i think its becasue music critics get really tired of people who make albums that try and shout "look at me! i can play guitar as fast as joe satriani!" and they dont try to do anythying interesting, or they just play fast because they can. i think i could understand why the critic might have had a bad vibe before listening to the album, knowing that shmage is a virtuoso-shred teacher on a website. just a guess.