By: Terry Wickham
nspired by the video games he plays, guitarist Michael Knight returns with
a buzzsaw of guitar riffs and unabashed soloing, all played within the dark
realms he is passionate about. I felt like I was riding along the blade of a
running chainsaw in "Twisted Metal." The chugging main part claws away at
you until he gets beneath your skin. Knight plays like he is playing as fast
as he possibly can to stave off death in "Soul Scorcher." The heavy rhythm
guitar that comes in about 3-minute mark in is killer. There is fun
exchanging of guitar soloing styles in "Resident Evil." Knight goes from
bluesy to explosion and then back again. I fell right into the one-man mosh
pit in "Quake." Michael Knight almost becomes Buckethead-like with his fast
soloing and death-metal riffs. He even gets the KFC shredder's tonality in
parts of the track. This also makes sense since Bucket freely admits that
he plays a lot of music with video games in mind. The album's title track
"Electric Horrorland" is the cue that was used in (the movie) EVIL STREETS.
I really like how the rhythm guitar drops out while Michael solos in "Shadow
Creeper" because you get to focus on his cool fretwork. "Ghost Recon" has a
hypnotic heavy pattern that is like a machine. "The Haunt" is a little mood
piece also from EVIL STREETS. It was used in the scene Sheila was walking
home from the train station and unbeknownst to her was being followed by
Johnny Garrett. Knight is in full video game mood with "Driver." The song
moves fast and furious. I like the slide, southern guitar touches to the
middle solo. "Watcher in the Woods" could be my favorite track off the
album. Knight creates this nasty, scary high-pitched fluctuating voice like
part, with a heavy dark wicked guitar rhythm over the top of it. The high
string picked at the end makes it creepy as hell.
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