Michael Angelo Batio is an high profiled guitar king, maybe the most extreme of his kind, a fast picking wizard that is waiting patiently in order to reach the emperor's throne, he was and still is regarded as a real pioneer, an exceptional player, a true innovator but also a very uncommon person with a fierce ethic while working hard as an individualist, a maverick both in his career choice, in his stage antics and perhaps thru his un-bending attitude or his daily behavior.

"Intermezzo" will not make any consensus around the character of Michael Angelo Batio, the lovers of his vertiginous music and the countless admirations of his undeniable technics will bow and they will worship him even more, they will sing his glory name all around the globe,  and his detractors will find some new demonstrations / justifications to hate him more. The truth is that I love pretty much everything that Michael Angelo Batio has been publishing (yep, even the outrageous Hair Metal band NITRO with Jim Gilette), so I assume, that you already know that I belong to the first category and I'm arrogant about that, to be honest very proud in fact.

I think even if I try, I cannot provide for the right reasoning method to convince the abominators of the net, the haters hidden behind their desk top, the talentless / embittered guitar players or the narrow minded bloggers, that the Michael Angelo Batio music contains a smart dose of greatness for the pure listening pleasure only. My praise and this review, finally might be regarding as a useless and dull comment, because I'm perfectly aware that a lot of people are still thinking that instrumental Metal & Shredding is just wankery and self-indulgent noodling, onanism without any melodic target, interest or harmonic Four Ever" he tries something unexpected by challenging the Jazz players to their own field with success and ease. At the end of the day, it's always the same thing, if you are blessed with an aptitude to understand and a big Metal heart you will have only a single goal: to push the repeat button over and over, because the avalanche of notes melted in a lava of superb licks is a benediction, an authentic musical journey for 59 minutes of pure red hot blast and smoking seven strings skills, a fretboard frenzy under an electric power created by a maestro endowed by an heavenly genius enhanced by an essential commitment and a rich musical superiority.