mathias_holm

Order the album from Guitar9.com here! (Click the links to listen or download free songs from the album!)   1. Voyage 2. Golden Snow 3. Call It Alive 4. Sea Of Mirrors 5. Jammu 6. The Tables Of Testimony 7. Tickle A Mosquito 8. Change Of Pace 9. Pictures Of A Dream 10. High Trees 11. Warm Sand 12. Irresistible Grass 13. Acoustic Mind 14. Hepatica 15. When I'm With You 16. Day Of Silence Review from Guitar9.com Pictures Of A Dream is a fantastic home studio, instrumental guitar creation by Swedish guitarist/keyboardist/producer Mathias Holm. Holm rates Al Di Meola, Vinnie Moore and Mike Oldfield as his biggest influences, and his compositional style definitely favors Moore. Holm graces each cut on the CD with dizzying solos, Pentium-speed passages and the aggression and passion his energetic music deserves. Pictures Of A Dream features a total of sixteen (count 'em, sixteen!) instrumentals showcasing Holm's command of the guitar particularly "Voyage" and "Day Of Silence." Instrumental Guitar (Electric (Heavy)/Shred), total running time, 72:29 - - - - - - - - - Check out some old reviews of the album: John Nicholas, Heady Metal`s Guitar Zone Kevin Prowse, Stringed Insanity, 1998 The Atomic Chaser, September, 1998 Guitar Nine Records "The Undiscovered", August-September, 1997 - - - - - - - - - Order It Now, only a few left!!!

Mathias Holm
(Born 19701007)

Sweden is quite well-known for it´s many high quality-guitarists. Prepare yourself to add yet another high quality-bender to that list - MATHIAS HOLM.

Just don´t expect a full-time shredder that knows nothing about feeling and subtlety. Mathias has been brought up listening to players like Al Di Meola, Vinnie Moore and Mike Oldfield, giving him quite a broad perspective of influences. He picked up the six-string at the age of 13 and has with great self-determination and ambition though himself to handle the guitar with great skill.

In 1995 Mathias decided to put his songs on record and knowing how hard it is for an unknown solo-guitarist to get a deal, he decided to record the album on his own.
With the aid of drummer Mats Eriksson-Wigg he created the outstanding platter "Pictures Of A Dream" (he even made the cover himself).

Mathias has been compared to the likes of Vinnie Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen and Al Di Meola and when listening to Mathias album, you can´t but see why.
This is also why Japanese label Shinseido/Sound Treasures picked Mathias album as one of their first foreign releases.

Mathias mixes smooth, sensitive notes with fast fret-board runners in a highly intriguing mix. This and the fact that he has the ability write great listenable music makes him a respectable musician.

If someone gives this guy the break he deserves, he can go far, very far!

Janne Stark
Author of "The Encyclopedia Of Swedish Hard Rock And Heavy Metal"


 
Today...
...I'm working on a project called MindSplit, it's Progressiv Metal/Hard Rock with influences from Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Symphony X, Al Di Meola, etc...



Check out the the offical homepage here: www.MindSplit.se.
At Myspace (be shure to add MindSplit as a friend too!): MindSplit @ myspace.


OSV Project / Featuring Mathias Holm
I'm also working on a project called OSV Project / Featuring Mathias Holm. I play all the lead guitars. Gary Oppert on Drums, Steve Sexton on Bass and Brandon "Merlin" Vaughn on Keys/rhythm Guitar. CHECK IT OUT!

OSV Project will release their albums on: