The Swedish guitar “virtuoso” returns with a new album called “World on Fire”. As one of the most famous guitar players of hard rock / classic heavy metal, someone with the mastery of Yngwie Malmsteen needs no introduction, just our ears so we could listen and try to keep up with some of the notes this master can deliver.
We can expect the same sound and song constructionas previous albums, since is something that still works all around the stunning amount of solos that he can deliver, along with Mark Ellis on drums, and Nick Marinovich who did keyboards.
But the talent of YngwieMalmsteen doesn’t stay strict to guitars, as he did also vocals (lead and backing), bass, some keyboards, cello and sitar, as we’ll hear in songs like “World on Fire”, “Lost in Machine”, and “Soldier” (the ones with lyrics). You can also find the most incredible instrumentals like “Sorcery”, ”Abandon”, ” Top Down, Foot Down”, “Largo”, and “No Rest for the Wicked”, that will delight the listeners not only of rock / metal, but also of music in general.
All the influences from fast heavy metal, adding also neo classical music, and the deep “blues” feeling, are intact as previous releases. Produced by Yngwie J. Malmsteen itself, this 44 minutes record that ends with the beautiful “NachtMusik“, is something that listeners from a lot of different backgrounds (from rock to metal, from blues to 80’s ballads, from jazz to classical music) will like, and as always, a dream come true that defies the imagination of any guitar player who dreams to play like this magnificent musician, one day.
