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MARCO SFOGLI

Progressive Metal • Italy

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MARCO SFOGLI is an Italian guitarist born in 1980.In 1989 he picked up his first electric guitar and started to play along with his heroes,but put down the instrument in 1992 to study playing the drums,which is another huge passion of his.To quote Marco;"Being a drummer first and a guitarist second, helped me a lot in terms of creativity and rhythmic knowledge".After listening to DREAM THEATER'S "Images and Words" album in 1996 SFOGLI'S interest in guitar playing was renewed and he took to the instrument with a passion.

Now a guitar player,arranger and composer,SFOGLI has worked with many artists,most notably playing on DREAM THEATER vocalist James Labrie's third solo album "Elements of Persuasion" in 2005.SFOGLI has also played on albums by Jordan Rudess,Alex Argento and John Macaluso,among others.

In 2008 SFOGLI released his first solo album "There's Hope".SFOGLI has a style that fits in comfortably with any genre,whether it's shred,fusion or even pop.This 11 track album will appeal to fans of progressive metal,instrumental albums and virtuoso guitar work.



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There's Hope, studio album (2008)
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3.97 | 14 ratings
There's Hope
2008
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2012

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There's Hope by SFOGLI,MARCO album cover Studio Album, 2008
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Review by progrules
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4 stars Recently I checked out all the prog metal stream tracks on progarchives I didn't know yet and did a quick rating of everything I heard (appr. 60 new tracks !). The winner of this competition was ... this new artist I never heard of before, mr Marco Sfogli. I found out he worked with the DT-stars James LaBrie and Jordan Rudess, so it's not really a surprise that this guitarist appeared to be a really great one. I was blown away already by the stream track Andromeda which appeared a very melodic one and sounding like John Petrucci on Suspended Animation. And then we are talking about the highest league of guitarists in my opinion.

Another great guitarist that he can be compared with is Joe Satriani but I think the comparison with Petrucci is more adequate. The album is 100% instrumental so it's quite logic that Satriani comes to mind but as we know Joe is not on our site and everything considered I agree with that because if you listen to Satriani and Sfogli carefully you can hear an obvious difference in approach of guitar music. In fact this is an interesting test why an artist is or is not progressive. I possess about 5 albums of Satriani but none of them is truly progressive in my perception. But listening to Sfogli's style I think it's fair to say that the music is more complex, more varied and also more original and therefore rightly added to the site.

The conclusion is that this is a very promising debut that even comes close to the maximum score for me but as it is a little exaggerated to call this album a masterpiece I will leave it at 4 stars (4,25). Highly recommended for those who get intrigued by a blend of Suspended Animation by Petrucci and Crystal Planet by Satriani.

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Send comments to progrules (BETA) | Report this review (#180850) | Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 07:33 EST
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