Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Heavy Metal Guitarist Of The Week: Marty Friedman

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at PhotobucketMarty Friedman started out as a solo recording artist for Shrapnel. He then joined forces with Jason Becker to form the powerful duo, Cacophony. Famous for their Speed Metal sound and use of exotic scales, Friedman only made two studio albums for Cacophony with Becker. After Cacophony, Friedman caught the attention of Dave Mustaine of Megadeth because of his raw talent and his ability to shred on all sorts of metal sounds. Friedman played with Megadeth on all albums from Rust In Peace to Risk. Since leaving Megadeth, Marty Friedman has put out many solo albums in which he explores different styles such as, speed metal, thrash metal, neo-classical metal, progressive metal, and many other exotic types of music. He now lives in Tokyo, Japan and is a huge celebrity there, making appearances in many television shows and at a lot of gigantic concerts. Because of his diverse, powerful, exotic, and just plain good playing and music, Marty Friedman definately deserves to be called one of the best guitarists ever, and also this week's Heavy Metal Guitarist Of The Week.

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