{"id":2215,"date":"2012-05-22T10:51:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T10:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2012-05-22T10:52:25","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T10:52:25","slug":"metalinjection-reviews-god-told-me-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2012\/05\/22\/metalinjection-reviews-god-told-me-to\/","title":{"rendered":"MetalInjection reviews God Told Me To"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"So the album has been out for a couple of weeks now and the feedback has been pretty good. Fans have been reviewing the album – you can read them here<\/a> – and we have had a number of professional reviews in.<\/p>\n

Now read MetalInjection.net’s<\/a> review of John 5’s God Told Me To.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

CD Review: JOHN 5 \u2013 God Told Me To<\/strong> by Sol<\/em><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re like me, you might forever associate John 5 with Marilyn Manson, and depending on who you are, that might be a bad or a good thing. It probably doesn\u2019t help him going by that same moniker ever since. Luckily, this album review happens to be John 5\u2019s latest installment of his solo career. I definitely felt pretty unprepared to listen to God Told Me To, although I suppose it was a safe assumption is was going to be at least related to metal. And as it turns out, I was half right.<\/p>\n

John 5 is currently Rob Zombie\u2019s guitarist, but he\u2019s still releasing his solo works on the side. God Told Me To is John 5\u2019s 6th album to be released today. By the way, Rob Zombie painted the album artwork himself, which is no surprise since it looks like every single one of Rob Zombie\u2019s album covers\u2026ever. This album is similar to other solo guitar albums, where the songs are all instrumental, and the main focus is technical guitar playing. The most notable feature of God Told Me To is its composition of both acoustic and electric songs. About half of the album is electric, and the other half acoustic pieces. This might be something quite surprising to probably most of John 5\u2019s fanbase. Sure, the electric songs are stuff we could expect from John 5, but the acoustic songs are actually a pretty eclectic mix of guitar works. There\u2019s the folk, bluegrassy ballad of \u201cAshland Bump\u201d, to the ethereal journey of \u201cThe Castle\u201d, and even over to a Spanish-dance number \u201cNoche Acosador\u201d. To me, the acoustic numbers really steal the show, and it showcases the talent and diversity of John 5 as a guitarist and musician. The electric songs are definitely ones I would expect from a solo guitar performance. It\u2019s basically metal, with tons of fast-picking guitar solos over it. If you\u2019re into the work of Steve Vai, or Tony MacAlpine then this is something you\u2019re probably used to hearing, and would enjoy hearing from God Told Me To. \u201cWelcome To Violence\u201d is about as heavy and fast as it gets, but other songs like \u201cThe Hill of the Seven Jackals\u201d aren\u2019t bad either. \u201cThe Lust Killer\u201d is the most melodic of his heavier songs, but ends up sounding more like an Avenged Sevenfold song rather than industrial metal. It literally sounds just like a song from Avenged Sevenfold that never made it onto an album; if you get a chance to hear it, you\u2019ll know what I mean. But oddly enough, it\u2019s probably my favorite of the electric set. There\u2019s also a cover of Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cBeat It\u201d which was pretty interesting. It didn\u2019t really make sense with the album as a whole and kind of stood out. Maybe covering an MJ song was exactly what God told him to do.<\/p>\n

Overall, I enjoyed the acoustic numbers more than the electric. That isn\u2019t to say the electric numbers are bad, but the acoustic numbers appeal to me a little more. It actually should help the album appeal to a wider audience of guitar fans, rather than just John 5\u2019s usual crowd. This isn\u2019t the type of album to get if you\u2019re a strictly a metalhead looking for a new fix. If you like solo guitarists then this should be mandatory listening. If you like John 5\u2019s work with Marilyn Manson and\/or Rob Zombie, then you should pick it up as well. You might be surprised to hear all of what John 5 is capable of playing.<\/p>\n

8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Favorite songs:<\/strong> \u201cWelcome To Violence\u201d, \u201cAshland Bump\u201d, \u201cNoche Acosador\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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