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July 2010
sees the release of two of the most anticipated instrumental albums
of the year with new releases from George Bellas and Alex Masi.
To celebrate these releases we felt it was a good opportunity to
show some more appreciation to some of the labels wealth of guitar
talent with some spotlight features and new interviews.
Amongst these players are a range of styles and individual musical
personalities and all are recommended. Keep checking back as
new features/interviews will be added every couple of days.
As a
special tie in we have a number of instrumental titles all packed
full of stunning guitar work on sale this month only at incredibly
low prices. All deals for the respective artist will be shown
on the artists page but if you can't wait head on over to the
Lion Music store now.
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The first artist to be featured is one of the labels most
prolific and respected musicians one George Bellas.
A true virtuoso of the instrument, George first came to
prominence in the 1990's on the Shrapnel label winning worldwide
praise for his dextrous touch and boundary pushing compositions.
Read the interview. |
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Alex Masi is a guitarist that is constantly pushing the
boundaries and challenging himself as a musician. Never content
to stay in one musical climate too long, his career is a
smorgasbord of musical styles and directions from all out metal,
fusion, straight classical to ethnic world influences whether
under his own name of the fusion rock outfit MCM. One thing has
remained a constant throughout all these albums and that’s
Masi’s mastery of the instrument.
Read the interview. |
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Marcel Coenen has risen to
prominence since the late 1990's thanks to his solo albums and
work with prog metal band Sun Caged. Home to a formidable
technique, Marcel shows off flawless execution with taste and
wild abandon. Fans that prefer their guitar work on the
more extreme side of metal be sure to check out Marcel's brand
of 6 and 7 string guitar magic.
Read the interview. |
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Marco Sfogli is arguably the
world’s hottest guitarist of the next generation. With a style
equally at home in almost every genre, from full on shred to
straight pop tunes to mind blowing fusion songs, its little
wonder that Marco is the guitarist of choice for Dream Theater
vocalist James LaBrie solo albums and live dates.
Read the interview. |
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One of the UK best metal
guitarists. Edward Box first came to prominence on Lion
Music with his solo instrumental releases before forming the
traditional metal outfit Vendetta currently terrorising stages
in the UK to widespread acclaim. Edward posseses a superb
array of techniques and a superb easily identifiable vibrato.
A very tasty player indeed.
Read the interview. |
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A veteran of the instrumental
scene. Michael Harris has been wowing audiences for the last two
decades across a variety of musical landscapes whether it be the
neo-classical waters of his latest album "Orchestrate" to the
more metalised leanings of 'Ego Decimation Profile' Michael is a
master at many styles and its an artist to watch just as eagerly
over the coming years.
Read the interview. |
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A players to deserves to be
massive. Joop is the epitome of the multi skilled
guitarist with a flawless technique yet superb sense of melody
and songcrraft. This talent has even led to Steve Vai
himself favouriting him on YouTube. His three solo
albums to date all show a player ever developing his craft.
Read the interview. |
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Swedish guitarist Daniel Palmqvist is a
super tasty super melodic guitarist who debut solo album won
critical acclaim for his melodic vision. That's not to say
Daniel is short of technique as he possesses a great phrasing
and superb legato style along with a keen ear for the perfect
melody. Discover a great new player with our interview.
Read the interview. |
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American
neo-classical metal merchant Joe Stump has been wowing audiences
worldwide for the last 2 decades with countless solo albums,
live performances and clinics. As head of metal at the
esteemed Berklee College of Music Joe delivers his metal blitz
with over the top aplomb and finesse.
Read the interview. |
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Michigan
based shredder Sean Baker together with the Sean Baker Orchestra
deliver shred 2010 style with
massive balls and an intensity few can
match, yet all the while manage to retain a sense of direction
and melody. Their debut Lion release 'Baker's Dozen' has
picked up rave reviews, have you got on board yet?
Read the interview. |
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One of
Europe's finest players, Milan Polak has delivered a couple of
wholy instrumental and 2 vocal albums to date, all of chock a
block with excellent guitar work along with great penmanship.
Milan could just be the veritable players player.
Read the interview. |
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A musician
of true vision and originality. Lars Eric Mattsson is one of the
most prolific musicians on the label yet always with something
new to say on every release. Home to complex chordal
arrangements and many progressive elements Lars is one for the
prog contingent to delve into.
Read the interview. |
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Danish
guitarist Torben Enevoldsen might be best known as the guitarist
in Section A, but there is another side to him with 3
instrumental albums under his belt, each one a fine example of a
very disciplined guitar player who only shreds when shredding is
required. He has some great rhythm work and writes his music as
some of the more accessible instrumental music you will hear.
Read the interview. |
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