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cupcake_goth) wrote2010-06-03 11:53 pm
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A musical question concerning bombast.
(Still sickly. About to go take NyQuil and crash for the night.)
So! Thanks to Rue Morgue Magazine's 100th issue interview with Sir Christopher Lee ::swoon::, I have learned about his new musical project.
Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross. (clicky-link!)
It's labeled as "symphonic metal". Rue Morgue says "Charlemagne is really closer to grandiose classical with occasional passages punctuated by chugging metal guitar", and "Lee mostly chant-sings over the top of sweeping orchestral flourishes".
I ... I think I have to own this. Bombastic symphonic metal AND Sir Christopher Lee? I'm kind of agog. This will either be the most amazing thing ever, or I will finally have something to inflict upon
junya and
keonei in revenge for that heavy metal Christmas album they made me listen to. Either way, I win!
So! Thanks to Rue Morgue Magazine's 100th issue interview with Sir Christopher Lee ::swoon::, I have learned about his new musical project.
Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross. (clicky-link!)
It's labeled as "symphonic metal". Rue Morgue says "Charlemagne is really closer to grandiose classical with occasional passages punctuated by chugging metal guitar", and "Lee mostly chant-sings over the top of sweeping orchestral flourishes".
I ... I think I have to own this. Bombastic symphonic metal AND Sir Christopher Lee? I'm kind of agog. This will either be the most amazing thing ever, or I will finally have something to inflict upon
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