These days, the new breed of guitar shredders would now Tony Macalpine as Steve Vai's hired hand. Be informed that Mr. TM is a lethal guitarist himself, he's also adept to the synth so this gives us the idea of how accomplished he is in terms of music. In the '80s, I've always confused Tony Macalpine with Greg Howe; they both sport similar hairdo & their guitar mastery made them leaders of the shred pack.
Well TM is back with a new self-titled album (& riding in his employer's guitar brand bandwagon) which is indeed a shred fodder but with heaviness to boot. Well, with 8 strings in his guitar & lots of distortion, sounding heavy is really unavoidable but I like this release because it has a 3-pronged approach to (electric) guitar instrumental- melody, technicality & heaviness. Here's a taster to what you can expect from the above-mentioned release:
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