as a metalhead, although that sounds nice... you gotta consider that a lot of music becomes better with metal. Shown by Nik Nocturnal... Not trying to go against you, but just something to consider.
And this piece/ role isn't just for any old soprano, but specifically a 'dramatic coloratura soprano', one who can handle music with lots of runs, trills and leaps especially well. The dramatic part means that they are able to sing so high (an F6) while also sustaining incredible breath control and sustaining power
I would very much want to watch a heavy metal version of The Magic Flute. The Aria is DARK, man. It even has an extremely metal title that translates to Hell's Vengeance Boils in my Heart. In context, The Queen of the Night, in a vengeful rage puts a knife in her daughter (and main character along with another guy named Tamino) Pamina's hand and tells her to assassinate Sarastro, the queen's rival or else she will curse and disown her. It's a tense moment, is extremely metal and I'm SO effing happy you chose to use Diana Damrau's version, as it is by far my favorite. Opera was the heavy metal of its day. Epic and often dark and controversial. I've always thought Phantom of the Opera would make an amazing metal opera. Nightwish already did a rendition of the title song and it is bloody phenomenal.
If you like classical music, you have to listen to Wolf Hoffmann's Longplayer "Headbangers Symphony" and "Classical". He's the guitarist of Accept and interprets classical songs with electric guitar such as "Hall of the mountain King", "The Moldau" or "Habanera" (Carmen).
Here ya go, man. Other artists to check out that blend Classical and Metal (not just Neoclassical Metal) are Dark Moor, Epica, Dan Mumm, and Haggard. ruclips.net/video/joTZrFKiKLU/видео.html
My parents are both huge opera fans and I grew up listening The Magic Flute. I have wanted a metal version of it for a while so thank you for finally making it a reality.
Diana Damrau isn’t known for darker, serious roles like this. She mainly does fun, happy roles in comedy/romance operas that fit her coloratura voice. Lots of Rossini. But she just so happens to be the best in the world at this particular aria. She’s flown all over the world to perform this. My mom, a long time opera student, was shocked when I told her of this video. “Diana? Singing Mozart? No way”. But she watched it, and… yeah.
yeah well, I kinda suggest u see Marco Meatball, the guy is an ex opera singer, and welp, he analizes game music, nostly genshin impact music, he keeps saying that "classical music" evolution is the addition of guitars and heavy metal to orchestras
Basically me. I've been a Metalhead for 15 years and Classical/Orchestral composer for 15 years too. I love both Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Dsbm, Gothic Metal, Deathrock, and Goth Rock, but then I love Classical music, and Orchestral music as well. They both go together great. Classical Brutal Technical Symphonic Death Metal 😅
Love how you combined the accents and pulse of the original piece with metal drum patterns instead of just slapping on a run-of-the-mill metal rhythm pattern and calling it a day. Much love, Beadley
Another piece that is very metal is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) from Verdi's Requiem. The RUclips video of Bernstein conducting is an excellent one. I's always been one of my favorites.
This is one reason I love Nightwish and guitarists like Yngwie. The "classical" sound and rock/metal feel just really goes well together for me. I can say the same with many power metal bands too, or are they symphonic metal? Neo classical? I'm not very familiar with the technicalities but I think you get my point. It's also why Afterlife is my favourite Avenged Sevenfold song, and why I love Galneryus' Angel of Salvation among many others. Music is all inter-related. Genre mashups can be done beautifully, and are always welcome in my book. And I honestly wouldn't have started listening to classical stuff had it not been for the metal music I listened to.
Absolutely brilliant! And this proves that there are stylistic avenues available to modern metal vocalists who are seeking alternatives to the ubiquitous cookie-monster-on-steroids status quo. Staccato head voice lines rock! :)
I just listen to Symphonic Metal, like Septic Flesh (Symphony Orchestra/Concert Music + Death/Doom Metal), Carach Angren (Horror Score + Black Metal), Hevein (Chamber Music + Thrash/Groove Metal), Nightwish (Opera/Folk music + Metal), Blackthorn (Gothic Opera/Electric Violin + Black Metal/Melodic Deathmetal) etc. I love them, and this gives Nightwish vibes. I personally make thrash with classical/orchestral elements, using the EHX mel9 as an organ/mellotron, and occasional scores using section instruments, like my voice for choirs and an Ebow or a Cello, for strings.
Being raised on Classical/Opera from my mum and Rock by my father - it is no wonder I loved Metal! I even back in the 80's had told her that you CAN metal up opera (king Diamond, Doro Pech and many others) and she looked at me like I had gone mad! This is a perfect example!! Thank you!!! And BTW this is one of my favourite operas and tickled giddy that you did this!
The best part of this video (or anyone in which he uses that wig) is that Bradley very much look alike Tom Hulce's version of Mozart, in 1984 Amadeus. A crystal meth Tom Hulce's Mozart, to be more precise, but still.
Absolutely. Its all there. Thematic variation, counterpoint, polyrythmic effects, layering of instrumentation. Listening to classical improves your appreciation of metal and vice versa.
That was awesome. Great interpretation on drums and guitar. I really liked how everything you added was spot on and the mix was great too. Fantastic work. That looked like a lot of fun even though I know how much work must have gone into it. I loved that you didn't go the obvious path and choose a classical piece that was all dark and minor. I just chuck Dimmu on when I want that. The piece of opera you chose was major and bright and uplifting and heavy as fk at the same time. Bravo maestro!
One of my favorite bands is Haggard and you just made a Haggard song. This is awesome and I would love more like this. Off-topic, I've seen multiple versions of this specific opera scene. Why the costume designer in this version decided to make every woman look like Jerry Only from the Misfits.... is just beyond me.
I always loved the idea of playing classical music like _Hungarian Rhapsody #2_ by Franz Liszt or Ludwig von _Beethoven's 5th Symphony_ with heavy distortion guitars (and also playing Heavy Metal on piano, like Randy Rhoads/Bob Daisley's _Crazy Train_ and the song _Black Sabbath_ from the album _Black Sabbath_ by the band _Black Sabbath_ ...), and also playing _Etude #3 in G# Minor (La Campanella)_ , also by Franz Liszt, on the acoustic guitar ... then Steve Vai and Ry Cooder did _Paganini's 5th Caprice_ in the film _Crossroads_ in 1986 ... then _Savatage_ came out with _Prelude to Madness_ in 1987, then went on to form the _Trans-Sibearian Orchestra_ ... *It never gets old* ... Don't even get me started on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's _Marche Slave_ ...
Brilliant! For anyone that's studied music, or played a classical instrument, they already know this. Try explaining it to some people though, even fans of metal.
From anecdotal evidence I can say that nearly every metal fan I know likes different types of old and classical music as well. It's the depth and complexity of these types of music that speaks to people who want music that's not just some background noise but really speaks to them throughout their lives.
A classic example of this is Swan Song ruclips.net/video/dcMVtrvpJpk/видео.html by this classically-trained pianist who doubles as a heavy metal guitarist. In this song, she seamlessly switches from Chopin on grand piano intro, to heavy metal on guitar, (with the grand piano classical music backing track in between) to a Dvorak+ themed outro. Last week, she dropped her Helloween Eagle Fly Free arrangements ruclips.net/video/-h3BLRs0Xr4/видео.html from her new EP featuring: 1. Battery (METALLICA) 2. Far Beyond The Sun (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) 3. Eagle Fly Free (HELLOWEEN) 4. The Loner (GARY MOORE) 5. Burn (DEEP PURPLE) 6. Addicted (LOVEBITES)
Musically, this was epic! But the conclusion is wrong: if you can mash together two gendres it doesn't mean they are the same. If it was a valid conclusion, then Kiffness' work would prove that all pop music is just cat meows.
I mean,there's a genre called Neoclassical Metal. Now I'm no expert,but that might have a little to do with classical music. Me?I like music that I like,be it pop,metal,or whatever I decide to listen to,I don't really care about what it is. Because in the end,I get an emotion out of it.
Anything is metal is you just close your eyes and believe. Metalheads get really upset when I say that, but 1) Jethro Tull, Metallica, and Finntroll all supposedly play metal even though I can’t find anything to establish a common genre between them and 2) no metal head has ever been able to explain to me what metal is in order to refute this. I think metal heads like lots of types of music, but they feel like they should only listen to metal. “I love ABBA! They invented post ironic porcelain metal!”
Fair point. When you think about it, Igor Stravinsky's Firebird Suite is the most metal music every created. It debut performance resulted in a riot over the audience being unable to come to grips with what they were hearing.
Okay, Now I wanna hear that Aria with some Vocal Fry. Also, when you consider the lyrics are basically "Kill your lover Serratso or I will disown you." dark lyrics to totally fit metal.
Miyako from the metal band Lovebites has been studying classical piano since she was 3. She said that everything she learned studying classical music can be applied to metal.
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Amazing to see how classical music was influenced by metal. Never realized!
Underrated comment lol
Edit: now that this comment is at 1.6k likes i think it’s fair to say it’s no longer underrated
Especially the mosh pits in Mozart's gigs
@@gbottesini
I think ol' Wolfie would actually kind of dug that.
Mozart was a huge fan of Black Sabbath
motzart even had the perfect head banging hair
Goddamn that vocalist's control of her notes is insane 😱😱
Classically trained singers are beasts. :o
@@HassanShahidCh Top classical musicians and singers work at a truly exalted level. It's a whole other level of dedication and mastery.
Yeah diana damrau is truly one of the biggest soprano names in history.
Not to mention being able to physically act out the scene at the same time!
I've worked with coloraturas and they can absolutely break glass!
It's honestly fascinating how metal and classical music go together really well
If not for classical there would be no such thing as the majesty that is METAL
@@zynnecampbell8472 True.
as a metalhead, although that sounds nice... you gotta consider that a lot of music becomes better with metal. Shown by Nik Nocturnal... Not trying to go against you, but just something to consider.
@@zynnecampbell8472 and blues
This
I'm no expert but she has amazing control of her voice.
This piece is known for its ability to ruin voices and careers without proper warmups before performances.
And this piece/ role isn't just for any old soprano, but specifically a 'dramatic coloratura soprano', one who can handle music with lots of runs, trills and leaps especially well. The dramatic part means that they are able to sing so high (an F6) while also sustaining incredible breath control and sustaining power
And yet i can't understand what she is singing
That's Diana Damrau, she's absolutely brilliant and has had a great career in opera.
@@masterchief-vd1xs It's in German, so yeah
We need an album like this dude! DO IT. killer
FOR SURE
Except Bradley must play all the parts including vocals himself
listen 2 nightwish
@@garfieldlover602 came here to say this.
With baby saster together please❤❤❤
This is why I listen to Nightwish :) I absolutely love both genres
I just thought exactly that hahaha
Nightwish and epica are amazing, the mix between the symphonic side and the metal is so awesome
Then check out Haggard ;)
I heard Nightwish here 😂
"Hamster! A dentist! Hard porn! Steven Seagull!
Warrior! This rifle! In me! The fishmaster!"
I would very much want to watch a heavy metal version of The Magic Flute. The Aria is DARK, man. It even has an extremely metal title that translates to Hell's Vengeance Boils in my Heart. In context, The Queen of the Night, in a vengeful rage puts a knife in her daughter (and main character along with another guy named Tamino) Pamina's hand and tells her to assassinate Sarastro, the queen's rival or else she will curse and disown her. It's a tense moment, is extremely metal and I'm SO effing happy you chose to use Diana Damrau's version, as it is by far my favorite. Opera was the heavy metal of its day. Epic and often dark and controversial.
I've always thought Phantom of the Opera would make an amazing metal opera. Nightwish already did a rendition of the title song and it is bloody phenomenal.
Yes, that performance is astonishing - I was fortunate enough to be able to see her sing this at the ROH, it was bloody brilliant! 🤩🤓😉
Totally agree, heavy metal Magic Flute would be insane!
If you like classical music, you have to listen to Wolf Hoffmann's Longplayer "Headbangers Symphony" and "Classical".
He's the guitarist of Accept and interprets classical songs with electric guitar such as "Hall of the mountain King", "The Moldau" or "Habanera" (Carmen).
Here ya go, man. Other artists to check out that blend Classical and Metal (not just Neoclassical Metal) are Dark Moor, Epica, Dan Mumm, and Haggard.
ruclips.net/video/joTZrFKiKLU/видео.html
If someone did it it would the the German guitarist from Accept
My parents are both huge opera fans and I grew up listening The Magic Flute. I have wanted a metal version of it for a while so thank you for finally making it a reality.
MaYan already did one a frw years ago
Niobeth has a good metal version of it too
Her vocal ability is MIND BLOWING! That is so unbelievably impressive, hearing the metal instrumentals in the background is icing on the cake. xD
classical singers, especially the most experienced and skilled ones, are ridiculous and it sounds like they are just flexing their voice!
"How many genres can you play?"
"Yes"
you are definitely one of the best in "guitar" content creator community, if not the best.
I agree.
Diana Damrau isn’t known for darker, serious roles like this. She mainly does fun, happy roles in comedy/romance operas that fit her coloratura voice. Lots of Rossini. But she just so happens to be the best in the world at this particular aria. She’s flown all over the world to perform this. My mom, a long time opera student, was shocked when I told her of this video. “Diana? Singing Mozart? No way”. But she watched it, and… yeah.
This is something that I always imagine in my head and you were able to materialize it. Thank you very much Bradley.
yeah well, I kinda suggest u see Marco Meatball, the guy is an ex opera singer, and welp, he analizes game music, nostly genshin impact music, he keeps saying that "classical music" evolution is the addition of guitars and heavy metal to orchestras
Nice work Beanly. Your Nightwish album is coming together beautifully
This is why I LOVE symphonic metal!
Basically me. I've been a Metalhead for 15 years and Classical/Orchestral composer for 15 years too. I love both Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Dsbm, Gothic Metal, Deathrock, and Goth Rock, but then I love Classical music, and Orchestral music as well. They both go together great. Classical Brutal Technical Symphonic Death Metal 😅
you are me
Wow, this new Nightwish singer is killing it
Love how you combined the accents and pulse of the original piece with metal drum patterns instead of just slapping on a run-of-the-mill metal rhythm pattern and calling it a day. Much love, Beadley
Ahh so Yngwie Malmsteen then haha. Very nice and well-done as always Bradley!
Beautiful Bradley, like always! Greetings from Poland!! 😁🤘
siemano też jestem z Polski
@@midnight.blue42 O siemaneczko! 😃
As a metal fan since childhood I've never cried more tears or had more chills than from what we call "classical."
Well done man! Loved it! Congrats on "Brainslug" btw
Diana Damrau singing queen of the night will never get old. Absolutely stunning.
I mean… the very first heavy metal song was “Mars… The Bringer of War.”
Mars is so metal that all the main instruments in the song are literally metal
Wagner did it before that.
Bach did it before wagner
Pancrace Royer's "La Marche des Scythes": Allow me to introduce myself.
Meanwhile Vivaldi :
Another piece that is very metal is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) from Verdi's Requiem. The RUclips video of Bernstein conducting is an excellent one. I's always been one of my favorites.
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra used that melody for their song "Night Enchanted" off their album "The Night Castle". It's good
Verdi's Dies Irae is great, but in my opinion Mozart's, from Requiem, is a better one.
@@kapasian9009 Probably depends on how they hit you. I love Mozart's Requiem, but I still prefer Verdi's.
This is one reason I love Nightwish and guitarists like Yngwie. The "classical" sound and rock/metal feel just really goes well together for me. I can say the same with many power metal bands too, or are they symphonic metal? Neo classical? I'm not very familiar with the technicalities but I think you get my point. It's also why Afterlife is my favourite Avenged Sevenfold song, and why I love Galneryus' Angel of Salvation among many others.
Music is all inter-related. Genre mashups can be done beautifully, and are always welcome in my book. And I honestly wouldn't have started listening to classical stuff had it not been for the metal music I listened to.
So, basically early Nightwish?
yeah pretty much
New output by Therion? :) Thumbs up, ma man!!!
Absolutely brilliant! And this proves that there are stylistic avenues available to modern metal vocalists who are seeking alternatives to the ubiquitous cookie-monster-on-steroids status quo. Staccato head voice lines rock! :)
I love both... And symphonic metal too 😉
Bradley really just made a Nightwish song.
This just sounds like Epica or old school Nightwish.😂 and its why I love them.
The vocalist is insanely good holy shit!!! Those whistle register notes 🤯
As a lyrical singer and metal lover I see this as a win/win situation.
10/10
Classical music and Metal...... A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!
one of my fav symphonic metal
I just listen to Symphonic Metal, like Septic Flesh (Symphony Orchestra/Concert Music + Death/Doom Metal), Carach Angren (Horror Score + Black Metal), Hevein (Chamber Music + Thrash/Groove Metal), Nightwish (Opera/Folk music + Metal), Blackthorn (Gothic Opera/Electric Violin + Black Metal/Melodic Deathmetal) etc. I love them, and this gives Nightwish vibes. I personally make thrash with classical/orchestral elements, using the EHX mel9 as an organ/mellotron, and occasional scores using section instruments, like my voice for choirs and an Ebow or a Cello, for strings.
Being raised on Classical/Opera from my mum and Rock by my father - it is no wonder I loved Metal! I even back in the 80's had told her that you CAN metal up opera (king Diamond, Doro Pech and many others) and she looked at me like I had gone mad! This is a perfect example!! Thank you!!! And BTW this is one of my favourite operas and tickled giddy that you did this!
I love metal, especially with Diana Damrau singing queen of the night aria. Epic!!
this is actually an amazing symphonic metal song
Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN vocalis) was an OPERA MAN.
It sounds like if Mozart was in Nightwish
The best part of this video (or anyone in which he uses that wig) is that Bradley very much look alike Tom Hulce's version of Mozart, in 1984 Amadeus.
A crystal meth Tom Hulce's Mozart, to be more precise, but still.
It's much more probable to see a metalhead in an opera theatre or a symphony concert than a reguetonero 🤷
Nightwish approves this
Absolutely. Its all there. Thematic variation, counterpoint, polyrythmic effects, layering of instrumentation. Listening to classical improves your appreciation of metal and vice versa.
That was awesome. Great interpretation on drums and guitar. I really liked how everything you added was spot on and the mix was great too. Fantastic work. That looked like a lot of fun even though I know how much work must have gone into it.
I loved that you didn't go the obvious path and choose a classical piece that was all dark and minor. I just chuck Dimmu on when I want that.
The piece of opera you chose was major and bright and uplifting and heavy as fk at the same time.
Bravo maestro!
One of my favorite bands is Haggard and you just made a Haggard song. This is awesome and I would love more like this.
Off-topic, I've seen multiple versions of this specific opera scene. Why the costume designer in this version decided to make every woman look like Jerry Only from the Misfits.... is just beyond me.
Man, you doing the best metal content on YT
Diana Damrau looks like Abbath here:) Pure evil 🤟
I freaking wanna see metal opera live!
I always loved the idea of playing classical music like _Hungarian Rhapsody #2_ by Franz Liszt or Ludwig von _Beethoven's 5th Symphony_ with heavy distortion guitars (and also playing Heavy Metal on piano, like Randy Rhoads/Bob Daisley's _Crazy Train_ and the song _Black Sabbath_ from the album _Black Sabbath_ by the band _Black Sabbath_ ...), and also playing _Etude #3 in G# Minor (La Campanella)_ , also by Franz Liszt, on the acoustic guitar ... then Steve Vai and Ry Cooder did _Paganini's 5th Caprice_ in the film _Crossroads_ in 1986 ... then _Savatage_ came out with _Prelude to Madness_ in 1987, then went on to form the _Trans-Sibearian Orchestra_ ... *It never gets old* ... Don't even get me started on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's _Marche Slave_ ...
Brilliant!
For anyone that's studied music, or played a classical instrument, they already know this.
Try explaining it to some people though, even fans of metal.
Wrecked ! Nice one dude 🤘
A complete version could be amazing 🙃
This is so goddamn cool man
I sill can't believed that I have just headbanged to an opera piece
Darkmoor did some really cool songs using classical music as the basis behind them. Its amazing how metal classical is.
Great work man!!!
What a great job!
Man this new nightwish song sounds so great.
goes nicely together
You are definitely not getting enough credit for your drumming skills! 🥁👌🏻 ❤
Love that part from the 5th element.
Literally Nightwish 😎
Moooooooooaaaaaaaaarrrreeeeeee!!! Quite nice, I approve... Papagena next plz.
when the breakdown goes : 🎶🎼🎵 instead of “00100010000”
I need a download of this, this is so good!
From anecdotal evidence I can say that nearly every metal fan I know likes different types of old and classical music as well. It's the depth and complexity of these types of music that speaks to people who want music that's not just some background noise but really speaks to them throughout their lives.
A classic example of this is Swan Song ruclips.net/video/dcMVtrvpJpk/видео.html by this classically-trained pianist who doubles as a heavy metal guitarist. In this song, she seamlessly switches from Chopin on grand piano intro, to heavy metal on guitar, (with the grand piano classical music backing track in between) to a Dvorak+ themed outro.
Last week, she dropped her Helloween Eagle Fly Free arrangements ruclips.net/video/-h3BLRs0Xr4/видео.html
from her new EP featuring:
1. Battery (METALLICA)
2. Far Beyond The Sun (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN)
3. Eagle Fly Free (HELLOWEEN)
4. The Loner (GARY MOORE)
5. Burn (DEEP PURPLE)
6. Addicted (LOVEBITES)
Nice to see someone else gets it. I got teased for rocking out to classical music in school one time.
Please make this a series!
Jeeeeeeeez that voice control omg this is peak perfection
Nightwish 😎
I remember Classical Metal Album, song from Niobeth-Queen of the night aria (the magic flute)
Absolutely amazing!
Oh my god, my favorite performance by Diana Damrau metalized, hahaha, it’s too brilliant!
That was flippin' awesome!
As amazing as your arrangement was on this piece the range of that opera singer was mind blowing 🤯.
Musically, this was epic!
But the conclusion is wrong: if you can mash together two gendres it doesn't mean they are the same. If it was a valid conclusion, then Kiffness' work would prove that all pop music is just cat meows.
I mean,there's a genre called Neoclassical Metal.
Now I'm no expert,but that might have a little to do with classical music.
Me?I like music that I like,be it pop,metal,or whatever I decide to listen to,I don't really care about what it is.
Because in the end,I get an emotion out of it.
Metal is good to everything 🤘🏻🖤
beatiful masterpiece.
This characters name should be Ludwig van Halen
Insane stuff, Mate. More of this please!
Anything is metal is you just close your eyes and believe.
Metalheads get really upset when I say that, but 1) Jethro Tull, Metallica, and Finntroll all supposedly play metal even though I can’t find anything to establish a common genre between them and 2) no metal head has ever been able to explain to me what metal is in order to refute this.
I think metal heads like lots of types of music, but they feel like they should only listen to metal. “I love ABBA! They invented post ironic porcelain metal!”
Fair point. When you think about it, Igor Stravinsky's Firebird Suite is the most metal music every created. It debut performance resulted in a riot over the audience being unable to come to grips with what they were hearing.
I love classic and metal. They fit so well together ❤
I like how you got Tom Hulce from 1983 to do the super-accurate miming of the guitar and drum parts!
the bounce in your wig is perfect!!!!
Now I wanna see metal vocals over classical music instrumentals😎
Classical music has lived for centuries.... And metal will as well! ❤
Playing Paganinis work on electric guitar is one of the most transcendental experience ever!!!
Explains why I love Friedman-Becker.
Those cymbal chokes 🤌
Next you'll be getting a copyright claim from Mozart's estate.
Okay, Now I wanna hear that Aria with some Vocal Fry.
Also, when you consider the lyrics are basically
"Kill your lover Serratso or I will disown you."
dark lyrics to totally fit metal.
This is the best song I ever heard. OMG I love this.
I didn't know Nightwish came out with a new album.
Miyako from the metal band Lovebites has been studying classical piano since she was 3. She said that everything she learned studying classical music can be applied to metal.
This was absolutely glorious. ❤