Glen Drover’s NEW Album Review for Metalusion
Metalusion
Date=2011
Artist Name= Glen Drover
Genre= Prog / Rock / Metal / Insrumental
Title=Metalusion
Record Company=Magna Carta Records
Review=Hi folks out there in musica-land once again… I just received this awesome instrumental CD from Magna Carta Records called “Metalusion” from progressive shred-guitarist Glen Drover, best known for his precision and power playing with the award-winning metal band Megadeth and Eidolon. Mister Drover’s incredible guitar playing is very diverse and overlaps both genres of extreme instrumental music with progressive fusionistic music. He uses ambient sounds to aurally transport you to and from each harmonic galaxy at the flick of a fast arppegiated lick.
Question: Have you ever seen those art galleries that have air-brush painting of very colorful planets and their landscapes in outer-space? Or paintings of other cosmic worlds that may have several moons on its horizons and incredible but colorful landscapes of desolation, etc.? Yeah, U got it… Sci-Fi paintings and the likes.. Anyway, while I lie here listening to this energetic and thought provoking music w/ my eyes closed, I feel as I’m floating in time and visiting these far off mysterious places. I remember seeing a Pink Floyd lazer light show at New York City’s Planetarium years ago and I’m telling you now, this music moves me the same way but w/o all the laser lights and other bellz and whistle they were using to try to blow mind mind. I can definitely see an awesome light show to this music in my mindz-eye w/o and outside apparatuses.
Some folks call this music modern progressive metal and others call it fusion-jazz-rock… Call it what U will… I call it inspirational and timeless. The instrumental, 10-track album features five original compositions w/ metallic- edged interpretations of material composed by musical giants Frank Zappa, Al DiMeola and Jean-Luc Ponty. And Glen covers these demanding tunes with his own twists and turns and creates 3 new technically and musically challenging masterpieces.
Metalusion shows a musical side to Drover that most metal-headz haven’t heard yet and this album will help set the musical community straight with what this young kat can really do on the guitar and in the studio. U would think playing in Megadeth would be enuff of a great musical challenge… Well, let me tell ya… You ain’t heard or seen nuthin’ yet. No wonder why Dave Mustaine sought Glen out to play and create music w/ him…
The songs flow smoothly from one to the other and in good fashion. The production and engineering are 2nd to none. The Ian Hammer progressive-type keyboards just get me high everytime I hear them. Assisting Drover are a number of special guests, including Nevermore’s power metal/prog metal guitarist Jeff Loomis, Opeth’s and Talisman’s axe man Fredrik Åkesson, veteran Steve Smyth of the Bay Area’s Forbidden, Ohm’s guitar hero, Chris Poland (Megadeth) and classical metal master Vinnie Moore of UFO. Glen’s tones and guitar soundz are some of the best I’ve heard in awhile too.
Here’s the track listing for “Metalusion”:
1. Ground Zero Special Guests – Chris Poland and Vinnie Moore
2. Frozen Dream Special Guest – Steve Smyth
3. Egyptian Danza [Al DiMeola Cover]
4. Colors Of Infinity
5. Illusions Of Starlight
6. Don’t Let The World Pass You By [Jean-Luc Ponty Cover] – Special Guest – Fredrik Akesson
7. Mirage [Jean-Luc Ponty Cover] – Special Guest – Jeff Loomis
8. Ascension
9. The Purple Lagoon [Frank Zappa Cover]
10. Filthy Habits [Frank Zappa Cover]
With the release of his solo debut, “Metalusion” (due out April 5th), I suspect the Instrumental-Guitar Music World is going to be blown away with the exciting and soaring soundz of what this disc is going to offer and deliver… Believe me when I tell ya !!!
Author=Scott Thomas
Stars=5 out of 5 stars
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