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Victor Gann
The new CD is entitled The Devil's Been Busy and features ten entertaining,
heavily melodic tracks. The emotional roads traveled through here feature tributes to Gann's wife and daughter through the two tracks "Shannon & Victoria" and "Lullaby for Victoria." These are the completion of the "Shannon with Child" cut from the EP (and the baby was obviously named Victoria). The first of the two is a sweet slow and emotion filled cut with poignant notes and production which allows us to hear Victor slide his hands across the fret board, a really genuine effect. The second is as stated a lullaby that starts off with a baby crying. With so many instrumental releases focusing on speed and showy technique it is refreshing to see a man bare his soul and share so much off himself with his audience. Three of the best tracks are "06/06/44" a tribute to World War II's epic D-Day (Allied invasion of Nazi Occupied France), "Out Past Midnight" and the album's title track. The latter two are clean, powerful, and rich in melody and resemble Joe Satriani's best work. The former is a thick rich power packed walk down a painful memory lane. For those that want heavier dirtier metal riffs there's the bad ass cut "Black Gold." Here Victor uses aggressive deep dark notes ala 1983 Dio (Holy Diver) or 1991 Judas Priest (Painkiller) and really shows his range. "Beyond the Sun" sees the most guitar hero techniques and speed but the reason it is the best cut on the album is the powerhouse phrasing. The distinctions built here with big sustained notes are wonderful. Folks the first listen "don't do" this record justice but it is so damn addictive that the 26th (in the first week you buy it) just might. This is a winning CD and should appeal to all fans of hard rock and metal. Pick one up at http://www.victorgann.com/Merchandise.htm Band Members: Track Listing: Hardrock Haven rating: 8.2/10 |
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Comments: After a successful 5-song EP release two years ago, Dallas
based guitar virtuoso Victor Gann is back with a full length release that
travels the same roads with a tighter more robust feel to its production.
Trained at the famous Guitar Institute, Gann received degrees in Professional
Guitar and Music Harmony & Theory. He has studied under greats such as
Satriani, Paul Gilbert and Jennifer Batten and has a style that is based
squarely in rhythmic hard rock and heavy metal. He also is a highly successful
guitar instructor with approximately 70 students under his wing.