The Album
SELF RELEASED
EVER SINCE EDDIE Van Halen revolutionised guitar playing with a style derived from his boyhood training as a pianist, metal’s ties to classical music have been evident to anyone paying attention. That’s never more so than in extreme metal, where the various layers of contrasting complexity are the sound of orchestral sections distilled into guitars, drums and bass. Bright &Black seek to herald this legacy, asking a stellar array of metal musicians to compose for the Baltic Sea Philharmonic orchestra, with –for obvious reasons –Apocalyptica’s Eicca Toppinen as their soloist.
This fierce ensemble is conducted by the innovative Kristjan Järvi, who’s made a career of pushing the limits of what modern classical can be. The results are frequently startling. composed by Entombed AD’s Nico Elgstrand, is death metal without the distortion,is cinematic in scope,
