Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force - guest review
Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force - guest review
Tracklist
01. Black Star02. Far Beyond The Sun
03. Now Your Ships Are Burned
04. Evil Eye
05. Icarus' Dream Suite Op.4
06. As Above, So Below
07. Little Savage
08. Farewell
Guest review by
Joey Jo Jo July 29, 2005
"Rising Force" came out of nowhere; in '84 there was just nothing like it, and I mean NOTHING. I have been listening to this album on and off for the past year and it has really taken me a long time to grasp it entirely. I have been on an opinion rollercoaster with this album, but now I have finally decided that I have enjoyed it.
The music goes through a lot of emotions and atmospheres to say the least. It begins with the somewhat over-hyped "Black Star" which is dark and very captivating, just inviting you, pulling you, and grasping you in to indulge yourself in this very trance-like atmosphere. With "Far Beyond the Sun" it quickly changes moods to a more up-beat and fast setting. There are a lot of keyboard/guitar exchanges on here to delight even the most die-hard Rhapsody and CoB fans out there. The next song on our list is the first non-instrumental on the album; "Now Your Ships are Burned" is very aggressive with a lot of guitar masturbation. Now enters the vocalist Jeff Scott Soto who is just perfect for this song with his anger-filled vocals. What really bothers me is how this song is seldom (or never for that matter) played live, it is probably the highlight of the album. "Evil Eye" is the most intriguing instrumental you will find anywhere, it blends acoustic guitars with electric very nicely and it is one of those songs that burrows itself deep inside your brain and forces itself to be repeated constantly, which is really not surprising at all. Then the long, complex and epic "Icarus Dream Suite Opus 5" is really something that cannot be explained by someone like me (sorry) so you really have to hear it for yourself to fully grasp its emotion completely.
Now I will not continue explaining each song on this album, but I will now move on to the impact it had on music. You will hear a lot of "Metalists" proclaiming "Rising Force" to be nothing but overrated and over-hyped shredding as a whole, but, I kid you not, this IS the holy grail of neo-classical. Ritchie Blackmore just opened the doggie-door to the idea of combining classical with metal; Malmsteen tore down the dam walls with this album. Since then, there have been so many cheap knock-offs that have really brought neo-classical into a negative spot-light, but those people do not fully understand classical like Yngwie does. Because of those "Metalists" that have criticized the album the way they did, there have actually been a lot of metal-heads that have not heard this album. Everyone that I have shown this album to that like melodic metal/classical/ or any form of rock
have all said the same thing?"Amazing!"
If you have not had the pleasure of experiencing this album, I suggest that you put it in to your collection as soon as humanly possible. It is truly essential to any enthusiast of melodic metal out there, that's for sure.
Written by Joey Jo Jo | July 29, 2005
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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I have this album. "Far Beyond The Sun" is the best song on there. Wow, the shredding is intense!  . THANK YOU YNGWIE FOR GOING OUTSIDE THE BOX! 
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This is a great album, especially when you heard it in 1984, nothing like that had been done before this. It just slapped everyone in the face and set up the avalanche of guitar shredders' solo albums.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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i think Black Star is the best on the cd. the main riff is genius and so perfect.
---- Kick Ass, Die Young Less is More Stay Pure Stay Poor Music was my life, music brought me to life and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz in my head that only I can hear.
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Truly deserves a 9 indeed! Rising Force is amazing.
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