CARLOS LICHMAN - review added 21st September 2009
Album Review: Firestorm (Instrumental) (2007)
For fans of: Instrumental Metal... and skull pentagrams
Carlos Lichman is a guitarist from Porto Alegre in Brazil. Firestorm is his debut album, although he has previously released a couple of EPs and featured on several other works.
Firestorm is built around the impressive shredding of Carlos playing alongside (depending on the song) drummers Alexandre Olly and Sandro Moreira, bassists Leandro Berpo and Vinicius Rym, and keyboardist Paulo Miguel Bublitz. Carlos plays keyboards on 'Drug Dealers'.
Also joining him on the album are a selection of other guitarists, most notably Kiko Loureiro from Angra. They add the odd solo here and there to back up Carlos' heavy thrash attack. Argentinean Pablo G. Soler, Italian Francesco Fareri and the American Jim Horne complete the line-up.
This is an impressive instrumental album that doesn't follow the useful Yngwie Malmsteen or Satriani rip-off style. Carlos cooks up a fret-based storm with plenty of heavy metal power and beastly drumming in the background. He's undoubtedly a talented guy with ridiculously quick fingers and belies his relatively unknown status. Firestorm is surprisingly good stuff, but I'd really like to hear Carlos playing in a band with a good singer. I suspect the result could be something special.
Check out... 'Key To The Shred City' - a few hints of old Metallica in there.
Track List:
1. Speed Rules
2. Shred Dogs
3. Key To The Shred City
4. Just Rock It
5. Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie
6. Drug Dealers
7. Endless
8. Intense Guitar Playing
9. Beyond The Universe
Band websites: Carlos Lichman , MySpace
