Marching Out

This very album can be called one of the greatest traditional heavy metal albums of all time. It is nothing short of an untouchable masterpiece. Yngwie's instrumental-oriented debut was an extremely enjoyable listen, but a complimentary album, more than anything else. It was also mainly about shredding, and actual "song structures" were nowhere to be found. It was great for what it was meant to be, but it was time to move on. Thus, Yngwie entered the world of heavy metal. And man was that one of the best decisions that anyone has ever made. Yngwie's great as a solo musician, but perfect as a band member.

Since Marching Out is a clean, full heavy metal record, this is now way more enjoyable as a metalhead than his debut album. This is the real deal. Highlighting songs is impossible. Literally, all of them are perfect, magnificent, masterful, epic, and everything you can even imagine. My favorites include "Anguish And Fear", "Soldier Without Faith" and "I Am A Viking" which is blessed with the most beautiful guitar solo I've ever heard in my entire life, among the beautifully melodic verse riffs. All of the songs are extremely well-constructed, with some mind-blowingly complicated riffs, solos, bridges, and breaks.

Unlike Yngwie's debut album, the "musicianship" does not mean Yngwie J. Malmsteen, and nobody else. Here, he is involving vocalist Jeff Scott Soto as a complete band member and not only two of the songs on the record. Jeff Scott Soto is one amazingly talented vocalist. He is able to go deep, high, whatever you want, and cleanly. His tone of voice is great and is matching Yngwie's masterful riffs. Speaking of which, the guitar work is hands down the best in heavy metal history. The best. This is the album that proves that Malmsteen can shred, but it is not his only skill. The song structures, riffs, rhythm guitar parts are just as well thought out. They are melodic, very epic, and colorful, as you would expect from the best guitar player in history. Not one second of this release is boring.

The record has this very epic and heroic vibe to it from beginning to end. And somehow, it manages to do it in a manner that is not cheesy. It's rather cool and badass. This is raw, true 80s heavy metal. Even though it does have that neoclassical angle in it, it can be enjoyed by anyone who likes old-school heavy metal / NWOTHM.

Are there just as great heavy metal records as this one? Possibly. Are there any better ones? I do not think so. At least not to me, because as a guitar player, the main reason why I love a heavy metal record is in fact the guitar work. And on that area, the album outperforms pretty much everybody who has ever held a guitar in his hand. Malmsteen never released a weak record, but this one is the absolute strongest out of all.

I'm going to go with my instinct and say that Yngwie Malmsteen is probably a smart guy (whatever the picture on this album's cover might lead you to think). Not only is he able to spell his own name, which must have made his primary school education pretty tough, he also realized very quickly that the approach taken on Rising Force wasn't sustainable and didn't have a huge audience, so changed the focus of his music for the follow up. Marching Out still has the same neoclassical influences and Yngwie still shreds like a motherfucker, but the difference is that he's not doing it all the time, giving Jeff Scott Soto time to sing on eight songs.

I like this album and I don't especially feel generously disposed towards this style. There are good songs all through the first half and the second half possesses some decent numbers, though nothing quite so exciting. The general style during the normal songs is fairly close to early power metal, but nothing exactly from 1985. It's a bit like the expected result of the equation (Dio-era) Rainbow + Bach and what we get was actually very influential, informing some of the nascent power metal bands who did not come from speed metal (e.g. Stratovarius) and certainly affecting the following two decades of shred guitar. Purely from an influence point of view, it's actually hard to think what melodic metal would sound like nowadays without albums like Marching Out and guitarists like Yngwie.

Yngwie is decidedly not my favourite guitarist and those who have problems with any of the neoclassical pack that followed in the aforementioned Stratovarius, Rhapsody, and of course Symphony X are going to have more issues with his playing because he is that much closer to pure classical music. In terms of melodies and solos, he plays a lot of those descending or ascending parts that should come in the overture of an orchestral piece, as well as noodling about fairly spectacularly for about a minute in each song. I don't find his solos to be well-organized in the sense that their progress is enjoyable, despite the clear skill that goes into their performance. That he provides good riffs here is testament to his knowledge that Rising Force had been excessive in places; those riffs drive songs like 'I Am a Viking' and 'Anguish and Fear', some in the speed metal vein, while others are more epic and grandiose. In fact, Yngwie keeps himself so much in check that I'm more likely to complain about Soto's vocals, since the American stretches his voice to ball-busting heights that seem more attention-grabbing than the famed guitarist. During 'Don't Let It End', the vocal melody just becomes overbearing and he also reaches for one particular note that dogs don't enjoy and nor do I.

Most of the songs have really solid ideas, powered by a sense of momentum and some great choruses that provide much-needed hooks to cling onto. Always surprisingly compact in his songwriting, Yngwie puts the foot to the floor throughout 'I'll See the Light, Tonight', 'On the Run Again', and 'Caught in the Middle', all of which require movement as they pound their way through speedy riffs and Soto's towering choruses. The opener is certainly the strongest in this vein, with a great main lick and the best vocal performance. Of a different ilk are the slower 'I Am a Viking' and 'Don't Let It End', which pack in power in a more stately fashion, the former especially capturing a great swell of emotion as it rides "far away into the sea". There are some softer introductions to a few songs, giving the album more rise and fall, while the short instrumentals are very valuable, not only showcasing the guitarist but also ensuring that nothing gets too familiar or workmanlike. 'Overture 1383' shows that Yngwie can float and glide, not just shred.

I'm not totally clear on the historical precedence that surrounds Marching Out, though it must be said that the album has a wider-reaching influence than I had previously assumed and sets a high standard for guitar wizards and power metal shriekers alike. Most of the songs are good, although a few are somewhat interchangeable, meaning that this is a great listen for those who like dramatic and skillful metal.

"Rising Force" was an album that marked Malmsteen's career and was very important in the guitar world, as well as one of the best shred albums along with other releases such as Moore's "Mind's Eye" and MacAlpine's "Edge of Insanity". The sound therein was supposed to be the definitive, but he made some changes in his formula, using two brief instrumentals and nine normal songs (i.e., band oriented songs with lyrics), instead of making an instrumental album.

This formula may not be something nice for you, but for me this is one of the few important changes that brought good results in terms of musicianship. He wanted to expand his sales in other countries, but he did not fall in the sold-out status of other bands, such as Metallica, Megadeth or Testament. Conversely, he just did some adjustments to his sound without losing its essence, which included, taking out a lot of soloing moments, giving a chance to Soto's vocals and trying some faster cuts, like "Anguish and Fear" and "Disciples of Hell".

In general terms, Yngwie included the traditional/power metal sound of his previous album exploring many kinds of rythms and riffs, going from heavier and slower riffs in the epical "I Am a Viking" to faster and more demanding riffs and solos like in "Anguish and Fear" or the instrumental "Overture 1383", which have many of his characteristic neoclassical metal moments and guitar-keyboards dueling that is almost absent from this album. The rest of the songs are in the middle of the range and they are just the typical 80's traditional metal songs with some traces of power metal and lyrical epicness. However, they are very good numbers, highlighting "Don't Let it End" and "I'll See the Light Tonight".

Notwithstanding my comments above regarding the important decrease in soloing, the album is full of great guitar solos, including the intro of "Disciples of Hell" and "Anguish and Fear". On the other hand, keyboard solos were almost absent from the album, taking a more atmoshperic role (i.e., the typical "oooooooooh" background sound in the songs) and Jeff Scott Soto's strong and low-pitched vocals gave a very epic and powerful meaning to the songs, something clearly noticeable in "I Am a Viking".

So, if what you want is something different from guitarsmatic music, the release is for you. Bear in mind that being guitarsmatic at all time is harmful, since after three albums, is easy to lose your mind and start to compose bullshit.

After the monumental, almost entirely instrumental debut album, Malmsteen comes back with a second album, this time more band oriented and with only two instrumentals. The relentless high tempo guitar soloing is reduced in favor of Jeff Scott Soto's powerful lead vocals. The basic formula for the non instrumental tracks is verse-chorus-verse-chorus type of thing with the leading guitar throwing in between some fast neoclassical sections. I often wonder if such a type of album is just a commercial attempt at trying to reach a wider audience, or a true experiment to try a more vocal based approach for songwriting.

Anyway, both instrumental tracks ('Overture 1383' and the title track) are kind of disappointing comparing to the thunderous sharpness the instrumental tracks from 'Rising Force' had. 'Overture 1383' begins as a 3/4 galloping, pretty similar to Iron Maiden, riffage. Then the drums stops and the song becomes slow paced with some clean guitars at the background and a mellow leading theme that doesn't really goes anywhere. After awhile Malmsteen remembers that he has some skills to show and attacks the fretboard in high tempo, but before he manage to pull out something more than average, the song ends. Now, the title track which is also the ending track, is just a pure disappointment. It sounds like Malmsteen trying to copycat 'Black Star' from his former album with the mid paced rhythm but again, this song just vanishes before anything interesting happened. 'Marching Out' is a huge step down as far as instrumentals goes, providing a couple of undeveloped and meaningless tracks that are surely no at the same level of 'Rising Force'.

Rest of the album is an average 80's metal. You got the high soaring (and quite powerful) vocals of Jeff Scott Soto that makes this album less boring than it could be, some cliche lyrics about vikings and the devil and some catchy choruses ('I'll See The Light Tonight', 'Anguish and Fear') to make this album not totally forgettable. Another plus of the album is the presence of 'Jens Johansson' that still played here a few blazing synth solos that collided with the guitar solos quite well.

Anyway, 'Marching Out' is quite anemic effort comparing to Malmsteen's debut. Too many flaws, not enough highlights, nothing spectacular.

Okay, I have to say this right off the bat: I am a huge Yngwie Malmsteen fan. Anybody who knows me well will tell you that. I always have been a fan and probably will continue to be. But this does not mean I do not understand his faults. But when people start to whip them out as they often do, I point them towards the direction of this album.

Coming off of Yngwie's last album "Rising Force"(which is also fantastic), one might think what's left to prove? The ability to write good vocal songs.

You see, although I really do like "Rising Force" the problem with that album is the vocals songs. They are not particularly interesting, and although not terrible, not anything too memorable. And overall, that album lacked balance.

But any problems that were obvious on the previous album have nearly completely disappeared(more on that later). First off, Jeff Scott Soto(one of the best vocalists in this genre) has reappeared with a much more prominent role than before(this time even contributing lyrics to multiple songs), secondly, Anders Johansson is the drummer this time who fits the shred genre better then Barriemore Barlow did, and finally, Yngwie continues to show his incredible talent in a few different ways than before(sure he still uses the harmonic minor scale frequently, and shreds a whole lot, but he explores some different areas as well)

So onto the actual music: The moment you pop the album in you hear a typical intro. Nothing special, but it does set up the first real song pretty well. Then we hear the amazing "I'll See The Light Tonight" with it's instantly recognizable main riff. And this is a perfect example of Yngwie exploring some different areas. THE RIFFS! This album is packed full of awesome riffs probably more so then any other Malmsteen album. The vocals are fantastic, and the drums/bass provide a powerful backup. And of course, Yngwie delivers a killer solo.

This represents the overall mood of the album: Fantastic vocals, powerful drums/bass, amazing riffs and killer solos. Now if you look at the list you'll see there is something missing. Keyboard! With a monster like Jens Johansson as your keyboardist you should use him more frequently which is one of the very few flaws in this album. However he does still get some killer playing in songs like "Anguish And Fear", and "Soldier Without Faith".

Highlights here include the crushing "Disciples Of Hell"(talk about amazing riffs), "I Am A Viking"(nice change of tempo), "Anguish And Fear", "Soldier Without Faith", and the melodic "Overture 1383". The first 3 show off the great chemistry between Soto and Malmsteen, "Soldier Without Faith" shows the band's attempt at a more epic track, while "Overture" shows that Yngwie truly can play melodically.

I really can't complain about anything on this album. It's just brilliant, each member contributes what they need to. Even bassist Marcel Jacob(R.I.P) shows he knows how to be in the backround without being too invisible. The vocals are just so godly on this album as well. And Jens' solos are definitely something to write home about. I also love the lyrics. I guess, overall the greatest thing I can say about this album is, unlike the album before this and some after it, this album really sounds like a BAND, not just one person with people backing said person up.

But enough of the great. What is wrong with this masterpiece you may ask? Well the only flaws(and the reason why this gets a somewhat lower score) is Jens not on it enough and the song "On The Run", nothing too terribly wrong with it but it is not very exciting overall.

So overall, it's an amazing album that may not break too much new ground, but it is so much fun to listen to. And when listening to it you can't help but notice the talent of not only the musicians technically but also songwriting wise(which is a talent of Yngwie's that is often downplayed). It's simply fantastic

Buy it.

After flooring the metal community with his phenomenal debut album, Yngwie Malmsteen followed up his stellar neo-classical assault on the senses with a simpler, more straightforward power metal album. Though perhaps initially viewed as a step in the wrong direction, this is the direction that Yngwie would maintain for the rest of his career. Marching Out was the first of what would be several steps at simplifying the Malmsteen formula, but is easily among his best works.

Featuring only two instrumentals (discounting “Prelude,” which is basically worthless), it’s very clear that Yngwie was taking a step back in order to round out his writing. His guitar solos were still virtually untouchable for 1985, but his rhythm work was vastly simplified in order to better accommodate the increased vocal presence. This is a good thing, as it allows Jeff Scott Soto to demonstrate why he is one of the best vocalists to ever be featured on one of Yngwie’s albums. Sure, he’s still just a hired gun (after all, Yngwie writes most of the lyrics/melodies), but man can that guy sing. The derivative lyrics of tracks like “I’ll See the Light Tonight” and “Caught In The Middle” go almost completely unnoticed; the listener remaining fixated upon Soto’s vocal mastery.

And with more vocals, straightforward arrangements, and the appropriate drum/keyboard accompaniment, the sound of this album equates to a slower power metal, with a touch of 80’s mainstream metal. “I’ll See The Light Tonight” is the album’s signature tune, having the most memorable riffs/vocal lines/guitar solo of the batch. “Don’t Let It End” is completely underrated, featuring a very emotive performance from Soto. “Disciples of Hell” is the heaviest, with an acoustic opening sequence as impressive as anything Yngwie has written before or since. Everything else is quite good, though the instrumentals are mere shadows of his other works. Let him show restraint during the vocal songs, but his solo pieces should be over the top. This is what he does best, so let him do it already.

To be honest, I still kinda prefer the neoclassical instrumental approach that was unleashed on his debut, but at the same time I recognize that had he tried to repeat it, it’d have resulted in the cheapening of the style and Yngwie’s eventual obsolescence. Opening up his songwriting to include more actual “songs” instead of only writing classically-inspired suites; this is the reason that Yngwie has managed to not only survive all of these years, but to permanently establish himself as a guitar legend.

Anyway, Marching Out is an excellent album from an excellent band. So buy it already.


Originally written for: http://www.metal-observer.com

While everybody fellates the self titled debut, Rising Force, I don't see the genius in it. It strikes me as endless masturbation. This, on the other hand, has actual songs, with smashing singing and stellar performances from other members. It is this progression that I will talk about.

First off, they dumped their first drummer, whos style isn't fit for shred. Anders Johansson, on the other hand, is a beast. He doesn't wank (although his drums in Johansson's Sonic Winter are deadly), but stands tall with a thunderous thud from the snare drum and an aggressive speed metal style. Barlow Barrymore, I'm sure he's good at some other genre of drumming, but speed metal/shred isn't his style. His snare was too muted on Rising Force, and I always got the zzzz's from him. Anders, on the other hand, rules. A real titan behind the kit.

I was disappointed to listen to this album and hear Jens Johansson's signature keyboard oodles and noodles were significantly reduced on this album. Indeed, while Jens Johansson's role is somewhat diminished from the endless organs of Rising Force, it is to include the added presence of Jeffrey Scott Soto, who puts out smasher after smasher of performances, putting memorable pipes in songs with shout-along chorii such as I'll See the Light Tonight, Anguish and Fear, On the Run Again, and Don't Let It End (the rest of the song might be boring, but I'll be damned if I wasn't singing along when JSS went "No, no, no, don't let it EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDD"). The bass, as per most Yngwie albums, is neglected. Boo frickety hoo.

Which brings me to Yngwie. He doesn't surprise me much on this album, but given the impossibly high standard he set on Rising Force (as per technicality), doing the "usual" is only a good thing. They lowered the guitar volume on this CD, which makes his cat screech guitar tone more tolerable, and the lines here are more accessible as SONGS, not random noodlings.

And that brings up the final point. Here, we have SONGS, songs that are interesting to listen to, get stuck in your head, and make you throw the horns. Not random noodlings of a bored shut-in teenager, but actual SONGS from an actual BAND, not Yngwie Malmsteen shredding on top of accompaniment. And because it sounds like an actual BAND here, playing actual SONGS, I can listen to this and not get bored. It doesn't rely solely on Yngwie's shredding, which is nice. Of course, it's not perfect, nor is it really monumental. But it's 10 catchy songs that get stuck in your head, and a good listen for when you're speeding down the interstate going 30 mph over the speed limit, swerving through traffic.

Yngwie took a different route from the amazing yet highly inaccessable debut and opted to write an album with more songs and less instrumentals. The results are completely amazing, and although both albums got the same score, I prefer this one a little bit to the debut. We have all the right elements that make a great mid-80s metal act, drawing lyrically from the dark subjects touched upon in the NWOBHM, though the music is still far more complex.

Jeff Scott Soto gives the vocal performance of a lifetime on here, pushing the limits of how far a natural male voice can soar, and still maintaining the rough edged rock style that was present on the debut album. "I'll See the Light Tonight" and "Soldier without faith" represent two of probably the most amazing and simultaneously impossible to recreate singing feats ever put forth by a metal band. Although I love his work with Axel Rudi Pell, this is by far my favorite album with him as singer.

The guitar solos are equally as complex and magical as before, but their time length and overall structure have been balanced out a bit more, making them easier to remember after few listens. Such tracks as "I am a Viking" and "I'll See the Light Tonight" have melodic themes that can be easily recognized, despite being highly complex and fast.

The instrumentals on here consist of "Overture 1383" and "Marching Out", both of which are dramatically shorter than those on the first album. The former has alot of tempo and textural changes, as well as a very catchy, yet somewhat cliche melody line during the solo section. The latter is pretty steady rocker with a good deal of amazing guitar work, and works well as a closer.

There are essentially no bad songs or filler on here, although some songs are so amazing that you find yourself wanting to skip back to listen again, or skip over a couple of the less amazing songs to get to them. I usually am able to listen to an album straight through the first time, but this one was an exception as I found myself wanting to listen "I'll see the light tonight" and "Soldier without faith" over and over.

In conclusion, this album is a bit more accessable than the first one, so I can recommend it to fans of traditional metal and power metal a bit more enthusiastically. Fans of Symphony X, Rhapsody, Dark Moor, Helloween, Adagio, and Stratovarius can all find something of their own favorite bands in this album. But again, if you have some odd disapproval for music that is complex or that has melody, stick to the noise that you listen to and spare us your insignificant opinions about Yngwie's ego or his soloing style, NOBODY CARES!!!

To my surprise, when I bought it, this was primarily a vocal album, but I was thrilled to see that the awesome singer who appeared on Yngwie's classic first album, Jeff Scott Soto, was on this album. This album, in fact, got lots of airplay on the college radio metal I was listening to at the time (mid-80s), and made me want it even more since the songs were stronger and more fully-realized on this album.

The production is pretty much classic mid-80s style; big, booming drums and ambient guitars, and the vocal is king. But it works for Yngwie's bold and dramatic style of writing, and the following are my fave tunes on the album:

"I'll See The Light, Tonight"--Yikes! That gripping opening riff and the intense opening howl from Jeff signals the beginning of a real rollercoaster ride of a tune. One of Yngwie's best riffs on the chorus, simple as it is, and chorus in question is sooooo catchy, and made even better by Soto's deep, masculine wailing. And whatta solo! One of his best in that realm as well.

"Don't Let It End": A fabulous performance from Soto on this tune, emotional and convincing, matched by Malmsteen's work of course. Another catchy number for sure.

"Disciples of Hell": The first goofy set of "metal" lyrics on the album, and while the chorus lyrics are silly in particular ("Nobody knows who's Disciples of Hell/Father's a priest, and he's casting a spell"), Ybgwie makes up for it with his usual fine standard of playing and Jeff even manages to make the chorus sound meaningful with his passionate vocal deilvery.

"I Am A Viking": More goofy metal lyrics a la Manowar (only Manowar were first and better at it--and they're American!) , but damned if this isn't a right little crusher. Killer chorus, with its singalong feel. "Dragon ships are charging through the waves/Just want to sail away, far away, into the sea, YEEE-AAAAHHHHHH!!!!"

"Anguish and Fear": Great opening riff that precedes the verses as well, a nice classical-sounding part with a tricky-sounding unison guitar and keyboards bit. Another excellent chorus from Meister Soto!

"On The Run Again": Yet more excellent vocals and playing, just a standout tune for me in the first place.

"Marching Out": The only other instrumental on the album, and a beauty it is. It has some of Yngwie's most tender and emotional playing in the beginning and it builds to full shred mode in a plausible manner, with dynamics and taste. The latter is not normally something you'd associate with him, but Yngwie indeed demonstrates considerable taste and restraint on this song.

This was the last really good album he made before he started, well, repeating himself and writing the same stuff over and over. And he ran Jeff out of the band to be replaced by the annoying Mark Boals--bad move! But I still love this album to this day, and my worn vinyl copy still has a prominent position in my collection alongside his debut.

By far my favorite Malmsteen album. This album has everything a melodic, neo-classical metal band woud look for in the 80's. All the songs on this album are Yngwie classics. This album starts of with the intro Prelude, this song can be thrown out. It doesn't really do anything to get the mood going. Only towards the end do you start to hear some feedback of guitars. Prelude is basically worthless, it could have been better.

But then we jump into the glory that is Malmsteen! I'll See the Light Tonight blasts off with a great riff, which latter transcends into a lead lick. Awsome drumming and Scott's scream add to the essence of this awsome song. The whole song has awsome lyrics, great Malmsteen riffs and solo's (occasionally during the riffs, Malmsteen will let out an artifical harmonic sound, this happens throughout the whole album). Everything about this song blend togther, including the synths and keyboards. Don't Let It End, is another great song. It is slow and seems like it will be crappy, but Scott's vocals keep you on your feet. Then it blasts into pure heavy metal. It is awsome how they do the vocals then the riff and drums, great job of blending the music to fit the vocals!

And the greatness continues, with the best Malmsteen song of all time, Disciples of Hell. It starts out clean, like a Spanish guitar solo, showing the amazing guitar skills of Malmsteen. But then it jumps into pure speed and headbanging delite. Scott's screams, Yngwies awsome riffs and neo-classical solo's keep the song up in the great category. The lyrics are also kick ass: Burning candles in cantations/ Human Sacrifice/ Getting drunk from blood, not wine/Pointy daggers shine. By far the best song on this album!!!

I Am a Viking, another one of those classic Malmsteen songs, slow but very progressive riffs, and awsome lyrics. I am a Viking in going out to war!!! The next song Overture 1383, is a instrumental. It starts out heavy and then ends in a slow, very neo-classical style of guitar playing. Awsome guitar work here!

Anguish and Fear is where anyone can truly see Malmsteen has made music. Everything blends, especially in the beginning with the super fast riff, lead intro lick, and the harpsicord. Scott also has amazing vocals once again on this song. On the Run is another great song, the intro has a kick ass riff, and awsome solo. The rest of the songs are good, not the best, but still good, especially for this album. Honestly people, there is nothing to hate about this album. It has all great Yngwie tunes. All these songs have amazing guitar work, keyboards, vocals, and even drums. The blending is just perfect. It can't get any better than this!!!

This is where he definitely gets his shit together as far as actual SONGS are concerned. There are no real overwhelming losers to be found here, and the riff work is a good match for the leads, and thus the songs don't get frightfully boring.

We start with a little prelude which leads into "I'll See the Light Tonight". Forget any 53 minute shredfests that he may have, THIS is the greatest Yngwie song of all time. Total classic 80s metal - a band like Malice would not seem out of place playing this one. Great stuff!

"Don't Let it End" is more of the same - a bit slower, but still great. Then we have the epic "Disciples of Hell" (no one can stop what's already begun!!) with maybe the greatest solo of the entire album.

"I Am a Boring" is pretty much the worst song on here. It kinda plods along. That said, it still has a great solo in it, so it's far from entirely forgettable, but it just doesn't have the instant attention-grabbing catchiness of the other songs on here.

Then, Overture 1383 (where does he come up with these seemingly random numbers) runs us into Anguish and Fear, which is a pretty nice 80s metal song, though not quite as good as "On the Run Again", or the longer, more developed "Soldier Without Faith". Here what Yngwie manages to do better than on any other album is write actual SONGS where the guitar solo doesn't completely overpower the actual riffs, and thus we have 6 minutes of winner. "Caught in the Middle" is also very good, then Marching Out is a little outro piece.

Overall, this is the one to get. It's the best Yngwie, the most enjoyable, and the one with the least gratuitous shredding for shredding's sake.