Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Iron Maiden + harp

= an unexpected gem of coolness from some guy in Brazil: "The Trooper," like you've never heard before.



Nice.


ADDED: You know, this video is something that I think would really have been unexpected back in the day. When I was just getting into heavy metal back in the early 1980s, I already had an appreciation for some classical music. As time went on, I kept headbanging, but I also fully immersed myself into classical music, and I even learned a couple of instruments (classical guitar and some piano). I used to think that I was a little unusual in my fondness for both musical styles, but nowadays -- especially given this guy's get-up in the video -- not so much.

2 comments:

the pistolero said...

I used to think that I was a little unusual in my fondness for both musical styles

Probably not. I've heard it said before that thrash metal, at least, was at its heart classical music played with electric guitars. Consider this: "Creeping Death" on cellos.

Albatross said...

Wow. Those cellos sound really cool playing "Creeping Death." Very nice.

And here's actual proof that heavy metal got its start in the early 18th century.