Thursday 3 April 2008

Joe Satriani - Professor Satchafunkilas And The Musterion Of Rock

Sir Satriani is back again with this interestingly named new album.

studio album to date and for any fans out there I shall say straight off its signature Professor Satchafunkilas And The Musterion Of Rock is Joe's 12thSatch. The album opens with something a bit fresh and oddly different to much of this album, Musterion sounds much more suited to one of Joe's previous albums but none the less is a good opener. Next we are shown a track that really sets the theme of this album...rock, Overdriver has some of the best guitar work on the album and also some of the signature squeals and effects we have come to love from Joe.
The third track I just Wanna Rock is soon to be released as a single and you can hear why, The song is ablaze with lightning fast legato's, sensational sweeps and mind bending pinch harmonics band with the classic distorted vocals of Satriani this could well be the defining track on the album.

For any guitar players out there who just want to hear as many notes played in the shortest time possible this isn't really up to the standards you heard from Joe's most famous album Surfing With The Alien....But for anybody who can appreciate a good melodic line with speed being an added bonus then this is defiantly a good guitar album to be listening to at the moment.

For fans of: Steve Vai, Santana & John5

7/10

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