Humble and humorous in equal measure, French guitar virtuoso Christophe Godin subverts and debunks the serious demeanour characteristic of so many of his peers. Instead, the man places as much emphasis on entertaining audiences in whatever crazily jocular form that might take while simultaneously wowing them with breathtaking displays of fretboard virtuosity. With an infectiously zany personality, he's a rare breed and breath of fresh air amongst guitar wizards - taking his art seriously but executing it with a quasi-deranged flair. Exercising his humour/virtuosity amalgam within the context of two trios, Gn and Mrglbl, the latter outfit released their fifth instrumental opus at the end of June this year, 'Brtal Rmance', a collection of rock/metal tunes flavoured with jazzy infusions and funky grooves. Having a natural sounding production that's befitting for its musical fluidity through a jam-like vibe, guitar/bass/drum instrumentations balance out affective expression with technical ability to perfection. Christophe spoke to Metal Discovery about this latest impressive addition to his ever-growing canon of work... METAL DISCOVERY: The new Mrglbl album, ?Brtal Rmance?, is amazing stuff ? how pleased are you with how it turned out? CHRISTOPHE: Thank you, I appreciate it. Well, I?m very happy with it. For the first time, we really had the chance to do things in the best conditions we ever had. We had time; we had a lot of time to rehearse the songs; we even went on tour in the US before we finished the recording process. We had the time to do