
Material is very strong. Production sounds like shit. Sounds like it was recorded on an 8 track. You would think Mr. Malmsteen could afford to record in a place other than the toilet.
Rick Hubbard
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