Well, where does one start with trying to assess this record? The guitar God again puts his fretboard shred frenzy to work on all these eighteen tracks of pure Malmsteen Mayhem, and it's all over the place, no, not just his solos, but the record itself. As the title connotates, there is lots of fury unleashed.
Within the tracks here, the record is stretched out with typical classic styled Rising Force tracks such as "
Revolution," "
Beauty and the Beast," and the emotional ballad titled "
Cherokee Warrior" where his songwriting comes full circle with bringing less of the orchestral/symphonic aesthetic with him, pretty much setting the tone for the whole record. So the appetite for his music is sure to have been satisfied with all the material here. But besides the typical hard-edged stuff, Malmsteen, of course goes into different directions as his knack for creating new classical compositions with cuts such as "
Magic and Mayhem," the layered classical piece titled "
Fugetta," and the sub acoustic balladry within "
Guardian Angel," so the album is filled with Yngwie's sound in both the axe attack and production aspects.
Brought along is his old Rising Force pals vocalist Doogie White, keyboardist Joakim Svalberg and drummer Patrick Johansson, while of course, Malmsteen himself provides all the guitars (and basses). Even with
Unleash the Fury having so many cuts, it's not as if the content of the record is diluted or energetically spread out. The record as a whole is strong and it shows that a lot of effort production wise and writing wise was put into this album, and at times it has the organic sound of his early material, not to mention sonically there is a warm quality to it, so in hindsight it won't disappoint those of us who have been awaiting a new record, but in any fashion, it's typical Yngwie, love it or leave it.
Written by
Hashman Monday, August 1, 2005
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