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John 5 is set to released his new 10 track album
‘God Told Me To’ on the 8th May which
is just before he heads out on the road again with
Rob Zombie on a co-headline tour with Megadeth in
America and the album is one hell of a beastly solo
record.
‘God Told Me To’ opens with ‘Welcome
To Violence’ which happens to be one the
best full on guitar tracks I have ever heard,
John 5 does wonders with the his guitar and produces
sounds that are full on bliss to the ears and
it is all done at such a pace that you may start
to wonder if you are on a mad acid trip or something,
the song has clearly been influenced by John’s
time with Rob Zombie as musically it is something
that you can imagine Rob Zombie blasting out some
morbid vocals to.
Back last summer John 5 released a digital version
of a cover of the classic Michael Jackson song
‘Beat It’ and that happens to be featured
on the album and John 5 has taken the original
and added some fast electronic effects whilst
also tackling the original Eddie Van Halen guitar
solo with perfection, the only downside to the
track is that at key points you expect Jackson’s
vocals to come in yet they never do.
‘Ashland Bump’ see’s John 5
crack out the acoustic guitar and is a fun little
track which shows a total different side from
what John 5 has shown in the past and just as
you think the track is going to end it surprises
you with a little reprise .
‘Killafornia’ starts off quite heavy
like it’s going to be a track to head bang
to but then these technical twist and turns come
out of nowhere and John 5 shows off his skills.
‘The Castle’ is another technical
track where John 5 literally uses every section
of his guitar whilst creating a melodic track.
‘The Hill Of The Seven Jackals’ is
another technical masterpiece which stands out
really well on an album which features 10 extremely
listenable tracks as John works his guitar in
ways other guitarist could only dream of. ‘Noche
Acosador’ see’s John 5 go down the
Mariachi route and he does it ever so well and
is a route that I wish John 5 would take more
often as he does it so much justice.
Over the years John 5 has had a really bumpy
time in the music industry but it seems that no
matter what shit he has to face he always lands
on his feet and takes on a task bigger and better
than before and ‘God Told Me To’ happens
to be the most creative and diverse album that
John 5 has released so far and it easily puts
John 5 up there against the other big guitar gods
like Steve Via and Joe Satriani.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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1. Welcome To Violence
2. Beat It
3. Ashland Bump
4. Killafornia
5. The Castle
6. The Hill of the Seven Jackals
7. Noche Acosador
8. The Lust Killer
9. The Lie You Live
10. Creepy Crawler |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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