MARTY FRIEDMAN Exhibit A: Live In Europe (2008) Digipak

Before he became a J-pop TV personality in Tokyo, Marty Friedman was the reason Megadeth's lead guitar work sounded like it came from another dimension. This is him, post-Megadeth and fully untethered, burning through Europe in 2008 with nothing to prove and everything to play.

Exhibit A captures Friedman at his most unguarded, the neoclassical phrasing, the Eastern melodic detours, the sheer technical audacity that made him one of metal's most distinctive voices long before and long after his Rust in Peace years. If you've only heard him in the context of Megadeth, this is the record that reframes everything. The digipak format does it proper justice.

CD digipak. Full length live album, recorded in Europe, 2008. Genre: metal, neoclassical, rock.

Fans of: Cacophony, Megadeth, Vinnie Moore, Tony MacAlpine