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I\u2019m pretty picky about a lot of things which should come as a shock to none of you. And one of the things I\u2019m extremely picky about is guitar albums. Maybe it\u2019s because I can barely play myself, but more often than not it\u2019s just too much: too much noodling, too many over the top solos screaming, \u201cLook what I can do!\u201d, and too much jacking off all over the fret board. Which brings me to\u00a0JOHN 5<\/strong>\u00a0(you know who the fuck he is, stop it!) and his new album\u00a0Careful with That Axe<\/strong>, out August 12 via\u00a060 Cycle Hum<\/strong>. Now I was a YUUUGE fan of his last one\u00a0God Told Me To<\/strong>, and it landed pretty high up on my Top 10 albums of 2012; an absolute masterpiece that was. So yeah, I was dying to see how this record turned out.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\nThe first thing I\u2019m gonna say is that it didn\u2019t knock my socks off right away like that last one did. This was one that I really had to give a couple listens before I could gauge how I felt about it. What I did like right away though was the fact that the record isn\u2019t all solos and no meat. Yes the solos are there, and they are absolutely flawless, but not at the expense of the songs\u2019 structure and aura. Songs like \u201cThis is My Rifle\u201d and \u201cPortrait of Sidney Sloane\u201d are full of heavy riffs, but when\u00a0JOHN 5<\/strong>\u00a0lets fly on his solos, look the fuck out, there is no stopping him!! And \u201cFlight of the Vulcan Kelly\u201d is just on a completely different plane than what the guitarists of today are doing, save for\u00a0Marty Friedman<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Neil Swanson<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\nBut that\u2019s not all we get, no sir. \u201cJiffy Jam\u201d feels like Sunday morning down at the fishin\u2019 hole and the similarities to\u00a0BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES<\/strong>\u00a0are eerie, right down to the banjo which takes the lead. It\u2019s so great to see him let other instruments shine, something you don\u2019t get a lot on these records. A good old-fashioned country and western boogie erupts on \u201cJerry\u2019s Breakdown\u201d and to say it\u2019s fun would be an understatement. Meanwhile \u201cVillisca\u201d is equal parts funky, groovy, and a tad trippy. And we even take a ride in the rockabilly\/country rock hybrid (I hear they\u2019re great for the environment) for \u201cSix Hundred And Sixty Six Pickers In Hell\u201d with\u00a0JOHN 5<\/strong>just going to town on his strings, it\u2019s pretty insane.<\/em><\/p>\nThe flamenco stylings of \u201cEl Cucuy\u201d will take your breath away as they did mine, once again reminding us of just how incredibly talented this man is, and closer \u201cThe Dream Slayer\u201d is the fucking shredder that takes us home and is arguably the heaviest song on the disc. All told,\u00a0JOHN 5<\/strong>\u00a0did an outstanding job on this record, allowing each song to take shape and flow freely without falling into the trap of self-indulgence. It took me a couple of listens, but when the light bulb did go off, I was in heaven. I just wish it was one or two songs longer, because it goes by really fast. If you\u2019re a guitar fan then you simply must own\u00a0Careful with That Axe<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\nSTANDOUT TRACKS: ALL OF THEM<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nRATING: 9.5\/10<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another review of the brand new John 5 album, ‘Careful With That Axe’, this time from Amps and Green Screens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[564,533,13,621],"class_list":["post-4408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-amps-and-green-screens","tag-careful-with-that-axe","tag-john-5","tag-review","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-196","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4406,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2014\/08\/14\/about-com-calls-careful-with-that-axe-one-of-the-enjoyable-instrumental-albums-of-2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":4408,"position":0},"title":"About.com calls ‘Careful With That Axe’ one of the “enjoyable” instrumental albums of 2014","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"August 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"HeavyMetal.About.com have released this mini-review of the brand new John 5 album, 'Careful With That Axe'.","rel":"","context":"In "Review"","block_context":{"text":"Review","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/review\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"careful-axe-preorder-story","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/careful-axe-preorder-story.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/careful-axe-preorder-story.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/careful-axe-preorder-story.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4385,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2014\/08\/10\/bloody-good-horror-reviews-careful-with-that-axe\/","url_meta":{"origin":4408,"position":1},"title":"Bloody Good Horror Reviews ‘Careful With That Axe’","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"August 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Bloody Good Horror reviews Careful With That Axe","rel":"","context":"In "Review"","block_context":{"text":"Review","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/review\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Careful with that Axe","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/careful-axe.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/careful-axe.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/careful-axe.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4274,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2014\/06\/13\/john-5-reveals-complete-details-on-his-new-studio-album-careful-with-that-axe\/","url_meta":{"origin":4408,"position":2},"title":"JOHN 5 REVEALS COMPLETE DETAILS ON HIS NEW STUDIO ALBUM \u2018CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE\u2019","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"June 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"From the darkest corners of the twisted mind and imagination of guitarist John 5, comes his new masterpiece Careful With That Axe, the follow-up to 2012\u2019s critically acclaimed God Told Me To. 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