You Guys were Right About Mattias IA EKlundh

this guys great! his solo stuff is so fun and full of strong compositions, with loads of great ideas and weird unique sounds . a really unique voice on guitar. he's right up there with guthrie IMHO. freak kitchens shares those traits, but it's HEAVY too! and eklundh has a pretty good singing voice. i'm loving this stuff!
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the one thing that immediately strikes me about IA is that he is unique.
The next year I got the chance to talk to him and watch him play and my opininon changed . The guy is a master of all these exotic scales . He really knows his shit and comes up with some really unique melodic jams . Plus he is funny as hell and super nice .
Last year I got a copy of ART METAL with Jonas Hellborg , the Johansson brothers and Selvaganesh . :eek: These cats can play. The level of musicality is astounding ...the time signatures , the melodic invention...and THE HEAVINESS . I've never heard " metal " with these kinda chops . I have a whole new respect for guys that can come up with this kinda music .
haven't heard art metal yet. i should check that out. i'm still making my way through the freak kitchen stuff right now.
how does he hit all those natural harmonics? there's a lick page where he describes every harmonic you can hit on each string, but i can't get alot of them to sound clear and strong.
great stuff, he's one of the few newer guys that is really doing something new and inventive on the guitar IMO. i wish that his two solo albums were mores structured, but with that jumble of eclectic songs, its makes for a really fun listening experience.
i wish IA would use less tapping and whammy bar abuse though. hes got such a great melodic sense and crazy conventional licks. i'd love to hear more of that mixed in the the wild stuff he does.