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Impellitteri is a band from USA formed and led by guitar virtuoso Chris Impellitteri in 1987. Since then, the band has released numerous albums to critical praise, mainly due to Chris Impellitteri’s speed/shred style of playing. The band’s style is often compared to Racer X, while Chris’ is compared to Yngwie Malmsteen.

Chris Impellitteri formed Impellitteri in 1987 together with Rob Rock as vocalist. That year, they released an EP called the black album. The selftitled EP was well-received, and Impellitteri regrouped, this time with Graham Bonnet as lead singer, and release the full-length album Stand in Line in 1988.

After some touring and label deals, Impellitteri returned (again with Rob Rock on vocals) with Grin And Bear It in 1992. The following year, they released another EP titled Victim of the System. In 1994, they released Answer to the Master.

In 1996, Impellitteri released Screaming Symphony, which has become one of the most acclaimed albums of the band. In 1997 they released yet another EP titled Fuel for the Fire, in preparation for their next full-length album. The next year, they released another of their most acclaimed works: Eye of the Hurricane. They followed it in 2000 with Crunch.

Shortly after, Rock decided to pursue a solo career so Impellitteri recruited Graham Bonnet again, and started working on his next album. In 2002, they finally released System X. That year, they also released a compilation of hits called The Very Best of Impellitteri.
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  • pearlsky_

    17th Century Chicken Pickin' is underatted

    9 days ago

  • Kacpet

    greeting from Slovakia, you are very very great, nice music and lyrics, thanks! :)

    last month

  • Jamesismynamo

    @tepsaj are you being serious? I can't tell haha. But if you are being serious, I thought I'd inform you that there are plenty of Christian bands that have hard-to-understand vocals and there are plenty of satanic bands that have easy-to-understand vocals. I would say there isn't much of a correlation.

    March 2012

  • crocoscar

    finally a shred band with decent (pretty good in fact) vocals/drumming etc ... rad !

    February 2012

  • tepsaj

    I reckon this christian metal gets its message across much better than satanic metal cuz I can actually understand what the blokes is saying. God and all that.

    January 2012

  • Emeboy

    this band is waaay too underrated :( Punk is awesome song btw :D greetings from Finland!!

    December 2011

  • DennisRicley

    Obra-prima! [2]

    December 2011

  • blackwinterday

    I think their best album is their very first EP. It sure does sound ugly but each song is a unique fucking masterpiece.

    November 2011
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