Mike Orlando, a guitarist, born and raised in New York is a featured artist on Magna Carta’s latest compilation CD, Guitars That Ate My Brain. Which is set to be released on February 10th, 2009. The CD is a collection of a dozen instrumentals from some of metal’s most talented players. A recent press release states that the album is “a twelve-headed hydra of monster guitar riffage that slashes, shreds and gnaws its way into your very psyche — rides the lightning with enough electrifying precision to scorch and scramble your gray matter. Despite the shifting tempos and uniquely frightening technical prowess of these speed demons, a strange cohesion connects the disparate (some might call them distressing) tracks on this mammoth compilation, as if these explosive, multi-layered instrumentals were largely the work of one multi-dimensional (and quite disturbed) musical personality. In other words, true metal madness.”

The press release also offers the following to describe Mike’s track on the album: “It’s easy to see why Staten Island’s Mike Orlando (Sonic Stomp) was recently chosen as a finalist in Guitar Player magazine’s “Guitar Superstar” contest: his frenzied anthem-esque instrumentals seem to obliterate the wall dividing the patriotic and anarchistic tendencies inside each and every one of us. When hearing these soaring lead lines and rapid-fire beats, it’s hard to decide whether to commit violent acts of revolution or wave a flag.”

Guitars That Ate My Brain track listing:

01. Paul Waggoner (BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME) - “Boot Dagger Boogie”
02. Kris Norris (DARKEST HOUR) - “The Life and Times of Sir Walter Sickert”
03. Dave Martone - “Hybrid Angels”
04. Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (GUNS N’ ROSES) - “Disengaged”
05. Eyal Levi and Emil Werstler (DAATH) - “The Unwavering Collapse”
06. Shane Gibson (KORN) - “Artichoke Samurai”
07. Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) - “Nerd Alert”
08. Chris Poland (OHM, MEGADETH) - “L.D.E.”
09. Ola Frenning and Christofer Malmström (SOILWORK / DARKANE) - “Hydra”
10. Mike Orlando - “Stomped”
11. James Murphy (TESTAMENT) - “Six Shooter”
12. Hugues Lefebvre and Yann Mouhad (ANTHROPIA) - “Schrödinger’s Cat Paradox”

Mike Orlando is available for interviews. Please contact Jennifer Rajewski to set up a convenient time. Be sure to check out his website www.mikeorlandomusic.com for additional reviews, photos and information.

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