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Menza |
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Jonathan Mariante
Former Mega-Man Nick Menza has a brand new solo album out. He basically
did everything on this album-sang, wrote all the songs, played all the
instruments (with a little help from a guitarist named Christian
Nesmith), and produced and mixed the album, with co-production from Max
Norman. Quite a feat, eh? All the songs are brilliantly played! Nick is
a very talented musician, and he explores a few different musical
styles
on "Life...". There are, of course, some booty-kicking metal tunes,
like
the lead-off track "Life Back", "Heaven's Gate" (which sounds very
Megadeth influenced! Guess it's still in his blood!), "I'm Only
Saying",
"You Won't Forget Me" (which has a beginning similar to Megadeth's
"Foreclosure On A Dream"), "Mastervibe", "Monstrous", "Devices", and
"RU486" (Very clever title here!). There are also a number of lighter,
more melodic tunes, like the mournful "In My Life", "Through The Lies",
"Next To You", the Zeppelin-esque "One Nation" (A very well played song
but long, going for over eight minutes), and a short, bluesy little
ditty called "Ten Years Gone". The album ends in kind of a strange way,
with some African style music. This is a very good album. As I said,
Nick plays everything very well, and doing everything by yourself is
certainly no mean achievement. Hats off to Mr. Menza for a job well
done! He has proven that there is "Life After Deth!"
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