Shred Metal

[Unlimited Power]

I'm on a Shrapnel Records high(especially Racer X) these days and was wondering if any of you guys are into some of these cult acts?

Some of my favorites include:

Jennifer Batten - Above Below And Beyond
Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
Buckethead - Bucketheadland & Giant Robot
Cacophony - Speed Metal Symphony ‎& Get Off!
Marty Friedman - Dragon's Kiss
Tony McAlpine - Edge of Insanity
Vinnie Moore - Mind's Eye
Racer X - Street Lethal, Second Heat & Technical Difficulties

etc etc.

 

[Rattlesnake Rock n Roller]

I was into most of Mike Varney's artists back in the 1980's, but I don't listen to any of them nowadays.

 

[Magic]

I like:

Perpetual Burn - Jason Becker
Greg Howe - Greg Howe
Richie Kotzen - Richie Kotzen
Let The Truth Be Known - Souls of We (George Lynch)
Rick Derringer has a bunch of albums under the Shrapnel Label that are decent.

that's all I can think of right now...........

 

[Unlimited Power]

Cool that you mentioned Kotzen and Howe. I've been wanting to check them both out but forgot their names. Thanks!

 

[METALPRIEST]

Love and own the Cacophony disc!!

Great stuff

 

[Unlimited Power]

Cacophony was great indeed.

Eccentric shred...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NqhUwhNlWc

A song Buckethead wrote to the memory of his beloved Aunt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF5bekbKIbM

Amazing instrumental from the third Racer X album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MhcYW3m9-M

The great late Shawn Lane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Skk9Q0Qd_k

 

[Metal Head Mike]

Great Music listed here. I own all these albums. But really enjoy Tony Macalpine Edge Of Insanity & Vinnie Moore Minds Eye

 

[Rock Candy]

Joey Tafolla's debut album is pretty good, if not fairly derivative. Gilbert and MacAlpine both chip into Out of the Sun, so it's well worth getting (Though chances are you're aware of this one). I don't have his second album, Infra-Blue, but I understand it's more in the vein of Satriani than anything else.




Lanny Cordola (Giuffria, House of Lords, Magdallan) is another very good guitar player who doesn't really get mentioned very often. His first few solo albums are stylistically very schizophrenic (Shrapnel style shred, to gospel blues, to Di Meola-esque jazz-fusion and beyond), but well worth taking the time to listen to if you can find a copy. I can't see any fans of the Shrapnel kids not liking him, honestly.




And if you like Racer X and Cacophony, I can't see you disliking Apocrypha. Marty Friedman produced their first two albums (Which were both out of print until Shrapnel reissued them recently), so you probably already know what to expect. Tony Fredianelli (sp?) would later go on to play guitar for Third Eye Blind, thus proving that even incredible guitarists have to eat!

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I've always loved Chris Impellitteri. Regardless of who the vocalist was, but his best stuff was with Rob Rock (singer not producer).

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

How 'bout this 14 year old girl?