Today, Steve Vai and Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group have released his new studio album titled Inviolate. The LP will follow on March 18. The album’s mesmeric opener, “Teeth of the Hydra,” is a sinuous, Latin-fusion-tinged composition that Vai wrote and recorded with a one-of-a-kind custom guitar he coined the Hydra. Built in conjunction with the designers at Hoshino and based on a “steampunk motif” idea of Vai’s, the Hydra is a beast of an instrument – a one-bodied, two-headstock-ed, three-neck-ed creature that encompasses, among other things: 7 and 12-string guitars; a 4-string ¾ scale length bass; 13 sympathetic harp strings; half-fretless necks; single-coil, humbucking, piezo, MIDI and sustainer pickups; floating and hardtail tremolo bridges; phase splitters; and much, much more. Director Garson Yu and his team at yU+co were brought on to capture a deep look in to this magnificent creation which can be screened ⬇️
Inviolate is available on the following formats:
- CD & Digital (download/streaming)
- Exclusive T-shirt (Black Gildan softstyle, available in sizes M-XXL)
March 18, 2022:
- Black vinyl
- Gold/Red Marble vinyl - Exclusive to the MLG Merch stores. Limited to 1000 copies worldwide. SOLD OUT
- Autographed, hand-numbered and personalized test pressing vinyl - Limited to 50 copies. SOLD OUT
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