Metal Mythos: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

[@Thepoltergiest101]

"See You in Tokyo, Bitch!" is actually a pretty good title for a live album.

[@TheBcoolGuy]

See you in Spain, lads!

[@HeroSword_P]

Reminds me of Children of Bodom's "Tokyo Warhearts" live album.

[@TheLochs]

one thing about Ynqwie, he NEVER changed his style for the times. he was always himself. No doubt.

[@spartansquid5931]

That's because he's the best thing to ever happen to us mere mortals. He is too powerful to conform to us insects. (I am not Yngwie's second account).

[@johnsavchak8202]

Only changes...his ego mellowed and he's doubled his waist size!

[@NobleBruv]

@@johnsavchak8202 those are typically related lol

[@markr.devereux2713]

He always kept thi ngs HEAVY had afew decent albums. A signature guitar a bag of tricks rolexs sports cars WHAT MORE CAN ONE EXPECT IN A SINGLE LIFETIME??

[@therightisright8276]

Yes, always a douchebag.

[@grumpyoldman2380]

my first concert was 1/10/1986. Ronnie James Dio was the headliner with an opening act that the venue hadn't even turned the house lights off for. With just a black curtain as a backdrop, Yngwie started playing and I don't anyone breathed until he was done. After a short intermission, Dio came out and just destroyed all while fighting a dragon with a large sword. The evening was a religious experience to say the least.

[@robertkidd6270]

I seen that tour in Edinburgh and the dragon lazer fight was a pissed laugh

[@cindym.9029]

@@robertkidd6270 Everyone has an opinion, it still made AWESOME Entertainment. Let me ask you this, IF you could go back to the 80's, would you??! MOST say yes, and I would never come back! BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE!💯🎸🎸🎸

[@NoName-to5xl]

I was 4. Missed it. Those were great times. I felt it.

[@bhalleck]

I saw that tour. Didn't know much about Malmsteen at that time... blew my mind. I'd never seen guitar theatrics like before, nor guitar playing on that level at the same time. I was feeling sorry for Vivian Cambell having to follow that every night. But Dio obviously kicked ass as well.

[@keonianderson5145]

I wish Dio would have sung with Yngwie.

[@knobjockey6882]

Keoni Anderson Fuck me, I'd kill to see that happen! That would be so fucking awesome!

[@coldandhomeless]

He did... in some ways. Dream on and we're stars.

[@georgekolotouros548]

Keoni Anderson That would have been epic !!

[@jakeh5175]

It happened but they both totally dropped the ball.

[@privatejimmy5861]

Keoni Anderson , wow, yes, would've been EPIC...saw Dio (Craig Goldie); and Yngwie Malmsteen at Irvine Meadows back in 1988-1989..era.. Goldie was also influenced by Yngwie..and amazingly so was Michael Schenker a tad influenced by the 10 years younger Sweede​ during the McAuley-Schenker years..I know, cuz I was a complete Schenker-in, to become an Yngwie-clone, to become a Michael Sweet -in, to become a sorta Segovia-clone..then full circle back to Schenker.. yet before guitar at age 18, I was a drummer and a John Bonham-clone, starting at age 12-13. J.

[@richardtaylor9500]

The music press need to be forced to watch this - they are so determined to erase Yngwie's career. But in the history of rock guitar Yngwie must command several chapters to himself - whether you like him or not. For me his first 4 albums are all time faultless classics - and the rest of them are mostly superb. He is the king of neo-classical metal.

[@2COOLGHOULS]

Richard Taylor very true

[@oooweeeoooo]

Saw him live during his spellbound tour. He's an absolute monster. I managed to get a big chunk of his guitar after he smashed it on stage and gave it to the crowd. First heard his Trilogy album when I was 15. I'm 29 now and still play that CD frequently

[@carlottatendant4393]

scott soto on MARCHING OUT is pure genius. The pitch and vibrato is almost halford, dio, and tate level. NO ONE sings like this anymore.

[@cyborgar15]

Hell Ya!!..Awesome Vocals..

[@andrejz8954]

Yeah, he doesn't REALLY know what he's talking bout when it comes to singing imo. In this video, Tim Owens reminded me of the muppet falsetto alot more than JSSotto's vocals, which frankly didn't sound falsetto to me at all. Though it was a short sample.

[@NobleBruv]

@@andrejz8954 I only agree with his analysis towards Soto when it comes to Rising Force. However, Marching out is perfect.

[@RicardoMarlowFlamenco]

Most likely the reviewer is put off by “head voice” or mix some call it, not understanding the physical limitations of Baritone voices that sing in the tenor range. Best example to compare is Kree Nakoorie Bonnet vs Soto. Bonnet has to “scream” on the upper register of this tune and I assume the taste of the reviewer prefers that yelling to Soto’s seamless velvety passagio in that range, handing off the high notes to head voice. “Muppet falsetto” is not a cool put down for what is an extremely difficult technique to learn. But in the end a taste issue nothing more.

[@steveliberati]

Man, ECLIPSE is so goddamn good. Everything is in metal unison on that one. riffs, singing, solos, just badass

[@Yngsatchvai]

Love the tunes but someone raked their hand across the fucking EQ In production and fuck!! We need a re master So bad

[@scottlowell493]

I discoevered Yngvie with "Odessey" and I was instantly hooked. I bought the Cd on a whim, and was rewarded. 100% pure kick ass metal.

[@djdj696]

Another soulful rock/metal singer I absolutely love (3rd in all time fav singers) is Corey Glover of Living Colour. Great vocal range, charisma like James Brown, very versatile. And since we're talking about Living Colour, Vernon Reid is easily my favorite metal guitarist and one of my favorite jazz guitarists of all time. A great blend of jazz, funk, and even a little punk to create and incredibly unique sound of metal. LIVING COLOUR IS BADASS!

[@TheRageaholic]

+Jack Stryder Totally agree. Living Colour have always been massively underrated.

[@djdj696]

+The Rageaholic Hell yeah, and they still sound incredible even after all these years. One of the few alternative rock/metal bands I actually enjoy. Fuck Guns 'n Posers.

[@planet6393]

True that sir!

[@user-tv1le7sw2l]

Vernon Reid, are you serious 😂. I think he's great with the band but a talented guitarist he isn't.

[@graph180]

Truthfully? "See you in Tokyo, Bitch" would have made for a far superior album title.

[@seatspud]

Hell, I'd get it!

[@WatchVenusSpa]

RELEASE THE FUCKING FURY!!!

[@agent_o_range]

A live album from Budokan I assume?

[@MrKennyWilliams]

I now want a Yngwie Album that is called "See You in Tokyo, Bitch." Assuming the title, it HAS to be a Live Album.

[@laz4erin]

I second that motion! Huzzah!

[@stephenbartlett6402]

Me too

[@blakkmoon]

A hellof a titel!!!!

[@RossBayCult]

and it has to be in Tokyo

[@LetsGoWrongboarding]

Please Yngnut make it happen

[@RodVonLongrod]

Being a teenager who started playing guitar in 1986 discovering Malmsteen was pretty damn cool.

[@taylorpenunuri8677]

Look, I will lay this all out for you guys since I have a phd in rock guitar: The early blues players selected the lot. Hendrix, Paige, DiMeola and Blackmore built the house. Van Halen and Rhoads kicked the doors in. Yngwie, Satch and Vai blew the entire thing up. To guitar players that really, REALLY know their stuff, Yngwie's place in history is undeniable and Rising Force stands as a game changing record - as important as Passion and Warfare, Are you Experienced, Van Halen 1, Blizzard of Ozz etc etc.

[@Yngsatchvai]

Taylor Penunuri Yes! Rising Force, Passion & Warfare and Surfing With The Alien are the holy trinity of instrumental guitar music.

[@BucurAdrian23]

I honestly love the album Rising Force .. at the first listen it might seem like nonsense noodling , but there are tracks such as Icarus' Dream Suite , Evil Eye and Far Beyound the Sun that are simply genius .

[@lrn_news9171]

Rising force has awesome riffs love that song

[@MylaRolettoPingarelli]

I love that album!!

[@dudejrryan]

Black Star as well. The album starts with an acoustic intro & ends with an acoustic outro nicely done wrapped up with a pretty bow

[@sigiligus]

Anyone who thinks it is mindless noodling is simply too stupid to comprehend a dense amount of notes. You’d sound like a braindead culturally bereft ignoramus for saying Paganini’s caprices or the third movement of Beethoven’s moonlight sonata are “stupid nonsense scales,” but because Yngwie plays the sacred boomer genre of rock on a Strat, he’s somehow defiled the holy legacy of classic rock, which as we all know is the only valid genre to play on an electric guitar.

[@Uncle_Mark2600]

I first heard Yngwie on a plastic record in Guitar magazine in the eighties. It was Black Star. I rode my bike as fast as I could to the record store and bought that awesome album. I was lucky enough to see him in a nightclub, Shades, near Jacksonville, Florida, in the early 90's. I was 10 feet from Yngwie for the entire show. There was one person in front of me; it was like getting the most incredible guitar lesson ever. Absolutely amazing!

[@Sweeptheleg83]

Yeah, black star was the first Yngvies song I ever heard. While I'd heard shredders before, I'd never heard one that was such a combination of speed, technicality, soul and intention. While my personal favorite guitarist will always be EVH (mostly for his overpowering rhythm playing), Yngvies is definitely up there for me along with George Lynch, Billy Gibbons, Randy Rhodes, Marty Friedman and Chris Poland. My absolute favorite guitarists list. (I also love John Shaffer and Dave Mustaine as rhythm players and pretty much every guitarist that ever played in the Scorpions as that band has had ridiculous guitar talent throughout there catalogue).

[@keonianderson5145]

I love the nob to D&D, I have played "Riot in the Dungeon" and "Rising Force" during every D&D campaign since hearing them.

[@joetrosclair8434]

After being a fan of Yngwie since the late 80’s I finally saw him live just a few years back (May 2013) at NOLA House Of Blues. I accidentally had dinner with his bassist before the show which was an amazing experience. Yngwie put on a show that was 100% about the audience. To top off an already unbelievable night he was flipping his Guitar pics to the crowd and as I held a drink aloft cheering him on he flicked one my direction. I felt a clunk in my drink hand , looked up, and had his name on his Guitar pic looking down from the bottom of my drink. I drank Yngwie hand sweat and still have the pic to this day.

[@sonnyrocker]

hey buddy, just discovered your Metal Mythos videos, and I watched two back to back Dokken and Malmsteen, and at the end of the Malmsteen video, I couldn't stop laughing. You crack me up, and I love your motormouth, descriptive humor. It is spot on and so funny. You make my day and I look forward to watch more. Especially, one of my all time favorite band, Judas Priest. I do tons of Judas Priest guitar lessons on my channel so you know I am a big Priest fan. :) Thanks for these. This stuff is GOLD.

[@HiOctane62]

he's annoying!!

[@skummtoons6686]

@@HiOctane62 not at all. Great use of words, slang, put downs, UN politically correct digs (get over it, they're just words. Not you Shawn, the snowflakes in general) To me a new outlook on albums and great info you don't hear about. RF is actually intelligent and knows the meaning of the words he uses. There are worse channels out there.

[@StrokerAce78]

Shawn Pierce i dont think he's annoying at all! if thats what you think, feel free to watch some Miley Cyrus videos or whatever you do..

[@JarJarBinks4ever]

In defense of Jeff Scott Soto, He wrote the awesome intro theme music to *Biker Mice from Mars*

[@lrn_news9171]

He's a great vocalist. It takes time and dedication to sing like he did

[@TheReaper1011]

We need a Blind Guardian Metal Mythos

[@TrevorGallois]

One thing about Yngwie is that people always seems to comments that he was an asshole (and it seems like he truely was reading interview around the eclipse era) but at the same time he's the bragging dude that can actually back it off. It's a bit of a love hate relationship with the guy, people love to hate him but he's so good that you almost have to give him a pass

[@HurtboxTV]

funny thing is that when I heard about Yngwie I asked my dad if he had any of his music (was 10 at the time) and he said yeah and handed me Magnum Opus haha After that I became a die hard Yngwie fan.

[@spotsthecat7913]

Great album to start!

[@UlfhedinnNorsk]

HurtboxTV DUDE! Same thing here, but it was my older sis who gave me "magnum opus". That and Seventh Sign became my favorites.

[@STiLLiLLPRODUCTiONS]

Amberdawn 😍😍

[@mitryanlanenkins7364]

Idk why but I love this metal mythos, the constant jokes about him over eating junk food that run through out keep me coming back

[@TheSteveSteele]

How about a Deep Purple Mythos? You'd have plenty to talk about. Three of the best singers in rock in Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan and David Coverdale (not to mention Rod Evans and Joe Lynn Turner, and even Ronnie James Dio as part of the Purple Family Tree). Then you have three great guitarists in Ritchie Blackmore, Tommy Bolin and Steve Morse. Most importantly for a Mythos show you have all the lineups (MkI, II, III, IV and so on), with all their great yet diverse hard rock masterpieces.

[@musicman1977]

Not gonna happen cus he hates prog

[@ilhamakbar5482]

@@musicman1977 Not really tho, they only did prog rock for 3 albums, the rest of them are hard rock

[@croweman6515]

@@ilhamakbar5482 and even then, as long as it's GOOD Prog he can swallow his pride and judge the albums objectively, just look at his King Diamond Mythos, or his review of "Brave New World" by Iron Maiden.

[@finismalorum9746]

He has mentioned liking Deep Purple, and especially Mk3 and Mk1.

[@garyrunnalls7714]

Deep Purple Rocks!

[@jani14jani]

I remember when I first watched this video 8 years ago and now 8 years later it popped to my recommended videos and i'm glad it did.

[@philipkarovski281]

Finally someone with common sense that Göran Edman is the best Yngwie vocalist I applaud you sir

[@stuartgibson3642]

Search live videos of hi, though... terrible

[@joutneyman]

Görans live voice wasnt very Good. On the albums (Yngwie, Norum and others) he sounded great.

[@Yngsatchvai]

Always loved Boals. He made Trilogy even better.

[@lrn_news9171]

Wasn't he the one who also auditioned for Vinnie Vincent Invasion and sang on VVI demos? They're on youtube. That guy was fuckin awesome

[@Ninjamohawk]

Eclipse is one of the greatest albums ever made. Not just metal albums, but albums.

[@donaldcampbell9483]

Ninjamohawk LMFAO...not

[@Yngsatchvai]

I love the entire feel of that album. Just wish they had mixed it better. The songwriting has never been topped on his albums since

[@NIKONKRILLE]

Donald Campbell it is a fantastic album

[@taradead]

Edman's voice on that album is incredible. My fav tracks are Making Love, Faultline and Eclipse. The rest are dog-shit...made only listenable by Edman's voice.

[@dawson1787]

@@taradead the rest are dog shit? What do you want? Bedroom eyes? Faultline? Motherless child? Judas? Save our love? You really don’t think those are amazing songs?

[@delbedinotti6622]

I love this series. And Yngwie is so close to my heart as a guitar player myself. Saying the first Rising Force album is nothing but a vehicle for his pyrotechnics is like saying the same thing about Beethoven in my opinion. He changed the way guitar was played after Eddie. Can't agree with everything you said but I respect it. Can also tell you don't play guitar. God f****** speed.

[@joecarroll3371]

Razorfist, I wanna thank you for reintroducing me to the music of Yngwie. I'd heard of him via a couple of old Metal Edge articles but never committed fully to giving his catalog a fair listen. I'm gonna add him to my list of artists to listen to.

[@HungNguyen-qr7bt]

00:32 Yngwie Myths… and Metallica 01:25 leering hipsters bashing Yngwie 02:42 instrumental album 02:59 Jeff Scott Falsetto 03:25 rhythm guitar and harmony 06:28 that some neoclassical stuff right there 06:43 the chart 09:17 look who it is from the closet 12:09 neoclassical met glam 13:23 the hair beast 14:31 underrated vocal 15:57 dreamy reverb 16:42 victims of the 90’s and early 90’s glam metal 18:50 generic vocals and hot wife 21:33 pop metal and Alcatrazz 22:51 haha the elephant 24:33 experimentation with glam and grunge 25:34 candlemass vocalist 26:44 orchestra… and Metallica 27:33 Metal Orchestras 39:41 bluesy hendrix 42:47 (WTF???)

[@ginoames]

Yngwie Rules! My two faves are Trilogy and Eclipse! While I love all the early stuff I just find those are the two I always go back too.! When Fire & Ice came out I remember being very disappointed. Going back to it years later I dig it!

[@flashy5150]

I can agree with "Trilogy", my favorite Yngwie album by a mile. Mark Boals is the best singer of Yngwie. Soto is a close second. I have to say, Yngwie's guitars sounded so freakin' raw, I can hear his Marshall's breathing with brownsound -- so sweet !!

[@romulanrancor6387]

This series is awesome Razorfist, keep em' coming.

[@robbsmetalworks]

Im sending you a poster of Jeff Scott Soto! LOL!!!

[@yuriykaraivan8310]

RobbMetalWorks fuck poster, get him a compilation of all of Jeff Scott Sotto's songs 👌

[@SpanHog]

The Swedish Chef Soto... smorgy smorgy smorgy

[@akaiyui9300]

@@yuriykaraivan8310 Blast some Jeff Scot Soto songs around his house.

[@ModernDayWarrior2112]

RobbMetalWorks I just met Jeff last night at the Sons of Apollo gig here in NJ. I should have shown him this video 😂

[@gainmeister4505]

I saw the generation axe tour a couple years ago, with zakk wylde, tosin abasi, steve vai, nuno bettencort, when Yngwie played his set there was absolutely no competition. The power, control and intonation in his hands, absolutely multitudes of levels beyond the others.

[@elzbthg]

damn, that must have been awesome.

[@MrDantres]

I love Jeff Scott Soto :P And Marching Out is Malmsteen's best album ever.

[@idrankwhat]

Marching Out is Yngwie's best release. The songs, the riffing, the vocals, & the shredding is all there. "Soldier without faith" is just amazing!

[@Yngsatchvai]

Eric Leffler The way he starts off the solo on SWF made me look at my speakers and yell WTF! Had to be a one take solo. Easily one of his most impressive and incorporates everything that makes Yngwie so unique in one solo. When people ask me what he's all about or whats all the fuss, I just play that song.

[@idrankwhat]

Great choice! That was the first Yngwie song I ever heard

[@RicardoMarlowFlamenco]

Eric Leffler Let me know if there was ever a live version...that was the one tune that as a kid I was always very frustrated that he never performed...

[@paulallenscard8553]

Wow, Jeff Scott Soto is my alltime favorite!

[@kschantz]

Trilogy is his best album.

[@Norman-Bates-60]

Yes

[@SpanHog]

"if a septic main erupts underneath and covers you in 6 inches of the neighborhood's feculence.." *I see you've been to San Francisco.*

[@venomagent76]

Trilogy is still in my constant rotation!

[@Andrew-Gomez904]

will you ever do Deep Purple or Rainbow? cause i feel they both get underrated alot of the time yeah Deep Purple is always mentioned alongside Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath but always 3rd and barley considered

[@finismalorum9746]

Funny how you turned so many people on to Yngwie's music and he repays you by blocking you on twitter. For shame Yngwie.

[@TheRageaholic]

His wife runs his social media accounts. And she blocked me long before this video. No idea what for.

[@GorditoCrunch343]

Too many fat jokes?

[@finismalorum9746]

Hellraiser Gordon Too many Bearclaw jokes.

[@andrastereminiec7599]

She also blocked me ! And I was being nice to Yngwie !

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

She blocked you because you took all his doughnuts away from him.

[@GusMonsanto]

Soto rules. The first two cds are perfect.

[@jeddak]

I still think that Rising Force is Yngwie's best album, and Track 1, Black Star, is his best song.

[@Ions11]

These Metal Mythos videos are awesome. "NEXT!"

[@johnfadden6690]

You have single-handedly just made me want to back and listen to Yngwie's entire catalog. There is apparently a lot of it I have never heard. Great episode!

[@Mcrapansel]

jeff scott soto is my favourite singer wtf, he is by far my favourite yngwie singer and marching out is my favourite album, funny how different taste can be

[@SonnyGTA]

+Alexander Kohlhepp RIght? LOVE Soto!!!

[@CGoody564]

that's why this video is HIS review. it's his personal view. feel free to make your own?

[@SonnyGTA]

Cory Goodman feel free to make your own?? is that a question? Are you not sure if someone is free to make their own??

[@CGoody564]

+SonnyGTA I'm saying if that's how you feel, make a personal review. the question mark was insinuating the question why you have not done so.

[@CloudsBeyond]

JSS is a laughable hammy cheesy singer! Yes he can sing but phew hard to handle for a full concert. Michael Vescara or Mark Boals had greater range and versatility. Still rather have JSS than the badly auto tuned vocals by Yngwie on World On Fire etc.

[@albundy1849]

Rising Force was Yngwie's first chance to compose his own songs how he wanted. It's more Baroque influenced in terms of structure and melody than the albums that came after it. In terms of a Heavy Metal album, you say its no good. That's because it isn't a 'Heavy Metal' album in the strict sense of the word. Keep in mind it's an album that is guitar focused. I didn't like it at first, but after I moved away from Heavy Metal and started listening to other forms of music, I was able to appreciate Rising Force a lot more. I encourage you to not dismiss Rising Force so quickly. Listen to it for what it is, not a Heavy Metal album, but a classically influenced, primarily instrumental, Guitar centered album.

[@Mr.Goldbar]

yeah it does in fact sound more like a passion project than a full blown heavy metal album. A good passion project for sure but not my mug of beer. It's unfortunate though that he's more associated with this passion project than his better written song from later in the decade

[@strtofdrms]

Metal Mythos is what That Metal Show wishes it could be. This actually is INFORMATIVE and FUNNY at the same time, while paying tribute to the music it discusses. A++++

[@Kylor80sMetalFan]

This series is what introduced me to RazorFist. I think the W.A.S.P. episode was the first one I saw. I mostly enjoy watching the episodes dedicated to classic heavy metal and glam metal bands of the 70s and 80s, but the whole series is awesome.

[@strtofdrms]

@@Kylor80sMetalFan I agree 👍 Love the 80s glam and metal episodes.

[@metlguitar02]

I really appreciated this tribute to Yngwie. It's really enjoyable.. just gave it another view :)

[@worldeconomicforum7210]

Man I love the commentary funny and to the point with no filter. Will finish this whole series now.

[@Mr.Goldbar]

Ranking of all the vocalists Yngwie featured on his records: #1. Joe Lynn Turner - My personal favorite, as soon as I heard the vocal intro of Heaven Tonight I fell in love with his voice, and his vocals on the Rainbow stuff are also the stuff of legends. It's a shame he's not talked about as an all time legend since he's definitely up there with the very best vocalists ever. Such a shame he hasn't done another record with Yngwie but kinda understandable. #2. Graham Bonnet - The only reason he's #2 is becuse he never technically sang on an Yngwie record (unless you consider Alcatrazz's No Parole as an Yngwie record), but regardless he's just as legendary as JLT, for the complete opposite reason. Such power has never been achieved by a vocalist ever, and he's the only vocalist ever who could stand a charisma match against Yngwie and win lol. #3. Mark Boals - I must admit it took me a long time to get into his vocals, but I do now and I absolutely love them. both similar power to Graham Bonnet and similar sweetness to JLT, the best of both worlds. I can't think of another vocalist who stylistlcally fits both the glam stuff and the power metal stuff. He's also the vocalist who stood the test of time the best out of all of Yngwie's vocalists, almost 40 years later and still sounds like the record! fucking unbelivable. #4. Tim Ripper Owens - Yngwie's last vocalist and what a great one! such a powerhouse that's absolutely perfect for Perpetual Flame and even Relentless. Sure, he didn't sounds as good with Judas Priest as Halford but who the fuck would? #5. Mats Leven - Yngwie's most underrated vocalist by far! His grungy raspiness definitely fits Facing The Animal like a glove and what a shame he hadn't had the chance to do another record with Yngwie, even the chemestry between him and Yngwie in Double Live is fucking incredible! #6. Jeff Scott Soto - Yngwie's most overrated vocalist just as much as how Mats is underrated, definitely gets too much praise because he was the first. He sounds terrible on the couple songs he's done on Rising Force however on Marching Out he was definitely up there with the best vocalists in the genre. Now he sounds totally different than how he did back with Yngwie, like a totally different and unrelated person, but it's obvious that he takes advantage of that in Sons Of Apollo to do new interesting stuff with his voice and doesn't just try to recreate the past. I'd argue he sounds better now with Sons Of Apollo than how he did with Yngwie back then. #7. Goran Edman - By far the hardest one to rank. In the studio he's right up there with JLT and Boals and sometimes even better! His delivery on so many songs on Eclipse and Fire & Ice is absolutely god tier and he's the perfect fit for these two albums. Unfortunately when it comes to his performances live he sounds even worse than Yngwie. Out of key and breath almost all the time and with muppet falsettos with out of control vibratos that are even worse than Soto's by a long shot. Nowadays his voice unfortunately aged like a half eaten apple infested with rats, hasn't aged well in the slightest. #8. Michael Vescera - It's hard for me to get into his vocals and I still struggle, his raspiness definitely works on the new sound of The Seventh Sign but when he sings the earlier stuff and the more i guess old school sounding songs from The Seventh Sign it sounds wrong. He does sound a bit better on Magnum Opus but not by much. Also seems by far like the worst person on this list, since he had the nerve to cheat on his wife with Yngwie's wife, causing Yngwie to almost lose his career. #9. Doogie White - the man is a solid vocalist and does an acceptable job, but that's the only thing I'd say in favor of him. His relatively mediocre and nothing special vocals definitely held Attack and Unleash The Fury back (I love how you called him Born To Be Mild). Started as the guy who eats everybody's leftovers and will always be the guy who eats everybody's leftovers, he ate JLT's leftovers in Rainbow, he ate Mark Boals's leftovers in Yngwie's Rising Force and he's now eating Graham Bonnet's leftovers in Alcatrazz (or shall I say... New England since it's only Shae and Waldo at this point) #10. Yngwie himself - no explanation needed lol

[@Deadite8593]

I find myself coming back to watch this at least 3 times a year. It's just flat out entertaining, bravo good sir!

[@jeffstrainer1471]

This guy is nothing short of BRILLIANT!!! I cannot recall a more entertaining, spot on depiction of subject matter. Your ability to vividly convey an image through articulation is staggering! I hope you're wealthy...talent like this should be rewarded monetarily to no end. Rush??? Maiden???? Dio??? ...I'm buying what you're selling!! May I ask how you prep for each 'dissertation' ...too brilliant to simply improve...right?

[@TheRageaholic]

Jeff Strainer I listen to a shitload of music, watch - and download - every interview I can lay my mitts on... and then make a rough, bullet-point outline for each album with a 'Best Track' and 'Worst Track'. I even have a star rating system that I ultimately discard, just to remind myself of how to structure each rant. It's loose, with a bit of structure.

[@benrechakiewicz3594]

Thanks mate love Metal Mythos your reviews are awesome and opened my mind to a whole new range of albums to listen too.🤘

[@Petrucci2323]

"Even God can't sing and that's why he took Freddy Mercury"...OMFG..ROLFD with laughter. Sir! you indeed made my night-Thank You! Mega fan...\m/

[@4dmind]

My brother-from-another-mother...I am a Malmsteen fan (and a guitar player myself), and I am simultaneously ashamed and blown away that I had not listened to Eclipse - but I did because of your Mythos video. You are absolutely right - about the production, the imagination, and the vocalist. Positively awesome. You're the best, man.

[@DeTeK-Dennis]

"Now your ships are burned" is on the list of his best songs and was performed first time in 1981.

[@danoconnell3583]

Thanks, Razorfist! I FINALLY bought Unleash The Fury/Perpetual Flame based on your RAVE reviews! Best albums since Marching Out!

[@EnvyMachinery]

With how much you've talked about Tim Owens so far, I'm really hoping you review Iced Earth's discography. I'd love to hear all your thoughts on a band I know everything by and about.

[@randpaul7031]

Agreed. And if he thought Jeff Scot Soto sounded like a muppet, I'd love to hear him rip Gene Adam a new one.

[@lrn_news9171]

That would be an awesome metal mythos I'm mostly familiar with their first 3 albums.

[@sbi168]

I have all of his stuff up until he started "singing" but it was diminishing returns by 2000 and i struggled more and more, when he started "singing" it was the straw that broke the camels back. i saw him live on the facing the animal tour and it was awesome !

[@sonnyrocker]

BTW, I am also a HUGE Loudness fan, and Mike Vescera is one of my all time favorite singers. Therefore, it makes Seventh Sign my favorite Malmsteen album.

[@remingtonsteele3581]

sonnyrocker yes, Razor speaks Japanese so that would be a very cool research project to review Loudness and their history (Japanese interviews included etc. ) Akira is a monster guitarist and is worthy of a fun review

[@markr.devereux2713]

Vescera did sound good with LOUDNESS. Not so much with MALMSTEEN . Yngwie is too drugged out looking live. Not saying I would not jump at the chance to see him in concert

[@sonnyrocker]

@@markr.devereux2713 I thought Vescera sounded great with Malmsteen too. Seventh Sign is my favorite Malmsteen album because of Mike.

[@markr.devereux2713]

@@remingtonsteele3581 the Japanese Eddie Van Halen.☝️☝️

[@markr.devereux2713]

@@sonnyrocker I guess I'm outnumbered on this.

[@neonspec]

You are the man. This series got me into Darkthrone (and by extension, black metal in general) and now Yngwie Malmsteen. Can't thumb up these videos enough!

[@petersouthern7227]

Sadly he didn't pay heed to your comments regarding his vocals and he sings on the new album too.

[@donzaloog1400]

I'm thoroughly enjoying these Metal Mythos videos. Keep up the good work.

[@Mcrapansel]

wtf now your ships are burned is a great song.

[@thebassofmontecristo]

+Alexander Kohlhepp A kick ass song. He doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about here.

[@Utubesuxmycock]

first guitar solo i ever learned god damn, its crazy

[@Utubesuxmycock]

go learn it nub its fucking epic

[@Mcrapansel]

RAPEE APE it sure is but nobody can play this as his first solo

[@Utubesuxmycock]

lol you can play it noob just not at 140 bpm slow it down

[@8601r2]

At the time I didn't realize how special it was to receive a vinyl copy of trilogy for my birthday. My best friend and fellow metal head at university (2002) bought it for me. It is in excellent shape still and gets played once in a while when I need to be taken back to the time when my neck didn't get sore from head-banging.

[@TheRonnoc182]

Now your ships are burned is a great song...

[@doomfeast1102]

I adore Metal Mythos, especially this episode, because it introduced me to an artist I was only mildly aware of before. Excellent series!

[@JimiRayYng]

Fucking love the 1st album .. self indulgent ???? Hell yeah!! So what???? not wankery.. more like kick the butt of every guitar player on the planet.. dude Having said that... Great Review of Yng's career, Very Enjoyable :-)

[@michaelcrusader9612]

Thank-you very much dears in rock n roll-metal -actual program -" Metal Mythos"! For big -musicaln-information in life dear Shred J.L.Y.Malmsteen and for infornation dears in life talants-musiciants too in prof-work with dear Sher!!! Thank-you!!! Rock n roll!! Everybody!!

[@HoldenMcG]

Razör-Dude... liked your insight, but loved your humor. Great job, keep it up.

[@kahwigulum]

Shit dude -- i had never heard of you until i saw your interview on Crowder. Holy fuck I love this channel.

[@YiyiOta]

Just discovered your show and it's awesome. Thank you for putting these together

[@Wankenforce]

This is one of the funniest, most intelligent, and just outright entertaining videos I have ever seen on KZbin. Maybe that means I don't watch enough KZbin, or maybe it means Rageaholic is just that awesome. Either way, I enjoyed the shit out of this. Shockingly, I found myself agreeing over and over again...I was thrilled when Goran was hired on, being a fan of his from his work on John Norum's first solo record. Agree 100% on Trilogy, although I'm a big fan of Mats Leven and Facing the Animal as a whole. I was surprised to see that someone enjoyed Eclipse as much as I did, as well. Odyssey...well...I think Yngwie's big change in guitar tone was a turn off to a lot of people, myself included. I chalked it up to his rehab from the car wreck...why else bury what many might consider a legendary lead guitar tone in so much delay, flange, and chorus? You nailed it though, dude. Album for album. Was kinda wondering why there wasn't a "why the fuck did Yngwie blow the chance to record an album with Jorn Lande?" rant. Jorn's at his best singing other people's material, and I'm pretty confident that shit would've been epic. Spellbound is the first Yngwie tour I purposely skipped - in fact I haven't heard the album all the way through, to this day. I just can't do it. This from a guy who, not so long ago, would've bought a dried up camel turd if someone carved "Yngwie Malmsteen" into it. Great stuff, man...can't wait to check out the others.

[@uneedtherapy42]

You are simply the most entertaining and knowledgeable reviewer I have ever heard. i love these videos! Plus Yngwie RULES!!!

[@grumpygrant4537]

Eclipse is basically perfection that album's vibe is freaking incredible

[@micahjay6490]

This guy nails the best track on every album he does. Unreal

[@TheLarres]

You're a fan of classical music? That's interesting. What are some of your favorite composers?

[@TheRageaholic]

Henryk Górecki, Reinhold Glière, Maurice Ravel... I also like some Bach and Chopin.

[@johnlongstreth1525]

Took me back to the late 80s when I first heard of Yngwie while poking holes in the ocean on the USS Houston (SSN 713). An Yngwie fan who was a sonar tech shared his music with us on the stereo system in our galley. Shout out fellow bubbleheads who love metal.

[@KingRundzap]

As someone who used to dismiss Malmsteen before a friend basically did for me what you're doing in this video, I appreciate the effort to get folks to give Malmsteen more of a fair shake. I don't agree with many of your negative criticisms, though--the tracks you're picking as the "worst" from each album, ragging on Soto, etc., but that stuff is subjective anyway.

[@thegoatgotmilked373]

You made me fan of this guitar god. Thanks to you, I looked up this man's music and I love it. So I went to the shop and found some used Yngwie Malmsteen cd's Fire & Ice, Alchemy, Facing the animal and a cover album called "inspiration".

[@394pjo]

for an American you have the most incisive ironic and cutting wit I have ever come across, your brilliant! thank you for this highly entertaining and amusing take on Yngwie.

[@AriaMohtadiHaghighi]

Thanks for making the Mythos series! Can't wait for more episodes.

[@yippeethreeeight]

If Trilogy wasn't so damn good, I don't think I could ever forgive him for destroying a Jaguar E-type. I agree on best and worst songs on the album entirely. I love Eclipse. Matts Levin sang for Therion and was great.

[@smandez2023]

I love Yngwie. As a guitarist myself, the guy is UNTOUCHABLE for what he does.

[@WillMoon]

Favorite line from this one, the Wizard rips ass, which technically speaking makes him a proctomancer... that one got me... lol

[@mooseclappin11]

I didn't know you were a fan of Razorfist, Will! Love your work.

[@WillMoon]

He had me with the Battletech video. Thanks man!

[@MarkAndrewEdwards]

I love this channel. I'm not a metal fan but these retrospectives make me wish I was. Keep it going, man.

[@simonlloyd7557]

So glad Goran got props in this video. He is so over looked that it's bordering on criminal. Edmund is a colossal singer..He's got it all...range, power, delicacy, tone, dynamics, vibrato, and he's got great fucking hair.

[@rwazny]

Another good one! Love hearing your rants and raves on the artists catalog. Entertaining delivery!!

[@lyokon8]

These are some of the best fat jokes I've ever heard.

[@kendalljones99]

I'm LOVING your channel! I've discovered some great albums that I'd previously missed. Thanks!

[@iceddust69]

You put Yngwie and hair metal in the same sentence and I died a little inside.

[@TheRageaholic]

The dude recorded Hair Metal records. Odyssey being one of them. Deal with it.

[@rogelioelperron]

Another amazing episode if metal mythos can't wait for the next one!

[@Hammerhead547]

Razor: You should check out Axel Rudi Pell, Uli Jon Roth, Paul Gilbert, Nuno Bettancourt, Jake E Lee, Micheal Schenker and Chris Impelliterri.

[@danielblake1537]

Lmao the leviathan joke had me cracking up this guys delivery is great! Hes very well versed

[@lucasthompson1650]

You skipped over a significant little tidbit regarding Yngwie's first solo album, "Rising Force" … it earned him a 1986 Grammy nomination in the Best Rock Instrumental Performance category. Jeff Beck's "Escape" was the winner that year, though, beating Yngwie, SRV & Double Trouble, and Big Guitars From Texas among others.

[@joeylodes]

Having already been playing for a couple of years in 1984, young me was all into Iommi, Jimi and Randy Rhoads. Then a neighbor of mine told me … you gotta hear this guitar player , I think he’s from Europe and has a really weird name. Went over to his house and when he dropped the needle on the solo to “As Above , So Below” … so too did my jaw drop. Incredible

[@FretsOnFire]

HIGHLY entertaining, Razor! Goran is also my favorite vocalist, sadly he couldn't hold up to the ridiculous stage volumes. Boals was able to handle those much better, and is probably my 2nd favorite Yngwie vocalist. I saw Boals, with a really severe head cold, pull off the Alchemy material, as well as "Nessun Dorma" FLAWLESSLY two nights in a row in Chicago, at the House of Blues.

[@Mr.Goldbar]

yeah the volume coming from Yngwie's great wall of Marshalls is enough to even make Graham Bonnet struggle