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Rising Force
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First of the seventeen Yngwie Malmsteen records held here. Yngwie Malmsteen was 21 that year. 1984 is also the year this tree dates Neoclassical metal from. It is one of the four records Neoclassical metal is listed as starting from.
From Wikipedia
Rising Force is the first studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in late 1984 through Polydor Records. This was originally planned as an instrumental side-project of his then-current band Alcatrazz, but due to singer Jeff Scott Soto's appearance on the album, Malmsteen opted to release it as a solo album. It reached No. 14 on the Swedish albums chart and No. 60 on the US Billboard 200, and received a nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1986 Grammy Awards. The album is regarded as a landmark release in the shred and neoclassical metal genres.
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