Intermezzo (album)
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| Studio album by Michael Angelo Batio | ||||
| Released | November 14, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, instrumental rock, progressive metal, neoclassical metal | |||
| Length | 56:06 | |||
| Label | M.A.C.E. | |||
| Producer | Michael Angelo Batio, Dan Gonzalez, Maxwell Carlisle | |||
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Intermezzo is the eighth studio album by American progressive metal musician Michael Angelo Batio. Self-produced by Batio and featuring a wide range of guest musicians, it was released in November 2013 by M.A.C.E. Music.
When asked about the writing and recording process of Intermezzo, Batio has claimed that his goal was to create an album which "[had his] signature MAB sound, but not rehash or repeat riffs and solo passages from the past", pointing out that he "used new riffs and new ways of putting solos together that [he hadn't] used before". The guitarist also noted that, in writing the material for the album, he recorded "more than 200 different song parts and ideas" on his phone whilst touring, refining the ideas later. Batio has also claimed that he believes Intermezzo to be his heaviest album released to date.
Speaking in an interview in 2013, Batio explained the meaning of the title Intermezzo and its relevance to the album:
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