A round of jaw dropping, scintillating electric guitar work marks the Lethal Academy CD from French speaking guitarist Julien Carayon. In the realm of Planet X and Steve Vai, Carayon blows the roof off with the dark, foreboding hard rocking instrumental sound of Lethal Academy. Hard rock it may be, but Cararyon blends all manners of Euro-flavored jazz-rock and prog-fusion elements into the mix. What’s even more amazing is that Carayon performs all guitars and drum programming, yet it sounds like there’s at least 3 people playing together. With his seamless, scary and scorching sounds, Carayon makes this modern day fusion masterwork a pick to click. www.juliencarayon.com

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