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Alex Skolnick Trio
Review by Gary Hill and Mike Korn
Interview with Alex Skolnick From 2005
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Scott McGill / Michael Manring / Vic Stevens - Addition By Subtraction
Review by Gary Hill
Formed by Scott McGill (guitar) and Vic Stevens (drums), this is almost a band, but really a project. The duo, having played together in McGill's Hand Farm, recruited bassist Michael Manring (Attention Deficit) and keyboardist Jordan Rudess (Dregs, Dream Theater) to complete the outfit and record this album.
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Joe Deninzon - Adventures in the Stratospheerius
Review by Gary Hill
Released under the name of Joe Deninzon, this album is by the same group who also record under the band name Stratospheerius. That group is composed of Deninzon, Scott Chasolen, Grisha Alexiev, Rufus Philpot, DJ Big Wiz, and guitarist Alex Skolnick (Attention Deficit, Testament).
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Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
Review by Mike Korn
The last few years have seen the rise of a new generation of American metal bands. The new blood has included Shadows Fall, God Forbid and without a doubt the most vicious of the bunch, Lamb of God.
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Jane Getter Premonition - Division World
Review by Gary Hill
I enjoy Jane Getter's guitar playing and her music. I previously reviewed one of her albums, and it really worked well.
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Various Artists - Drum Nation Vol. 2
Review by Gary Hill
The concept is simple but unique: put together a number of tracks from various artists showcasing influential and potent drummers. This was the concept for Magna Carta's first drum nation CD, and they continue it here - why mess up a good thing?
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Alberto Rigoni - For The Love Of Bass
Review by Gary Hill
This is quite a cool release. I should mention that I play bass (well, not as often as I should these days, so maybe I should say "played").
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Primus - Green Naugahyde
Review by G. W. Hill
Love them or hate them, there’s not another band out there quite like Primus.
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Alex Skolnick Trio - Last Day in Paradise
Review by Gary Hill
This new album by Alex Skolnick Trio is more than just a continuation. Sure there's a lot of great jazz trio music with elements of rock – the reason I put this under prog.
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Testament - Live inTinley Park, IL, August, 2008
Review by Mike Korn
Many more pics from this show are available in two galleries in our members area.
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Various Artists - Magna Carta Guitar Greats – Volume I
Review by Grant Hill
These Magna Carta sampler discs serve as a great way for people to sample a number of their releases without having to shell out the cash for each and every one of them. I'd have to say that as these things go, this is one of the better ones – and they are all quite good.
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Various Artists - MetalMania 2007 DVD and CD Set
Review by Gary Hill
So, you didn’t make it to Poland last year to check out the MetalMania Festival? Or maybe you did and want a chance to relive the show.
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PAKT - No Steps Left To Trace
Review by Gary Hill
PAKT is an amazing group of musicians. The band is made up of Percy Jones (bass and samples), Alex Skolnick (guitars), Kenny Grohowski (drums) and Tim Motzer (guitars and electronics).
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Percy Jones, Alex Skolnick, Kenny Grohowski, Tim Motzer - PAKT
Review by Gary Hill
I have to say that there seems to be some confusion about the name of this act. I've seen it listed with the group name the same as the album title.
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Vapourspace - Sonic Residue from Vapourspace
Review by Steve Alspach
Here's an interesting concept - take songs from various releases from a progressive rock record label and let the music be transformed by a techno mix until it's nearly unrecognizable from the original source.
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Various Artists - Subdivisions - A Tribute To Rush
Review by Gary Hill
Subdivisions is a new Tribute album devoted to the music of Rush from Magna Carta Records. Those paying close attention and with a good memory, may be saying now; "didn't they do one before?"
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Testament - The Formation of Damnation
Review by Gary Hill
This CD represents Alex Skolnick’s studio return to the world of Testament. What they have produced is an album that takes no prisoners. T
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Alex Skolnick Trio - Transformation
Review by Gary Hill
Alex Skolnick is a true artist, not content to sit still in one musical genre. Certainly he is probably best known as the guitarist for the metal band Testament, his first professional gig.
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