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Yngwie Malmsteen is tagged as: guitar virtuoso, heavy metal, power metal, metal, guitar

Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, June 30, 1963) is a virtuoso guitarist / neo-classical metal artist from Sweden who achieved widespread acclaim in the 1980s for his technical proficiency and fusion of classical music elements with heavy rock guitar.
Born into a musical family in Stockholm, Yngwie was the youngest child in the family. At an early age, he showed little interest in music. It wasn’t until September 18, 1970 when at age seven he saw a TV special on the death of Jimi Hendrix that Malmsteen became obsessed with the guitar. To quote his official website, “The day Jimi Hendrix died, the guitar-playing Yngwie was born”.
Malmsteen was in his teens when he first encountered the music of the 19th-century violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini, whom he cites as his biggest classical influence. It has been rumoured that Yngwie believes himself to be the reincarnation of the temperamental, often criticized, and widely misunderstood violinist from Genoa. Through his emulation of Paganini concerto pieces on guitar, Malmsteen developed a prodigious technical fluency. Malmsteen also cites Jimi Hendrix, Genesis, Uli Jon Roth, and Deep Purple as influences.
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Top 10 Yngwie Malmsteen Songs
Black Star
Far Beyond The Sun
Rising Force
Evil Eye
Heaven Tonight
Liar
Queen In Love
You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget
Now Your Ships Are Burned
Blitzkrieg
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Top 10 Yngwie Malmsteen Albums
Rising Force
Odyssey
Trilogy
Eclipse
MAGNUM OPUS
Marching Out
The Seventh Sign
Fire And Ice
G3 Live: Rockin' In The Free World
Unleash the Fury
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