Feelings of melancholy, a need for both contemplation and exaltation can put me in the mood for both Anton Bruckner and heavy metal. This is an account of a journey through the music of dear Anton (pausing briefly at the dark sounds of heavy metal). www.wagner-heavymetal.com/blog/bruckne...
For ANTON BRUCKNER's Bicentenary: Wagner & Heavy Metal embarks on a journey through the music of the composer and organist from Ansfelden (and pauses briefly at the dark sounds of heavy metal). www.wagner-heavymetal.com/blog/bruckne...
Philipp von Steinaecker and the Mahler Academy Orchestra gave a special performance of Mahler's 5th Symphony. With instruments from Mahler's time they brought the sound world of the composer's era to life in an immersive performance >>> www.wagner-heavymetal.com/blog/mahlers...
THE GRUNT: FOUL EXCRETIONS OF THE ABYSSAL MAW In which the Metalmancer gives us his unholy take on the grunt. The guttural vocalization that would come to infest and dominate the darkest realms of metal. shorturl.at/CyBPS
Once more, Jaap van Zweden has raised his baton to deliver us a Wagner opera to remember, casting a spell over the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with a haunted interpretation of Der Fliegende Holländer. >>> shorturl.at/w6Z2z
INTRODUCING: THE METAL MANCER We welcome a new contributor to Wagner & Heavy Metal. Periodically, THE METAL MANCER will shine his darkness on metal records that have come to his attention. This week: ARKA'N ASRAFOKOR, metal from Togo, and good old NILE. www.wagner-heavymetal.com/metal-picks/...
Death metal for orchestra: In 2016, 25 years after its release, "Clandestine" from Swedish metal band Entombed reawakened in orchestral splendour. Proof that within the dark layered roar of great metal, an orchestra resides, waiting to be unveiled. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMdK...
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A visit to an informative and highly entertaining exhibition in the Philharmonie de Paris that showcases Heavy Metal (the devil's music as they tend to say) in all its impressive multifaceted manifestations. @philharmonie.bsky.socialwww.wagner-heavymetal.com/blog/diabolu...
The air was thick with expectation as I approached the Philharmonie de Paris, its jagged modern facade looming against the sky like some unearthly temple of a forgotten, diabolical cult. I had long...