Ring of Fire

You don’t get one note into this cd before getting smacked in the face with a harpsichord. Not exactly what I was hoping for, but for what it is, a neo-classic metal cd, it works. Mark has not strayed far from his roots with Yngwie. The album is very Malmsteen-esque, which explains his need for a guitarist of MacAlpine’s caliber. Throughout this cd Tony does some breathtaking guitar playing, but the real difference between this cd and an Yngwie disc, is the keyboards really stomp on a lot of the guitar here. Otherwise, the musicianship is top notch, the singing is great and after that last horrible Yngwie cd he was on (War to End all Wars) this definitely redeems Mark Boals. --Scott