CACOPHONY SPEED METAL SYMPHONY 1987 SHAPNEL/ ROADRUNNER RECORDS
Highly recommended !!!
BAND FROM: USA (San Francisco, California)
GENER: HEAVY METAL, NEOCLASSICAL METAL.
ACTIVITY PERIOD: 1986 - 1989
MEMBERS:
Peter Marrino – vocals
Marty Friedman – guitar, bass, production
Jason Becker – guitar
Atma Anur – drums
Steve Fontano – engineering
Dino Alden – engineering
George Horn – mastering
Mike Varney – executive production
The two albums released by Cacophony—Speed Metal Symphony (1987) and Go Off! (1988)—were showpieces of the kind of highly technical playing typical of the 1980s shred era, with songs featuring fast tempos, melodic solos, exotic neoclassical scales and dual guitar harmonizations. Several of the tracks were entirely instrumental, which prominently demonstrated Friedman and Becker's renowned technical skills.[2] In a 2009 article by Guitar World magazine, Speed Metal Symphony was ranked ninth in a list of all-time top ten shred albums.[3]
Both Friedman and Becker would release their own solo albums—Dragon's Kiss and Perpetual Burn, respectively—in 1988, shortly after which Cacophony ceased to exist. Friedman would later join the thrash metal band Megadeth in 1990, remaining with them for nine years as well as releasing several more solo albums, while Becker enjoyed a short stint in David Lee Roth's solo band from 1989 to 1991. However, Becker's time with Roth was abruptly cut short due to an onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a degenerative disease which rendered him completely unable to play and, soon afterwards, move or speak.
