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Vol. 14, No. 4: Jun.-Jul. 2009
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Shred Recommendations
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Guitar Nine Records
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Elias Viljanen
Taking The Lead
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Elias Viljanen has been touted as Finland's answer to Joe Satriani, and his debut CD, Taking The Lead, advances the guitarist into the upper tier of hard rock shredders from the energetic opening tracks "Evil Rock" and "The Axemaster". Reviewer Nicky Baldrian was one of the first to call out this hot guitar player when he wrote, "Elias Viljanen is simply put the best guitarst I have heard since Toshi Isada burst onto the scene. Elias reminds me one minute of Vai, George Lynch, Nuno Bettencourt, and Reb Beach and the next minute he is spraying us with giant slabs of neo-classical burn outs that one would normally associate with the likes of Marty Friedman, Jason Becker and Paul Gilbert. The album is just breathtaking. The playing on the first three songs is out of this world and has left me totally gobsmacked. This is a guitar album everyone should own." Instrumental Guitar, total running time, 43:12
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In Review
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'Out Of This World'
Review Featured In Quintessence, November, 2003
By: Wayne Klinger
ard to believe this kid is 19 years old! A "Jack of all trades" with production,
recording, mixing and mastering of this album worth 12 tracks of your time. Ryan is
seriously focused with Classical and Neo-Classical styles withmixture of
radio-friendly Progressive Rock. His influences ange from Malmsteen to Vai to
Michael Batio and Francesco Fareri without turning into a Rob Johnson. I say that
because despite RJ is good, he noodles way too much on his albums and with Magnitude
9. I don`t rate a player by how many notes he can squeeze in one measure. I rather
hear textures and harmonies with perplexed timings. Ryan shows that on this album
with interesting compositions and terrific fretwork. The best things I like about
this guitarist is his attitude. He`s cocky, devoted and confident and still knows
the fact he needs and wants to work harder to work towards his "Vai" goal. Some may
call it an ego but I assure you, he`s the Josh Beckett of the guitar world and will
make some waves once people give him the opportunity.
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