Metal Reviews

Ok, that's the usual, now there are several genres that get a lot closer to classical music. First, there is music that you will likely not consider classical music, I do, but it sounds very different from what you understand from the term: dodecaphony, serialism, tonal music ,phenomenons like Cage and ragtime alike music (Nancarrow). Then there is music that is hard to recon as classical music, as it doesn't use 12 notes to an octave: microtonal music. That often includes totalism. Totalism sprang from minimalism, the same goes for post-minimalism. Minimalism as a subgenre of classical music is widely denied by critics, composers and teachers. The genres of totalism and post-minimalism therefore too. I'm not even talking about spectralism, Indian "folk" and some obvious composers in the filmscore genre, Yann Tiersen, Morricone for example. I also agree with Noodles point on progressive rock.

Yeah, filmscoring and industrial/dark ambient would be up there too.

EDIT: I think the best example of the huge difference between classical and metal is listneing to a metal band, listening to maudlin of the Well, then listening to Kayo Dot and realizing how totally different they sound.

No, I don't think metal is not good, I'm not sniping at metal. But you all seem to think that it's really close to classical music, which it is not (with some exceptions of course). If you like classical and metal, and you think there is nothing closer to classical music that metal, you are very unlikely to look for anything else. There is tons of music out there to be discovered, that's all I'm telling you with this discussion. You might consider "classical" to be a compliment, and therefore think that my denial of the closest thing to it being metal is an insult to metal, but you forget that I don't see "classical" as a compliment, actually, the less it's related to anything, the more respect I have for it. Metal comes from rock, the first bands are clear examples of that, and the classics are almost with no exception very close to (hard)rock. Now I do not deny that there weren't bands that used some classical influences in their music, but most songs are still rock oriented. The fact that we refer to "songs" should give enough indication. I'm trying to follow your suggestion, but I'm not giving random artist/composer/band recommendations, I rather give you an idea about what there is.

Misha, quick question: An italian friend of mine went to holland and apparently there were bars with signs on the door reading: No dogs - No italians.

Possible?? If so, LOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!

Never saw one, it's obviously a joke if that is true. Must be because Italians don't drink anything but run off with the ladies instead.

I think it's usually the ladies who run off with the italians...

Anyways, you can't sell drinks when it happens.

But that sign is still loltastic. xD

Pssst! Anyone care about this interview, or music in general?

Hey not every italian is a fucking latin lover...
We have heavy drinkers here especially in the north (Firiuli, Trentino Alto Adige)..

Looking at it again, yes it is. Not jazz in general, as it is extremely broad, but the third stream genre is so close to classical music that it is almost classical music. It's still a jazz subgenre though...

Whatever you say man.

Fo' shizzle.




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