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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:26am on 2009-09-25

"Metal is the bastard stepchild of Classical and Blues." -- [info] holzman_tweed ( [info] holzman), 2009-03-21 (responding to another QotD)

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posted by [personal profile] skreidle at 04:18pm on 2009-09-25
I'm not sure I see how metal is even -influenced- by those, let alone being a bastard stepchild--unless the estranged parent is more relevant. :)
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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 06:12pm on 2009-09-25
I can see the classical elements (whether by influence or parallel evolution) in late 1990s metal, but personally I think it's more closely related to early music than to classical. But the blues ... not only do I see the resemblance, but the lineage is known, isn't it? (Blues -> classic rock, especially British invasion -> early metal -> modern metal, right?)
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posted by [identity profile] unix-vicky.livejournal.com at 08:50pm on 2009-09-25
I think the blues influence is pretty obvious, but only in certain metal. Black Sabbath was a blues band before they were called Black Sabbath. Just listen to the harmonica in "Wizard", or the saxophone in "Breakout".

As for the classical, Yngwie Malmsteen has been the master at infusing classical sounds into metal. Then again, a whole set of Scandinavian and Dutch bands have been doing classical influenced metal recently. See Symphonic Metal. The first band in that genre I'd recommend is Nightwish.
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posted by [personal profile] skreidle at 01:31am on 2009-09-26
Fair enough--it's probably that I'm not well-versed in metal. :)
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