{"id":34798,"date":"2013-11-13T07:32:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T12:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=34798"},"modified":"2014-02-08T08:38:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T13:38:53","slug":"dario-lorina-cd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2013\/dario-lorina-cd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Dario Lorina | Dario Lorina<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Alissa Ordabai<\/span>
\n– Senior Columnist —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"DarioDario Lorina has been turning heads on the guitar aficionado circuits for years. First as an awkward, but technically brilliant teenage virtuoso with amateur clips on YouTube, then (at 16) as the late Jani Lane\u2019s underage axeman, and now as the guitarist in Lizzy Borden. Not to mention the furore of 2009 with the fake Guitar World cover showing Lorina standing next to Ozzy and the ensuing rumor he was about to become Zakk\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n

Back-fence talk and the peculiarity of Lorina\u2019s age aside, here we have his first ever solo album \u2013 a gutsy, fiery affair that instantly jumps out at you in contrast to piles of instrumental guitar dross released each year. Shrapnel\u2019s trademark shoestring production with its tinny, child\u2019s-music-box guitar tone still can\u2019t blot out what becomes so instantly apparent \u2013 Lorina\u2019s virtuosic chops and his songwriting smarts.<\/p>\n

A lot of tracks here move like songs \u2013 complete with verses, choruses, and middle eights, only delivered by the guitar. \u201cMy Heroine\u201d is one such gem \u2013 a rollicking payoff to early Skid Row, full of 3-dimensional sense of drama, range, and pure feeling. \u201cPipe Dreams\u201d rolls out another song-like showstopper where one raunchy, hooky line flies after another. You soon forget that songs usually need singers because this one has the guitar shaping all the contrasts, layering the texture, and telling some very cool stories. <\/p>\n

But when the swagger of exemplary high tech guitar cools off, Lorina moves into less tightly-wound headspaces. On \u201cSilhouettes\u201d he sweeps a soaring Satriani-esque melody across the poetic soundscape while still retaining the muscular punch of his own temperament. <\/p>\n

Closing track \u201cAmor Odium\u201d alternates the glow-in-the-dark slow motion with neckbreak fretboard marathons. The turn-on, however, is not this contrast but having an audacious cut-and-shuffle with rhythm \u2013 something few shredders know how to do. Now that this record is out, Lizzy Borden will have to watch out for others wanting to snap up their lucky find. This time for real. <\/p>\n

Genre: Rock, Metal, Instrumental <\/p>\n

Track Listing:
\n1. Demon Rum
\n2. Pipe Dreams
\n3. My Heroine
\n4. Villains
\n5. Silhouettes
\n6. Feels Good
\n7. House of the Rising Sun
\n8. Alive
\n9. Ambrosia
\n10. Words Unspoken
\n11. Sacksong
\n12. Revolutions
\n13. Amor Odium<\/p>\n

Label: Shrapnel Records<\/p>\n

Online: www.dariolorina.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: 8\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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