JOHN 5 - Careful With That Axe Finally Available On CD

November 27, 2014, 9 years ago

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JOHN 5 - Careful With That Axe Finally Available On CD

Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 released his eighth solo album, Careful With That Axe, back in August strictly as a digital download. Beginning tomorrow, Black Friday November 28th, Careful With That Axe will be available on compact disc. Both signed and unsigned versions will be sold exclusively at the John-5.com/store. Worldwide shipping will commence the first week of December.

Recorded at The Doghouse Studios in Los Angeles, California in between tour legs, Careful With That Axe was produced by John 5, along with drummer Rodger Carter, and illustrates his musical growth and talents as a guitar player and composer. Carter and bassist Matt Bissonette are in perfect sync, masterfully laying down the musical dreamscape with technical precision. Packed with rapid-fire, machine-gun riffs and musical crescendos, all intertwined with blistering-fast six-string assaults and an eerie sense of melody, John 5 leads you on a macabre journey through the twisted minds of a different brand of axe wielders. With compositions such as "Portrait Of Sidney Sloan", "The Dream Slayer" and "Flight Of The Vulcan Kelly", drawing you in with lightning-fast leads, completely redefining the term "shredding."

Not to be pigeonholed into any one particular style, Careful With That Axe also showcases John 5’s talents and versatility as a guitar virtuoso and musician. From his flawless finger picking technique on the Latin flavored “El Cucuy” and his fast, intricate guitar-work on the classic Jerry Reed covers “Jerry’s Breakdown” and “Jiffy Jam,” banjo included, to anthemic “Six Hundred and Sixty Six Pickers In Hell,” John 5 gracefully weaves in and out of many different styles ranging from metal and rock, to bluegrass, country & western and flamenco, all harmoniously coming together for his magnum opus Careful With That Axe.

Careful With That Axe tracklisting:

"We Need To Have A Talk About John"

"This Is My Rifle"
"Flight Of The Vulcan Kelly"
"Jerry’s Breakdown"
"Villisca"
"Portrait Of Sidney Sloan"
"Jiffy Jam"
"Six Hundred And Sixty Six Pickers In Hell"
"El Cucuy"
"The Dream Slayer"

 

 

 



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