Massimo Izzizzari

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Member Since: 3/1/2006
Band Website: massimoizzizzari.com
Influences: Greg Howe, Richie Kotzen, John Scofield, Robben Ford, Scott Henderson,....
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TRACK LISTING

01 Unstable balance
02 Access denied
03 Wordgame
04 Television man
05 Freeze frame
06 The alchemist
07 Violation of privacy
08 Take it or leave it
09 The enchanted forest
10 Teresa

MUSICIANS

Massimo Izzizzari - Guitar
Azeglio Izzizzari - Drums
Mario Guarini - Bass

GUESTS

Giuliano Izzizzari - Bass
Francesco Carlesi - Keyboards

…“I have never given a 5 star to anyone. Yes, I am hypercritical, but there is a first for everything. I am honored to award 5 stars to this incredible musician. Massimo Izzizzari clearly deserves it. I don’t even want to compare him to anybody because he clearly stands out on his own. This is a must buy! Rock On Izzi!” (Joe Manno) www.rockeyez.com

…“There is not a dud on this album; all the songs are great. This is an early candidate for album of the year! This Italian guitarist is spectacular!” (Matthew Hoffman) www.hardrockhaven.net

...“Massimo set out to create an album that contained songs which balanced melody and technique with structures that allowed himself and his band to express themselves freely. He has achieved this with flying colours. The music is sophisticated but at the same time accessible and on further listens is sure to reveal more to the listener. It's a superb release from a truly gifted player who one senses loves music and playing his guitar.” (Al Hay) www.hardrockhouse.com

…“Unstable Balance is anything but a rhetorical title for this release because Massimo’s playing is far from “unstable.” He plays with finesse, technique, and melody, while providing ten tracks of entertaining music”… (Scott Jeslis) www.metalexpressradio.com

…“By the end of the third track all my fears were washed away, this is a great instrumental album with memorable melodies, cool grooves, great musicianship, and only with the ‘necessary’ amount of shredding with more emphasis on songs and melodies”…(Endre 'Bandi' Hübner) www.rockunited.com

...“I can hear some classical patterns of jazz/fusion developed by Allan Holdsworth and Eric Johnson, but, at the same time, I must admit that Massimo's music is more catchy and accessible. That's easy-to-listen, nice and pleasing to the ear music, but still - guitar music!” www.hmpmag.pl

“This is the first guitar album of the year for me and one that will be hard to beat as Izzizzari takes his guitar sound to the masses, with mixes from different genres and influences, to produce a quite unique guitar sound is something that is quite hard to do in this ever increasing and sometimes segregated genre”… www.themayfairmallzine.com

…“L’arma vincente è proprio questa: tecnica, melodie e strutture si equivalgono all’interno dei dieci rendiconti inaugurati dai fraseggi assertivi della title track, enfatizzati dalle articolazioni ambiziose di Access Denied e dominati dalla scorrevolezza di Wordgame. Quindici minuti esatti per definire corpo e sostanza di un’opera in musica. Freeze Frame, forse la migliore, ci ricorda che siamo al cospetto di uno strumentista raffinato ed intelligente, mai incline alle banalità, nella quale gli improvvisi scatti della chitarra elettrica trovano ampie vie di fuga verso gli sconfinati orizzonti della rock/fusion”… (Gaetano Loffredo) www.truemetal.it

…“Tecnica impeccabile e spiccato gusto melodico sono i principali ingredienti di "Unstable Balance", debut album dell’artista italiano; un album completamente strumentale, ricco di influenze diverse magistralmente fuse fra loro…” (Enrico Della Gaspera) www.unprogged.com

…“Fusion, hard rock, funky, sono tutti elementi che si ritrovano in Unstable Balance…il buon chitarrista assembla dieci brani strumentali che trasudano gli umori più vari, dalle esplosioni funky della canzone che da il titolo all’album, passando per la fusion targata Frank Gambale di “Freeze Frame” fino alla conclusiva e atmosferica “Teresa” dedicata alla figlia.”(Riccardo Osti) www.kronic.it

…“Massimo è un chiarrista rock/fusion dotato di indubbia classe e di talento, ed in questo suo debut album si può notare come, l'artista tricolore, cerchi a tutti costi un songwriting che esalti le sue doti tecniche e che, nel contempo, riesca a creare canzoni melodiche dal facile impatto”… (Fabio Rancati) www.hardsounds.it

…“Il virtuosismo di Massimo emerge con prepotenza fin dalle prime note che escono da questo Unstable Balance. Dieci brani che spaziano dal Funk al Jazz al metal con dinamismo e vivacità. Il solismo di Izzizzari è notevole, ha un fraseggio pieno di tinte e sfumature”…(GB) www.rock-impressions.com

Record Label: Lion Music
Type of Label: Indie