{"id":9729,"date":"2016-09-21T12:52:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T10:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=9729"},"modified":"2016-09-21T12:52:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T10:52:09","slug":"monte-pittman-inverted-grasp-of-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=9729","title":{"rendered":"Monte Pittman &#8211; Inverted Grasp of Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en-US\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_7190-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"evolve_cover_layer5\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_7190-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_7190-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_7190-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_7190-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><b>Groupe:<\/b> Monte Pittman<br \/>\n<b>Album:<\/b> Inverted Grasp of Balance<br \/>\n<b>Date de sortie:<\/b> 23 Septembre<br \/>\n<b>Label:<\/b> Metal Blade<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>De base, je ne suis vraiment pas fan des \u00e9tiquettes, alors quand un \u00e9nergum\u00e8ne comme Monte Pittman arrive et d\u00e9balle son pedigree, je sais que je n\u2019essaierai m\u00eame pas de mettre sa musique dans une case. Le gars r\u00e9ussit \u00e0 faire l&rsquo;extr\u00eame grand \u00e9cart entre Madonna, pour qui il joue depuis 15 ans, et Prong, un de ces anciens groupes. <span lang=\"en-US\">Le rapport? <\/span>On sait pas. Le talent s\u00fbrement.<\/p>\n<p>Monte Pittman (non, je ne te dirais rien si tu trouves que ce nom fait pseudo d\u2019acteur porno 70\u2019s, je suis totalement d\u2019accord), Monte Pittman donc, sort son 4<sup>\u00e8me<\/sup> album et j\u2019ai eu beau r\u00e9\u00e9couter \u00ab\u00a0Inverted Grasp Of Balance\u00a0\u00bb, je n\u2019ai trouv\u00e9 aucun point commun avec la pop de la Madonne.<\/p>\n<p>En revanche, j\u2019ai pu largement appr\u00e9cier son talent pour \u00e9crire des chansons parfaitement calibr\u00e9es. Certains titres sont super catchy, comme \u00ab\u00a0Be very afraid\u00a0\u00bb (titre qui me fait instantan\u00e9ment penser \u00e0 Mr Bean, regarde pourquoi dans Google Images). Le monsieur a le sens du groove, comme il le d\u00e9montre dans \u00ab\u00a0California\u00a0\u00bb. D\u00e8s le premier morceau, \u00ab\u00a0Panic Attack\u00a0\u00bb et son intro incisive, on sent aussi le guitariste dou\u00e9. Les riffs et des soli sont superbes tout le long de l\u2019album mais notamment dans les morceaux \u00ab\u00a0Cadabra\u00a0\u00bb et \u00ab\u00a0Obliterated\u00a0\u00bb, instrumentaux purs et simples. Il sait nous coller ses paroles en boucle dans la t\u00eate gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un tempo tr\u00e8s bien cadenc\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Sans vouloir mettre d&rsquo;\u00e9tiquette, on est quand m\u00eame dans un Heavy de tr\u00e8s bon niveau, comme avec \u00ab\u00a0Arisen in Broad Daylight\u00a0\u00bb ou \u00ab\u00a0Guilty Pleasures\u00a0\u00bb, mais sans se limiter \u00e0 ce genre. \u00ab\u00a0Guilty Pleasures\u00a0\u00bb est d&rsquo;ailleurs un tr\u00e8s bon exemple de la tr\u00e8s bonne collaboration entre la guitare de Pittman, la basse de <span lang=\"en-US\">Billy Sheehan <\/span>et la batterie de <span lang=\"en-US\">Richard Christy <\/span>sur le passage lent du morceau.<\/p>\n<p>La voix n&rsquo;est pas en reste, sur chaque titre on d\u00e9couvre l&rsquo;\u00e9tendue des possibilit\u00e9s de Pittman. claire, montant relativement haut, (\u00ab\u00a0Double Edged Sword\u00a0\u00bb), plus sombre ailleurs (\u00ab\u00a0Skeleton Key\u00a0\u00bb).<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>La conclusion de \u00ab\u00a0Inverted Grasp Of Balance\u00a0\u00bb est bien fichue, autant en terme de titre \u00ab\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">New Blood Keeps Us Alive\u00a0\u00bb qui ouvre sur de nouvelles perspectives, qu\u2019au niveau de la composition, dont le rythme est beaucoup plus lent que celui des autres titres, et des paroles, pas folichonnes pour deux sous. Il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;une histoire de rupture, apr\u00e8s laquelle il faut apprendre \u00e0 passer \u00e0 autre chose. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Sur cet album, Monte Pittman a su s\u2019entourer d\u2019artistes aussi \u00e9clectiques que le batteur Richard Christy (Charred Walls Of The Damned\/Iced Earth\/Death) et le bassiste Billy Sheehan (David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Winery Dogs). <\/span>C\u00f4t\u00e9 production, c\u2019est pas pire, avec Jay Ruston (Anthrax, Steel Panther). C\u2019est peut-\u00eatre mon seul b\u00e9mol\u00a0: un album entra\u00eenant, incisif, puissant, mais peut-\u00eatre un poil trop propre. On va pas se mentir, c\u2019est pas vraiment un d\u00e9faut, Monte Pittman nous offre un tr\u00e8s bon album\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>The Kat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groupe: Monte Pittman Album: Inverted Grasp of Balance Date de sortie: 23 Septembre Label: Metal Blade &nbsp; &nbsp; De base, je ne suis vraiment pas fan des \u00e9tiquettes, alors quand un \u00e9nergum\u00e8ne comme Monte Pittman arrive et d\u00e9balle son pedigree, je sais que je n\u2019essaierai m\u00eame pas de mettre sa musique dans une case. Le gars r\u00e9ussit \u00e0 faire l&rsquo;extr\u00eame grand \u00e9cart entre Madonna, pour qui il joue depuis 15 ans, et Prong, un de ces anciens groupes. Le rapport? On sait pas. Le talent s\u00fbrement. 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