instrumental rock

Gus Drax, the Greek guitar virtuoso, released his studio album "Theories Of Imperfection" today, April 3, 2026. The album is out via Theogonia Records. To mark the release, the guitarist also unleashed a new video and single for the…

Matteo Mancuso, the Italian guitar virtuoso from Sicily, has dropped his new single Solar Wind, featuring Steve Vai. The track comes from Matteo Mancuso's upcoming new studio album "Route 96", which lands on April 24 via Music Theories…

SatchVai BandSaturday, 15 July 2025, from 9:30 PM to 11:45 PMPordenone / Parco San Valentino / Italy Sometimes things happen in the world of rock and roll that seem highly unlikely. And yet they do. Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are…

Paul Gilbert BandSaturday, 5 July 2025, 9:40–10:30 PMVelden am Wörthersee / Bluesiana Rock Cafe / Austria Paul Gilbert is back at Bluesiana! Fascinating beyond all limits and utterly one-of-a-kind — the 'on-call firefighter with his…

Self-releasedRelease date: 2/27/2023Production: DavidoOFF & Dejan Dimec - DimmeAlbum length: 27.13 minGenre: Instrumental Rock / Guitar Rock / Progressive Metal / Art MetalRating: 9.0/10 DavidOFF, the alias behind which stands…

Location: Udine / Castello Di Udine / ItalyDate: Friday, July 1, 2022 Steve Vai! What else is there left to say about this guitar deity? Steve Vai is one of those phenomena of a truly brilliant musician. He's an absolute…

Label: earMUSICRelease date: 4/8/2022Production: Eric CaudieuxAlbum length: 66.38 minGenre: Instrumental Rock/ Art RockRating: 9.0/10 Joe Satriani is incredible. 35 years ago, his album "Surfing With the Alien" changed the…

Self-releasedRelease date: August 21, 2021Production: Jernej ZoranAlbum length: 32.58 minGenre: Art Rock / Instrumental RockRating: 9.5/10 Well, some musicians talk and talk and nothing ever happens, while others keep quiet and work…

Label: Marmaduke RecordsRelease date: 5/21/2021Production: Jeff KollmanAlbum length: 59.21 minGenre: Art Rock / Instrumental RockRating: 9.5/10 American guitar ace Jeff Kollman is yet another independent, thoroughly one-of-a-kind…

Label: The Music UniverseRelease date: 6. 12. 2020Production: Narada Michael Walden & Neal SchonAlbum length: 70.10 minGenre: Art Rock / Instrumental RockRating: 9.0/10 Neal Schon is one of those guitarists everybody has heard…

"A brilliant progressive, all-instrumental metal album that's everything Petrucci isn't allowed to be in Dream Thater, and yet you know full well that without an album like “Teminal Velocitiy,” there would never have been a Dream Theater."

"A dark, solemn and seductive album, full of mysteries and, for 2020, full of sonic oddities and strangeness. An album that is also seriously catchy and easy to listen to, and that never, not for a second, "wears you down" with the looming…

"Ideas woven into colorful progressive metal instrumentals, steeped in a staggering grasp of neoclassical lessons, all of it riding vehemently on the wings of razor-sharp alertness and the sensuality of Latin temperament and instinct. A fan…

"On his new self-released studio outing, this outstanding musical gem of a talent keeps deepening, widening and nurturing the expressive qualities of his previous three albums, holding onto a top-shelf standard of musical artistry dressed…

"'Shapeshifting' is an album where Satriani managed to deliver exactly what he set out to. A set of thirteen tracks with wildly different characters that paint a vivid picture of his guitar playing's personality, or rather its musical…

"The album has a dash of eclecticism, and that's exactly what we've been missing for the last four years. Grega Habič Band from head to toe. A brilliant piece of work in every respect, one of the highlights of Slovenian music for 2018."

Label: Sony MusicRelease date: 12.01.2018Production: Mike FraserAlbum length: 51.16 minGenre: Instrumental Rock / Art RockRating: 8.5 / 10 Joe Satriani is a legend of the genre-coined "instrumental guitar rock" variety. The man who…

"The regular part of the show flew by in a flash. Vai came back out for the obligatory encore and "modestly" asked the audience: "Can we play one more song?" The band then launched into the sorely missed Firegarden Suite, or rather the…

Label: Sony MusicRelease date: 24.07.2015Album length: 64.01 min.Production: Joihn Cuniberti & Joe SatrianiGenre: Instrumental Rock / Art RockRating: 8.5 / 10 The man who more or less enthroned instrumental guitar rock in the…

"Kill the Engine" is a new masterpiece of unconventional art-rock freshness, embodied by the fiercely penetrating charisma of this generous Slovenian artist's musical vision. With his new album, Grega Habič stays true to his one-of-a-kind…

"Steve Vai in the best possible shape, this time on the stage of Trieste's Politeama Rossetti theater. Unforgettable! Where the limits of musical expression lie, only he knows. And that's exactly what always draws us to Vai the most. A…

Label: Epic RecordsRelease date: 07.05.2013Production: Mike Fraser & Joe SatrianiAlbum length: 45.03 minGenre: Instrumental Rock / Art RockRating: 9.0 / 10 In the new millennium, Joe Satriani has found remarkable consistency in his…

"You can't miss it when His Excellency, the musical alien and guitar guru of elusive caliber with that one-of-a-kind art charisma, Steve Vai, appears onstage in front of you. All you can do is travel with him. And at the speed of light.…

"After this show, Vai remains a born stage entertainer, a grand wizard and master of shock-and-show excess, spiced up with the elusive playing of a unique six-string, even seven-string, theory! But that's enough, I'll save a few more words…

""Open Heart Surgery" is an album that, with its unshakable and utterly unique message, puts Grega Habič among the world's elite Earthlings, and one that can make even the biggest masterminds in this game prick up their ears at any moment,…

Label: Epic RecordsRelease date: 05.10.2010Production: Mike Fraser & Joe SatrianiAlbum length: 53.12 minGenre: Instrumental Rock / Art RockRating: 8.5 / 10 What's left for the founding father of modern guitar rock, the one and…

"If the whole thing carries real expressive depth, a hefty essence of the very spirit of the form it creates, serving up a unique, hard-to-replicate stamp of the moment captured by the developmental step that is the album "Self Destruct…

"Catharsis is a record that took the best from guitar giants like Petrucci, Vai, Satriani, Hendrix and the like, then piled a heaping helping of uniqueness and individuality on top of the masters' lessons. With this release, Grega Habič has…

"Four hours!!! Madness! Satriani + Vai + Fripp = G3 2004!"