{"id":3803,"date":"2012-06-14T09:38:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T16:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2012-06-14T10:20:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T17:20:50","slug":"three-marty-friedman-albums-to-receive-north-american-release-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2012\/06\/14\/three-marty-friedman-albums-to-receive-north-american-release-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Three MARTY FRIEDMAN Albums To Receive North American Release In August"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three recent albums by pioneering guitarist Marty Friedman \u2013 whose groundbreaking work with Megadeth and\u00a0Cacophony continues to receive international acclaim to this day \u2013 will receive North American releases by\u00a0Prosthetic Records on August 14. Two of the titles \u2013 2010’s Bad D.N.A. and 2008’s Future Addict \u2013 have until\u00a0this year only been available in Japan, where Friedman now lives, while 2006’s acclaimed Loudspeaker,\u00a0originally released Stateside by Shrapnel Records, will be made available domestically once again. You can head over to the Prosthetic store now <\/a>to pre-order a bundle consisting of all three titles.<\/p>\n

Friedman rose to prominence when he co-founded the revolutionary guitar band Cacophony with his friend\u00a0Jason Becker. From there, he joined metal legends Megadeth in 1990, who would soon go on to write and\u00a0record the thrash metal classic Rust In Peace. Throughout his decade-long stint with the iconic group, during\u00a0which the band sold 10 million albums worldwide, aside from lending his unmistakable “exotic” sound to the\u00a0band, Friedman co-wrote the music to several notable songs, including the title track to the multi-platinum\u00a0“Countdown To Extinction,” Youthanasia’s fierce opening statement “Reckoning Day” and Cryptic Writings’\u00a0haunting “Trust.”<\/p>\n

During his tenures with Megadeth and Cacophony, Friedman recorded four solo albums for the seminal guitar\u00a0label Shrapnel Records. He continued making solo albums after he left Megadeth in 2000, releasing seven \u2013\u00a0including Music For Speeding, which was released in the U.S. by Steve Vai’s Favored Nations in 2003 and\u00a0supported by an American tour alongside Chris Poland and Alex Skolnick \u2013 over the past decade alone. Until\u00a0now, most of those releases have been unavailable outside of Japan, where Friedman moved in 2003.In Japan, Friedman became an enigma of sorts: Armed with a fluency in the Japanese language, he left a\u00a0platinum-selling American band to start from nearly zero to pursue his longtime dream of becoming a unique part\u00a0of the Japanese domestic music world. That mission was accomplished, for between his solo releases and\u00a0works with Japanese musicians, Friedman has performed at the largest venues in Asia, including three shows at\u00a0Budokan, and played on and wrote several Japanese Top 10 hits, including a #1 single in 2011 and a #3 single\u00a0in 2012.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Friedman also became a popular Japanese television personality who not only hosted several\u00a0programs, but was even featured in national ad campaigns for Fanta and Sumitomo Bank. He estimates he has\u00a0made well over 400 network TV appearances in Japan, including three televised sold-out solo performances with\u00a0the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.<\/p>\n

Although Friedman has focused on his Japanese music career for the past several years, he has recently\u00a0remained active in the international metal scene by guesting on albums by the likes of Jeff Loomis, Skyharbor\u00a0and Firewind; by voicing the character of “Mr. Gojira” on Cartoon Network’s “Metalocalypse”; and through\u00a0periodic tours outside of Japan, including a 22-country European trek with his solo band last year. Prosthetic is\u00a0proud to further reintroduce North American audiences to Friedman \u2013 who some say is the best lead guitarist in\u00a0the history of thrash metal \u2013 via his eclectic recent solo releases:Loudspeaker \u2013 Originally released in Japan in 2006 (where it cracked the Top 20) and by Shrapnel in the U.S. in\u00a02007, the album features guest performances by Steve Vai, John Petrucci (Dream Theater), Billy Sheehan (Mr.Big, David Lee Roth), Jeremy Colson (Steve Vai, Billy Idol) and Jens Johansson (Stratovarius, Yngwie\u00a0Malmsteen). A video for the song “Elixir” can be seen on GUITARWORLD.COM<\/a>\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Future Addict \u2013 An opportunity to introduce Friedman’s musical history to the many people in mainstream Japan\u00a0who knew him only from television, this album was released in Japan in 2008. Not content to just re-release the\u00a0original versions of his prior work, this album features completely re-worked, reconstructed and re-made\u00a0versions of songs from Friedman’s past, from his first bands Deuce and Hawaii to Cacophony and Megadeth.\u00a0Four solo originals are also included. Features guest spots by Sheehan, Colson and ex-Nevermore guitarist Jeff\u00a0Loomis. A video for “Simple Mystery,” featuring vocals by Colson, can be seen exclusively via METAL INJECTION\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bad D.N.A. \u2013 Friedman’s self-produced 10th solo album, released in Japan in 2010, was recorded at The Village\u00a0(Aerosmith, Kiss) in Los Angeles and mastered by Steve Hardy and Shinnosuke Miyazawa (Guns N’ Roses,\u00a0Lady Gaga). A video for the title track can be seen HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“In an era overrun with speed demons, Friedman made himself known with a style that combined Eastern-sounding\u00a0melodies with straightforward metal aggression…he employed unusual phrasing, wide bends and\u00a0vibrato, and an incredibly clean picking technique to impart a distinctive edge to runs and solos…” \u2013 Guitar World<\/p>\n

Selected discography:
\nSpeed Metal Symphony, 1987 (with Cacophony)<\/p>\n

Go Off!, 1988 (with Cacophony)<\/div>\n
Dragon’s Kiss, 1988<\/div>\n
Rust In Peace, 1990 (with Megadeth)<\/div>\n
Countdown To Extinction, 1992 (with Megadeth)<\/div>\n
Scenes, 1992<\/div>\n
Youthanasia, 1994 (with Megadeth)<\/div>\n
Introduction, 1994<\/div>\n
True Obsessions, 1996<\/div>\n
Cryptic Writings, 1997 (with Megadeth)<\/div>\n
Risk, 1999 (with Megadeth)<\/div>\n
Music For Speeding, 2002<\/div>\n
Loudspeaker, 2006<\/div>\n
Exhibit A: Live In Europe, 2007<\/div>\n
Future Addict, 2008<\/div>\n
Tokyo Jukebox, 2009<\/div>\n
Bad D.N.A., 2010<\/div>\n
Tokyo Jukebox 2, 2011<\/div>\n
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\nLoudspeaker<\/a> track listing:
\n1. Elixir (4:35) ^
\n2. Street Demon (3:30)
\n3. Black Orchid (4:31) *
\n4. Paradise Express (4:47) ^
\n5. Sekai Ni Hitotsudake No Hana (4:16)
\n6. Glycerine Flesh (5:15)
\n7. Stigmata Addiction (7:07)
\n8. Viper (3:05) #
\n9. Static Rain (instrumental) (2:51)
\n10. Coloreas Mi Vida (3:13)
\n11. Devil Take Tomorrow (3:59)
\n* feat. John Petrucci
\n# feat. Steve Vai<\/div>\n
^ feat. Billy Sheehan<\/div>\n
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\nFuture Addict<\/a> track listing:
\n1. Barbie (1:00)
\n2. Simple Mystery (3:44
\n3. Tornado of Souls (5:23) ^<\/strong>
\n4. Burn The Ground (4:26) +<\/em>
\n 5. Where My Fortune Lies (4:45) ^<\/em>
\n6. Breadline (3:53)<\/strong>
\n7. The Pit and The Pendulum (5:18) ^
\n8. The Killing Road (4:21)<\/strong>
\n9. Static Rain (2:48)
\n10. Secret of the Stars (4:11)<\/span>
\n11. Massive (2:59)<\/span><\/em>
\n12. Tears of an Angel (5:16)
\n^ feat. Billy Sheehan
\n+ feat. Jeff Loomis
\noriginally recorded by Megadeth<\/strong>
\noriginally recorded by Cacophony<\/em>
\noriginally recorded by Hawaii<\/span>
\noriginally recorded by Deuce<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nBad D.N.A.<\/a> track listing:
\n1. Specimen (4:18)
\n2. Bad D.N.A. (4:50)
\n3. Weapons of Ecstasy (3:30)
\n4. Hatejoke (2:33)
\n5. Glorious Accident (3:53)
\n6. Random Star (4:14)
\n7. Picture (3:18)
\n8. Battle Scars (4:12)
\n9. School Spirit Delinquent (3:57)
\n10. Exorcism Parade (4:13)
\n11. Time To Say Goodbye (3:42)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three recent albums by pioneering guitarist Marty Friedman \u2013 whose groundbreaking work with Megadeth and\u00a0Cacophony continues to receive international acclaim to this day \u2013 will receive North American releases by\u00a0Prosthetic Records on August 14. Two of the titles \u2013 2010’s Bad D.N.A. and 2008’s Future Addict \u2013 have until\u00a0this year only been available in Japan, … <\/p>\n

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