Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire & Ice
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Music CD Cover Artist: Yngwie Malmsteen Edition: Music CD Format: Import CD Release Date: 1995-03-14 Music Label: Wea International Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Fire & Ice Album
Free Music Review: A good album with an undeserved bad rep.
Hit: 4 Stars
"Fire and Ice" is Malmsteen's second album after having ditched the whole Rising Force band concept, and continues to mine the same musical vein started on the "Eclipse" album. For some reason, these two albums have always had a bad reputation amongst Malmsteen's fans, particularly this one; as in: they're his "selling out albums", because he changes the lyrical focus from "Dungeons and Dragons" style writing, to something a little more commercially accesible and relevant. This bad rep is sad, really, because this a strong, solid album; Malmsteen doesn't rein in his bombastic soloing style, from which he might benefit, rather he actually attempts to also give a little more melodic structure to the actual songs, instead of just making them vehicles for his sometimes tiring guitar histrionics. Thus the amount of "stunts" is reduced in favor of more melodic "statements". Granted, there are a couple of clunkers in this album, and if you run through it all at once the songs sound sorta the same, but the melodies are strong enough to merit listening and enjoying. Furthermore, one thing Malmsteen has always made an effort to do is to keep his musicianship top- notch, which really comes through in the band's playing; this is Malmsteen's best band except for the drummer, who's certainly no slouch, but is somewhat "faceless"; the bass player is great, a real find! and the keyboards of Mats Olauson gained a lot of confidence in this album; also, Yngwie's guitar tone really shines, and complements the band well. If you're a fan of melodic hard rock, and sick of the same old- same old alterna-rock, give this one a try.