Review: Sean Ashe – Flux
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Sebastian
(if you don’t want to bear my preface, the actual review starts at the fourth paragraph…) I have been into Sean Ashe for quite some time, I don’t even remember how I got introduced. My guess would be his Instagram but who knows. For the last year or so he let his followers follow (;-)) […]
A musical review of 2014
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Sebastian
(my year in other people’s music. here’s 2013) Maragold My album of the year (although from 2013). Glad I discovered this. Great guitar tone by Greg Howe and awesome vocals. It’s not a shred record but great songs, great arrangements and very tasty guitar playing. KXM A great guitarist (George Lynch), an underrated drummer (Ray […]
Review: Queensryche – Queensryche
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Sebastian
If you left the earth after Queensryche’s Empire or Promised Land album, came back in 2013, went into a record store and bought their current release Queensryche you’d hear exactly what you’d expect: a modern sounding Queensryche record with good lyrics, great riffs, grooving bass lines and of course Rockenfield as Rockenfield on drums. All […]
Review: Joe Satriani – Unstoppable Momentum
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Sebastian
About three weeks ago Joe Satriani released his 14th studio album, Unstoppable Momentum. It is a beauty. I say this with the listening experience of all albums, being a fan since the The Extremist album. Coincidentally, The Extremist is also the album that Unstoppable Momentum reminds me most of sonically. From the opening bars of the […]
November 16, 2012
Review: Black Country Communion – Afterglow
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Sebastian
This is a review I didn’t expect to write. Not that I don’t mind writing bad reviews or anything but I’d rather write about records that trigger some kind of emotion. And I didn’t expect Black Country Communion’s (BCC) Afterglow to do that for the simple reason that I am not such a big fan […]
Review: Paul Gilbert – Vibrato
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Sebastian
As you might remember from entries like this about Steve Lukather, Steel Panther and of course my review of the latest Mr. Big album that I am quite a fan of Paul Gilbert. As mentioned not only of his guitar chops but his songwriting as well. For those who don’t know Paul aside from Mr. […]