The addition of Tim "Ripper" Owens of Judas Priest/Iced Earth fame was a nice addition to the Malmsteen sound. The music is also more aggressive than before, he really attacks the frets harder than before. The songs are good, not great, but his playing normally overshadows the songs anyway. I'm always blown away when I hear him too because there's still nobody out there like him! Love him or hate him, you can't deny his is one of the all-time greats.

The music is very traditional Power Metal, as it always has been. He does mix up the tempos quite a to provide some variety as well here, so it's not really fair to say one song is better than the next. My major complaint, again, is that the production is a bit muddy. Malmsteen and Roy Z did the work this time, and much like a lot of Roy Z's work, it's maybe a bit to modern and fails to really bring out Yngwie's amazing style. I can already tell that some critics will claim that he's really not as fast or as acurate because of the muddy production. I say this only provies he is better than we think because despite the average production he manages to cut through and blown you away.