Michael Romeo - The cask of amontillado

[SamuraiMasenko]

1 person has absolutely no taste in music or literature, and most likely no common sense either.

[MrYungsan]

how about G3 with Michael Romeo, Guthrie Govan, and Buckethead

[goodygoody23]

@MrYungsan How about a G3 with Michael Romeo, Michael Romeo, and Michael Romeo?

[MrYungsan]

@goodygoody23 How about its called G3 for a reason.

[goodygoody23]

@MrYungsan I counted 3 right there...

[givemeajackson]

@MrYungsan nononononono! satch is always in, it's his project! how about another thing with loomis, romeo, petrucci and guthrie? romeo + loomis would make the world explode i think!

[Whackooyzero]

Seems to be Michael's only album in standard tuning.

[coltt218]

jeez people just enjoy the music, its not a competition between which guitarists in the world are the best.

[LySeRgIa2]

Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Michael Romeo, Yngwie Malmsteen...true shred masters...however...Jason Becker was still shred god lol, better than the rest :D

[WhiteDeath]

He always love Poe's tales! What an amazing man!

[nathantim]

you know the chunky dude from Stratovarius is a really good fluid player too, but damn...Romeo is just so accurate and fluid at all times, its just sickening.

[asteck123cas]

This is just the best instrumental ever, by the best ROMEO!

[sdgrdr107]

yngwie is not as good. michael is more complex with his phrasings and wider intervals. yngwie repeats about 4 or 5 licks just in variations. although yngwie came first he is more innovative not a better player.

[guillotinedeath]

im recently starting to get into romeo and hes in the league

with Batio,Becker, Friedman and others fucken impressive

[3xVxC]

Romeo is better than malmsteen, i like malmsteen playing, but the tapping/sweeping technique ov Romeo is simply awsome and higher than malmsteen techniques

[Dekida]

This song is based on the tale by Poe? Like Masque of the Red Death?... I'm wrong?

[WEISsGEBeter]

@Dekida indeed it is

[Rebldoomer]

@Dekida no you're right. im doing an essay on Poe's stories so im listening to these to see if anything can help me ha

[jiotencatl]

1:00 to 1:12 awesome!!!!

[WhiteDeath]

Wooow, I didn't know that Romeo liked Edgar A. Poe! It's amazing to find 2 songs dedicated to Poe's tales.

He's an amazing player!

[Lemmy008]

Hey guys. Could you please stop comparing the musicians of that genre of music and just enjoy each track. Pay the respect to that genius pieces of music and stop being ignorant pricks. But if you keep being one, go discuss the haircut of justin bieber or if there is a penis between lady gagas legs or not!

[blitzspeer]

I'm not being a know it all but neoclassical electric guitar was pushed hard by Ritchie Blackmore,Uli Roth,Steve Howe,Alex Lifeson and Steve Morse in the early days right?Then came the kind of second wave in the 80's with Yngwie Malmsteen,Paul Gilbert,Jason Becker,Marty Friedman,Vinnie Moore,Alex Masi,Chris Poland,Tony McAlpine,etc.But neoclassical gets it's name from the origin's of influence and that would be Paganini,Bartok,Wagner,Brahms and so on in the classical realm of music.Awesome M.R.

[Hardcoresucksdick]

You guys need to look up jeff loomis, miles of machine. Your mind will be blown.

[GoodMetalFTW]

@Hardcoresucksdick

im pretty sure everybody here has heard jeff loomis' solo album. it's great, but it can be a tad sterile at times. romeo keeps it fresh the entire album, so imo the dark chapter is a better album. check david shankle's "demonic solo." if you're looking for something mind-blowing that's what you should listen to. he hits 36 nps in that solo.

[ElektraStefan]

Mike Romeo rulezzzzzz!

[ydidntIthinkofthat]

michael romeo later in his career resorts to to same finger tapping licks over and over again. i cant STAND how people say yngwie plays the same thing all the time and are oblivious to everyone else that also play the same thing all the time.

[quilmesredlager]

that is just shit entropicoflavio.

malmsteen is pure clasical, and i love yjm,

but i prefer romeo wich is the right mix between clasical music and oriental exotic scales such as jason and marty used.

romeo is like the son of friedman and yjm.

is kind´a vinnie moore, classical but also oriental, old but new, speed and melody...

[arnifs]

to me with my taste of music, Michael Romeo is the best there is.

[MeTaLMaNN1983]

I say the difference between Michael Romeo, Michael Angelo Batio, Yngwie Malmsteem IS MAB and YM have no other talent around them really you look at Symphony X and the whole band is brilliant with numerous key changes and much more. Romeo is a great guitarist and a great musician. He has a great mind for music. John Petrucci is great but he can't touch Michael Romeo.

[bunnyannihilator89]

petrucci's better

[bunnyannihilator89]

petrucci is better heheh

[quilmesredlager]

i love this guy

romeo, friedman, becker, vinnie moore and some others have their own style,

not like all the self-proclaimed neoclasical shredders that are an exact copy of yngwie malmsteen´s style.

the guys i´ve mentioned have both, melodies and shred, not only shred like YJM.

and all those cheap cheasy malmsteen copy shredders who critizice im sure they only play Im VIIº arpeggios like YJM himself. the only diofference is that YJM started the style, and thousands more copy him...

[metalpsips]

Romeo is a guitar god.also check out Luca Turilli.he is a neoclassical/power guitarist

[Boghman22]

Didn't know Romeo was a fan of Poe...hmmm, wonder if he likes Lovecraft?

[mitsay]

Who is you god, who is???

Michael Romeo!!!!!

[genjurosama]

i love the bubble like arpegios at 3:38

[DeathToNewbie]

Ooooh.. So bubbly~

[TheWhocares233]

michael has the best tapping ability......period

[gh3crazyfingers]

This is amazing!

[CLASSICALBARD]

i hate people that think this is cheesy video game music,first of all it isn't,and even if it were video game music is cool!! i find a 12 bar blues more cheesy and overdone than neoclassical epic music like this,srsly

if you re gonna use those statements to bash Mr.Romeo,then just listen to classical music and stfu,but i really doubt that,Romeo haters for sure listen to other guitar shredders or maybe the jonas brothers

[Chefnik06]

The guy that started the neo classical era but then said he doesn't play classical guitar just blues

[Chefnik06]

Malmsteen sucks ass now compared to Romeo

[Hafer86]

seems like you really hate michael

[Hafer86]

who died and made you THE all knowing guitar guru? get real man dont be arrogant

[Hafer86]

John petrucci ...did u forget how to play universal mind?! -------> search for that video XD

[iPR0SH0T]

@entropicoflavio you're an idiot. for starters, michael's compositions are way more complex than malmsteen's songs. also, they are COMPOSITIONS. yngwie improvises a lot. and there is no truth to what you are saying; it is your opinion. the statement "pizza is good" is a personal opinion not the truth.

[yaridmaidenrocks]

@entropicoflavio estas rependejo

[darkmagicforce]

@entropicoflavio well coming from someone who listens to children of bodom that's funny. Jason becker is the only guitar player in relation to yngwie and even hes better than him. if you played guitar you would truly know that Michael romeo is more skilled than yngwie and more talented too. please don't argue with me. its all a matter of actually playing guitar. Ive been there and done that and let me tell you..Michael romeos pieces require a lot more skill to play.

end of discussion.

[Metalocalipstick]

@darkmagicforce

Best Replay there :)

[GoodMetalFTW]

@darkmagicforce

haven't you ever heard of joe stump? jason becker is hardly like yngwie malmsteen. yngwie malmsteen is classical, but mixed with lots of metal. jason becker plays classical on electric guitar and somehow makes it so it isn't metal, just interesting and unique classical. jason is more melodic and on top of that incorporates other instruments into his music. joe stump is more of a yngwie copy.

[HuberttXXX17]

Most big influences of Michael are Jason Becker and Shawn Lane and I think you should hear it. Copies of Malmsteen are all Japanese pseudo-virtuosos Romeo has his own uncopyable style

[Boghman22]

@HuberttXXX17 I can certainly hear it. I love both Shawn and Jason.

[GoodMetalFTW]

@entropicoflavio

there are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AY too many differences between romeo and malmsteen to call romeo a yngwie copy. for one romeo isn't sterile like malmsteen, and for 2 hes does WAY better band work.

[negrabrocos]

@entropicoflavio I am a sick malmsteen's fan...and I think Romeo is he's best disciple EVER!!!!!!!!maybe better than the maaster..(Oh,god,forgiveme...X­D)

So,michael shows many and very different influences...all guitar gods!!!!!!!Love him.

[Daim0th]

@entropicoflavio

I feel like Romeo has surpassed Malmsteen in nearly every way. So there.

[MrYngwie88]

@entropicoflavio wrong answer you will be ternimated !!!!

[Hafer86]

that is your own personal choice, in my opinion, that is not true

[Hafer86]

please dont start here, there are some videos of JP vs Romeo were you can discuss it but not here, this is Romeo territory =D

[TheHunterOrion]

Just in your dreams

Michael Romeo is a way better....

[NinjaRunningWild]

very better, huh?

[JRTET21]

Romeo vs Petrucci. DT is fav band but i gotta admit that Romeo is a better player.

fuck though i love JP

[Ragamuffyn]

Sounds like he was inspired by Mega man

[Hafer86]

yes, isnt that great?

[jgrafer89]

@Ragamuffyn And Metroid, bra. Listen to Masque of the Red Death and play it. Ha

[Sergio0s]

If you guys like Michael's stuff, check out a guitarist called Shawn Lane. He is without doubt one of the greatest of all time.

[alejoms696]

simplemente virtuosidad sin comparación

[alejoms696]

genio

[TarsiusFalksness123]

detail ... that was in 1994 .. imagine this dude today...i'm scared

[samdacombe]

DOOD! check out Symphony X! The BEST band ever! Michael Romeo is not human!

[suffiice]

well you dont need to imagine, just look up recent videos!

[arkadio01]

nice nice, he's so fucking clean dude :P

[mitsay]

He's first and once CD solo... Simply amazing!

M.R. is a guitar wizard!!!

[axlhm]

indeed, a G3 with michael would be awesome :D

[HuberttXXX17]

maybe he is just to good and Joe, Steve, Yngwie, Paul and John are too scaried that they would be blow up by the less popular but phenomenal guitar player :)

[ironwolg]

romeo himself said that petrucci was better

[HuberttXXX17]

and it doesn't mean that he is :) It s normal that Michael saying that Petrucci is better because John is far more popular guitarist. Romeo is the best guitar player I've even seen.

[JRTET21]

When?

[ironwolg]

not sure when but i read it somewhere

[KonataSama75]

@axlhm Michael Romeo can't be there... The other guitarists will look like noobs next him!

[UJJG875]

thanks.....he's great but here in greece i can't find his cd, i can't even find petrucci's suspended animation to buy you know.... :(

[D0g63rt]

THEN STEAL IT! MUWAHAHAHAHA >:D!

But then what would they think of you...

[UJJG875]

even if i wanted to do that since i can't find it in any store how could i steal it but thanks for the tip.... ;)

[Tiino0]

That make ma laugh xDD

[ioannisdenton]

damn right! here in greece you cannot find some very awesome cds...

how fortunate there is youtube...

[kirroy]

Well always itunes or limewire.. or something guys. but yes youtube for president lolol (joke)

[UJJG875]

how many albums has michael romeo released on his own?

[ThatDreamAgain]

As far as i Know only this... Unfortunately...

[jordaniac89]

Yep. This is the only one.

[galarius]

This guy sounds good, I'll have to get this

[elcantantedebodas]

i want g3 with micheal romeo!

[Tiino0]

Me too man!

[ThrashMan91]

God, I freakin' need this album SO bad!!!

Great stuff Michael!

[nicktcher74]

Absolutly brilliant technic!

After ~3:05 piano style arpegious a shiver went up and down my spine. Very beautiful piece.

Perfect player and real virtuoso.

Bravo Michael

[Hafer86]

Yeahhhhhh

Actually in my other video called "guitarristas Favoritos" (favorite guitarists) I put that same piece at the begining, those string skipping parts have an awesome sound!!!!!!

[MnoruS]

reminds me of jason becker's 'perpetual burn' stuff more than anything.

[moltocaca]

Yeah...or a bit of mable's fatal fable...you know, the fast picking parts...brilliant!

[gabr13lxx]

puta madre feeling tecnica habilidad y buena melodia.......romeo rules

[superbigoneunic]

YEAH

[GustavoTerzaghi]

EL MEJOR.

[undertakerii]

Awesome. Amazing. Simply the best. Michael Romeo.