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Ring of Fire

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Very impressive CD by Mark Boals who sang for Yngwie on a number of CD's..

This CD is very influenced by Rainbow/Yngwie..

The guitar work of Tony Macalpine & keyboard work if Vitalij Kurpij is very impressive. Yngwie wishes his music sounded this good.

Mark Boals has a very impressive voice & his song writing is very strong..

"The Quest" & "Kepper of the Flame" his voice really shines..

A must cd if you are love to hear excellent guitar playing because MacAlpine is superb.

Mark Boals put together a top-notch CD and check it out.

I see that you're one of those narrow-minded Y.Malmsteen fans.How bad for you.Now i want to ask you if Mark wouldn't sing "you don't remember" could that song be as good as it is now.And you say "who was Mark Boals before Malsmteen".What a foolish question.Let me ask you now:Who knows Mike Keneally?Do you?I don't think so.But we saw him with Steve Vai and he was unbelievable.So quit being narrow-minded about Malmsteen.I like him so much but it's a fact that for 4-5 years he's repeating the same things.I agree that R.O.F is very "Malmsteen-like" but we loved Mark singing like this didn't we? So i say "everybody listen Mark Boals-Ring of Fire.It's aa amazing vocal,guitar,drum,keyboard album.And 5 stars for "the keeper of the flame"

First of all, let me just say that this release is in every way superior to Yngwies lousy "War To End All Wars" disk.Malmsteen oughta count his blessings that a great vocalist such as Mark Boals would still sing on his records to date.'ROF' is probably the best of the genre,and more since its music tends to showcase brilliant talent in its musicians,as well as dramatic moments, such as the trac 'atlantis',in which mark's lyrics are in touch with beautifully-mystical tales of a long,lost land.The title-trac i feel is very vigorous,and reminiscent of a younger Yngwie when he still had content and feel to his playing,as well as his music.Other titles on this disk are cleverly written,and beautifully excecuted that makes for a very impressive release! While I am an Yngwie fan, i regret to admit that this is everything that an Yngwie disk could have,...should have been. Mark boals is obviously a great song-writer, and judging by the music, has alot to offer fans of the genre.Malmsteen sure missed the ride at the bus-stop with this music,cause it could've been him on guitars and not the great Tony Macalpine burning-picks! Fans of this genre, do your-selves a favor,put aside any criticism of how Macalpine shamelessly ripped-off Yngwie and did it better, and buy this disk! It's gonna wake-up Yngwie, and help him outta the rut he evidently is in.

If you liked Mark Boals' work with Yngwie Malmsteen, this is a must purchase. The band is top notch; Tony McAlpine, Vitaly Krujic (sorry, forget the spelling...keyboardist with Artension)and others. This disc blows away the Malmsteen's dreadful "War To End All Wars". A bit keyboard heavy for my tastes, but excellent metal just the same. Too bad it will probably never see a U.S. release.

Vocalist extraordinaire Mark Boals put together a fantastic line up after his last endeavor with Yngwie Malmsteen ,all in the name of recording this beautiful and compelling mixture of speed,progressive and neoclassical rock;Tony Macalpine shines all over this impressive recording,backed up by the up and coming Australian drummer virtuoso Virgil Donati.The album flows with ease engaging the listener from the start to finish.Now together as a band,Ring of Fire are true keepers of the flame!

Well now some call Mark Boals better than Yngwie Malmsteen. It's very interesting. But may I ask a question? Who was Mark Boals before singing for Yngwie? Never heard of him, honestly. He has learnt everything from Yngwie it's clear to see, it's everything copied from Yngwie. Well almost everything. After all it's MacAlpine on guitars and wasn't it him who has tried to copy Malmsteen's work all his life and call his own? Sure it's so. And why did Mark hire just him? There are so many others who could play as well on this album... well the ones not like Yngwie.