Long live lyrical shred! Long live musical guitarists! Long live Zeni Danussi! Imagine being able to take the best of Joe Satriani's soul and lyricism, Steve Vai's inventiveness and modalities, Eric Johnson's impeccable technique and John Petrucci's progressiveness, and fuse them all together. Throw in Danussi's own fire, originality and intensity. What you get, is Zeni Danussi's amazing debut release, 'After Shock'. From the moment the mind numbing "Alien Attack" fires out of your speakers Danussi has your senses locked in with your undivided attention. There is no let down in the audio thrill ride that awaits you with numbers like, "Access Denied", "After Shock" and "Ragin Sinner" that are sure to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. While on tracks like, "Stolen Moments", "Cryin The Pain" and "Broken Tears" we find the subtle side of Danussi, showing that even when he slows the pace down, he still sounds amazing without losing any emotional content. What distinguishes the really special guitar players for me is the emotion they are able to convey through the instrument, the tones they can get, their sense of melody, their ability to alter tempos and moods and the ability to create a lyrical, almost vocal component to their guitar voice. Most importantly, I need to hear songs! Take your time and listen to this album a few times and you'll understand what I'm saying. Zeni Danussi's guitar playing communicates feeling. There is so much to like on this album for any guitar fanatic. The emotion and intense feeling behind every note is simply brilliant. The production quality throughout is outstanding as well. If you are looking for an instrumental type album that is not just forty minutes of a guy playing notes as fast as he can, then the Zeni Danussi is where it is. There is enough diversity in sound and rhythm on this CD to have something for everyone to like. I am extremely impressed with Zeni Danussi's work and look forward to listening to more of his music in the future. Eleven tracks in all, ‘After Shock’ is an astounding instrumental album.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
