{"id":16249,"date":"2020-05-12T13:54:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T11:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solar-guitars.com\/?post_type=artists&#038;p=16249"},"modified":"2024-01-26T10:08:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:08:39","slug":"len-joseph-gonzalez-shiva-sky-kontrition","status":"publish","type":"artists","link":"https:\/\/www.solar-guitars.com\/artists\/len-joseph-gonzalez-shiva-sky-kontrition\/","title":{"rendered":"Len Joseph Gonzalez &#8211;  SHIVA SKY \/ KONTRITION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Started in 2004 because of Malmsteens orchestral suite in Eflat minor, music ranging from Jason Becker, Shawn Lane cross Final Fantasy. Columnist at the Chops from Hell website. Influences are Mahavishnu Orchestra, Death, Slayer, Malsmsteen, Blood Incantation etc. A shredder from South East Asia, He created a neo-orchestral metal movement called Shiva Sky.<\/p>\n<p>With all the skill that an accomplished keyboard player might display in rendering the works of Bach, Shiva Sky accomplishes with the electric guitar. The performance and technical skill seem patterned after the metal work of Jason Becker, but the blending of traditional and metal is a styling that shows an emerging uniqueness by Shiva Sky.<\/p>\n<p>-Bill Wright<\/p>\n<p>PennyWhistle Androids<\/p>\n<p>GODS OF MUSIC.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16250,"template":"","class_list":["post-16249","artists","type-artists","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Len Joseph Gonzalez &#8211; SHIVA SKY \/ KONTRITION - Solar Guitars- Website<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solar-guitars.com\/artists\/len-joseph-gonzalez-shiva-sky-kontrition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Len Joseph Gonzalez &#8211; SHIVA SKY \/ KONTRITION\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Started in 2004 because of Malmsteens orchestral suite in Eflat minor, music ranging from Jason Becker, Shawn Lane cross Final Fantasy. 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