{"id":588667,"date":"2019-08-01T15:57:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=588667"},"modified":"2019-08-01T15:57:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:57:28","slug":"cryptic-rock-reviews-invasion-electrically-engaging-until-the-final-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/08\/01\/cryptic-rock-reviews-invasion-electrically-engaging-until-the-final-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptic Rock reviews Invasion: &#8220;Electrically engaging until the final note&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Invasion_story_teaser.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"573355\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/07\/09\/invasion-due-out-july-31st-pre-order-available-from-july-12th\/invasion_story_teaser\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Invasion_story_teaser.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,307\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Invasion_story_teaser\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Invasion_story_teaser.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Invasion_story_teaser.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-573355 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Invasion_story_teaser.jpg?resize=550%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Invasion John 5 and The Creatures\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/307;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday (July 31st) <a href=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/07\/31\/invasion-out-now-watch-john-5-creatures-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John and The Creatures released their latest album Invasion<\/a> and our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/crypticrock.com\/john-5-and-the-creatures-invasion-album-review\/?ref=john5website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cryptic Rock<\/a> have given it a resounding 4.5 out of 5.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Comparing or ranking John 5 albums seems trivial when you really should just concentrate on the individual moments and the divergence between them that the guitarist is so sly at creating. As an eleventh masterful creation that can not be denied its technical prowess, Cryptic Rock gives John 5\u2019s Invasion 4.5 out of 5 stars.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the review in full here: <a href=\"https:\/\/crypticrock.com\/john-5-and-the-creatures-invasion-album-review\/?ref=john5website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crypticrock.com\/john-5-and-the-creatures-invasion-album-review\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Invasion is available now digitally and a Limited Edition box set or the digipack CD are available to pre-order (coming September 1st): <a href=\"https:\/\/smarturl.it\/invasionalbumJ5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/smarturl.it\/invasionalbumJ5<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptic Rock gives Invasion a resounding 4.5 out of 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":573355,"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":[824,13,559,621],"class_list":["post-588667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-invasion","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-review","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Invasion_story_teaser.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-2t8D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6192,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/03\/06\/review-cryptic-rock-gives-season-of-the-witch-4-5-out-of-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":588667,"position":0},"title":"[Review] Cryptic Rock gives Season of the Witch 4.5 out of 5","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"March 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Cryptic Rock reviews the John 5 and The Creatures album Season of the Witch and awards it 4.5 out of 5","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Review&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Review","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/review\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 Matt Wilson Images","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/john-5-black-and-white-matt-wilson-images-2017.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/john-5-black-and-white-matt-wilson-images-2017.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/john-5-black-and-white-matt-wilson-images-2017.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":583535,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/07\/25\/cryptic-rock-interviews-john-5-i-play-what-i-love-its-from-the-heart-and-people-really-seem-to-enjoy-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":588667,"position":1},"title":"Cryptic Rock interviews John 5: &#8220;I play what I love, it\u2019s from the heart, and people really seem to enjoy it.&#8221;","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"July 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Cryptic Rock speaks to John 5 ahead of the release of his ninth studio album Invasion.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interview&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 Cryptic Rock July 2019","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/john-5-Cyrptic-Rock.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/john-5-Cyrptic-Rock.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/john-5-Cyrptic-Rock.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":583509,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/07\/25\/outburn-magazine-gives-invasion-10-out-of-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":588667,"position":2},"title":"Outburn Magazine gives &#8216;Invasion&#8217; 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