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	Opera metal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Currently, the idea of mixing opera with metal is being explored in-depth within a small portion of the genre.
		The primary influence of Opera Metal is the Power Metal genre created by Iron Maiden in the 1980s although a strong influence of gothic rock can be heard as well.
		One of the first serious metal bands to hire an actual opera singer and orchestra was the progressive metal band Celtic Frost, on the album Into the Pandemonium.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Opera_metal (284 words)

	Metal Öpera - A Harlekin-Maus Game
		Metal Öpera is a game of blunt passion given an electric voice.
		The world of Metal Öpera is your own, as your group hammers out most of the details during play.
		Metal Öpera uses a system that not only allows for success and failure, but also a Player's control of the story.
	www.harlekin-maus.com /games/metalopera/metalopera.html (1943 words)

	entertainment.iafrica.com \| news The world's first 'heavy metal opera'
		The dark tale of Faust and his existential journey has left its classical opera setting and will be depicted in "the world's first" heavy metal opera in the small western Norwegian town of Kristiansund on Friday.
		And according to Karstensen, the music mix his opera is attempting really works, since the dark devilish makeup usually worn by heavy metal artists, as well as the sometimes frightening sound of their music, helps evoke the old medieval fears of lurking evils.
		The "Faust - Metal Opera" will open on Friday and is scheduled to have five public showings over the next month, as well as a number of shows for local high schools.
	entertainment.iafrica.com /news/423147.htm (725 words)

	Classical 102.1 KDFC - Music News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The dark tale of Faust and his existential journey will be depicted in the world's first heavy metal opera in Kristiansund, Norway.
		Opera chief Jan Karstensen says the music mix his opera is attempting really works, since the dark devilish makeup usually worn by heavy metal artists -- as well as the sometimes frightening sound of their music -- helps evoke the old medieval fears of lurking evils.
		He says "the existential problems are the same as they were 300 years ago, so we're trying to communicate these age-old questions to young people by taking the story out of its original setting and making it take place today".
	www.kdfc.com /2004/music_news.cfm?id=1272&rownumber=4 (138 words)

	Biography
		Bill knew Atomic Opera as the third band to rise to international attention along with their friends King's X and Galactic Cowboys.
		Metal Blade was offering to release "Penguin Dust" to the world wide market through their powerful music marketing machine, and if all went well...
		The members of Atomic Opera are involved on a daily basis in answering questions about the band, the music, and the philosophy behind it all.
	www.atomicopera.com /biography.html (2283 words)

	BLABBERMOUTH.NET - The World's First 'Heavy Metal Opera' Scheduled For This Friday
		BTW the comment about singing in english is idiotic...operas are either sang in German, French or Italian...perhaps there is something in English from Benjamin Britten...but English is a minor operatic language....the point in Opera is not the meaning of the words but their sound...
		As far as Savatage (one of my top 5 metal bands), technically none of their CONCEPT albums are "opera's" in the same sense as the 2 I mention above or the one described in this blabbermouth story.
		As traditionally an opera is defined with roles and characters.
	www.roadrunnerrecords.com /blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=33976 (724 words)

	OPERA, heavy metal, pop, dance, rnb, FREE singing advice
		There is nothing worse than opera teachers who refuse to acknowledge that some pupils wish to become pop singers and use microphones.
		Would you believe that the opera singers are actually singing with the same amount of effort that most pop singers use, the difference being the opera singers don't need a microphone!
		I have a teacher who is a professional opera singer, and she wants me to learn classical, and to strengthen my head voice, and shes teaching me the proper technique, because she said before when i sang i had no support.
	www.invisibleworld.com.au /pages/singfaqs5.htm (3932 words)

	METALEATER.COM - Album Reviews - Avantasia - The Metal Opera
		Although the "Streets" booklet modestly says "A Rock Opera", while the slipcase of “Into the Electric Castle” reads "A Space Opera", Tobias Sammet made a bold statement in 2001 by dubbing his solo project, "The Metal Opera", implying that his AVANTASIA discs are the definitive combination of heavy metal might and operatic bombast.
		This review is for "The Metal Opera: Part 1" only, so let me start off with a typical disclaimer: this is by no means a bad album.
		If Tobias tries another opera, I hope the story is better written, that there is more variety in the vocals, and that the singers are more adventurous with their characters.
	www.metaleater.com /albumreviews-avantasia2001.php (948 words)

	Metal Reviews - Metal Coven Webzine - Metal Reviews - Aina - Days Of Rising Doom: The Metal Opera
		I have to admit, the term "metal opera" doesn't exactly excite me. Although a fairly rare genre, it has the potential to become pretentious and pompous drek.
		Fortunately, Aina's 'Days Of Rising Doom - The Metal Opera' steers clear of cheeseville, proving to this reviewer that this is one genre that, in the right hands, can be a very rewarding and exciting metal style.
		In addition to the opera itself, there is a second disc of alternate versions, single versions, and demos, and a DVD.
	www.metalcoven.com /review_aina_days.html (631 words)

	RPGnet: Review of Metal Opera (Printable Version)
		Characters in Metal Opera are defined by 5 elements: An 'Axe' (ie, a weapon), a 'Style', and three scores - Rock 'n Roll, Ass-Kicking, and Metal Soul.
		The power of Metal is achieved when all of the PC's have gained all of their maximum scores.
		Metal Opera is a solid little game, great for breaks between longer, more serious campaigns.
	www.rpg.net /reviews/view-printable.phtml?reviewNumber=10830 (1536 words)

	MSJ - Aina-Days of Rising Doom-The Metal Opera
		On the surface, the worlds of heavy metal and opera would appear to have little in common.
		The concept of a metal opera is not entirely unique, but Aina take it further than anyone thus far.
		The mixture of opera and metal is skillful.
	www.musicstreetjournal.com /aina.htm (1145 words)

	The Official Savatage Homepage
		But progressive metal is a thought-provoking, artistic approach that is pushing the boundaries of hard rock into a format that -- gasp -- even grown-ups can appreciate.
		Although there were a few rock operas in the 1970s, it has now fallen upon progressive metal bands to further the cause.
		While one might expect a metal opera to be as simple as the theme to "Green Acres," metal bands do concentrate on images, orchestration and verse rather than rhymes and rhythms.
	www.savatage.com /multimedia/articles/news_5.92.html (1147 words)

	Metal Invader - The True Metal Experience
		AINA is more than a metal opera, is a project of love and labor for Sascha Paeth, Thomas Rettke, and Amanda Sommerville.(Story writer,singer,vocals teacher).Along with the cream of the crop of the German/Dutch Metal scene have created a music piece of work equal to the Lord of the Rings.
		But I had to write a metal opera, something that will appeal metal audience, but the story actually came out of me and I senD it to Hans and asked if it was Ok, and he answered it is ok, but you can easy say it is written by a woman.
		Hans from Transmission records came to us and asked if we could do a metal opera for him, it was like a contractual work for him.
	www.metal-invader.com /interviews_75.html (1469 words)

	Tobias Sammet's Avantasia - The Metal Opera II
		The first Avantasia release was met with unabashed delight from power fans across the globe in early 2001 for the genre has dwindled on a fast track to stagnation since all the third rate Hammerfall knockoffs came out of the box and infested the scene like a pox on the genre.
		Leaving no doubt about who is in command for this hurricane-like slamming piece, which doubles as perhaps the heaviest slab of metal on the album, the entire thing smokes with aggressive performances by both David and Tobi alike attempting to outdo one another on the vicious scale.
		Unfortunately they are both underutilized and with some tweaking to the script and songs themselves it could have been a smasher but instead they both play their parts respectably which were written far too small with not enough room to breathe for either one of them.
	www.geocities.com /rfmd2k/avantasia2.html (3135 words)

	metaluk.com reviews / Aina - Days Of Rising Doom: The Metal Opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The first is the "Days Of Rising Doom" opera, the second disc, dubbed "The Story of Aina", is a combination of alternate versions and an accompanying background story to the first disc.
		More metallic peaks arrive with âRebellionâ, which has the âVoice Of Rockâ, Glenn Hughes in magisterial mode, and âOrianaâs Wrathâ, where Sass Jordan comes back into the limelight to play the competition away.
		The first single, âThe Beast Withinâ is slightly misleading, as itâs a fairly standard speed metal tune, but âThe Siege Of Ainaâ, apparently single number 2, is a more obvious candidate with keyboard flourishes from Derek Sherinian.
	www.metaluk.com /reviews/viewReview.cfm?iReviewID=327 (642 words)

	Century Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rooted in history and based on characters that once lived in late medieval times, The Metal Opera was a fantasy tale of deceit, treachery, religion, imprisonment, and witchcraft, and was as grandiose as it was symphonic, with enormous, envy-inducing vocal melodies, resplendent choral passages and majestic classical movements throughout.
		Impressed by the passion with which Blind Guardian vocalist Hansi Kürsch sung the vocal lines Sammet had written for him, Tobias was inspired to record an entire album with musicians he admired and felt influenced by.
		Featuring the same guests that appeared in the first metal opera, the cast of characters is now joined by Magnum’s Bob Catley, Timo Tolkki of Stratovarius, and Eric Singer of KISS.
	www.centurymedia.com /bands/Current/Avantasia.htm (284 words)

	CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS
		It is a mix of death metal, but she has the fl metal voice too.
		This is some death metal, but the signer doesn't have low vocals or anything.
		This is the only release I have from this death metal band from Brazil and if the others are anything like this, I have to get the whole collection.
	www.jensmetalpage.com /reviews_labels_centurymedia.htm (2275 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Hard rock makes Faustian bargain
		Norwegians have fused classical opera with heavy metal to tell the tragic tale of Faust, in what musical purists might call a new pact with the devil.
		The town of Kristiansund is staging the new interpretation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's story of a doctor who sold his soul to the devil.
		Faust - Metal Opera unites 15 musicians from the town's opera with a local heavy metal band called Pica Fierce.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/4347047.stm (276 words)

	Thorne interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At the time I was in college studying 19th century opera and I was intrigued by the idea of writing a metal opera.
		In "America the Beautiful" I even composed with recitative in the true style of classic opera, where much of the dialogue was sung back and forth between the characters.
		Yes, I'm very much a metal head when it comes right down to it, but I sort of resent how metal has ousted most emotions and hung on to anger and hate and sadness.
	www.dvsrecords.com /edgeoftime/e13/inthorne.shtml (2040 words)

	PlaybillArts: News: Gounod's Faust Transformed Into Heavy-Metal Opera
		A local metal band called Pica Fierce has transformed Gounod’s music into what is being called “the world’s first” heavy-metal opera.
		Jan Karstensen, director of Kristiansund Opera, said, “Faust addresses some of the great, eternal questions about a person’s integrity and whether it should be for sale.
		Faust—Metal Opera will be reprised five more times over the next month, and will be performed in some local high schools as well.
	www.playbillarts.com /news/article/1591.html (298 words)

	The Gauntlet :: Avantasia - Heavy Metal - Buddy Icons - Avantasia Videos - Avantasia Ringtones - mp3s - Tabs - ...
		The idea for the The Metal Opera was born a few years ago, when the members of Edguy recorded Vain Glory Opera.
		The second and final installment of this epic, The Metal Opera, Part 2 is a distinguished work of talent and finesse that boasts almost one full hour of epic song structures, choirs, and symphonic backdrops.
		Fans of Jesus Christ Superstar, The Who’s Tommy, and connoisseurs who follow the careers of exceptional vocalists will be impressed with The Metal Opera, Part 2.
	www.thegauntlet.com /bandbio.php?bid=867 (337 words)

	The Metal Crypt - Reviews
		Tobias Sammet is one of those people in metal music that never fail to piss me off.
		After releasing four albums with his band Edguy in which each album is better than the previous he goes out on a side project and writes a metal opera, which in my opinion eclipses even his brilliant work with his full time band.
		The music is just what you would expect, power metal done at a very high level with above average musicianship, very catchy songs with high flying choruses, a lot of variation in the song structures and incredible vocals.
	www.metalcrypt.com /pages/reviews.php?revid=84 (371 words)

	BNR Metal Pages -- Opera IX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Opera IX is one of the more unique bands to come out of Italy in some time.
		Unlike a lot of present-day Italian bands (many of whom are in the power/prog metal field), Opera IX's style is an intriguing and original mix of fl, doom, and goth metal, with excellent songwriting and highlighted by vocalist Cadaveria (until recently, as mentioned below).
		Opera IX continues on as well, but has found it hard to find permanent replacements for Cadaveria and Flegias, as both albums released since their departure feature different pairs of vocalist/drummers.
	www.bnrmetal.com /groups/opex.htm (358 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Days of Rising Doom: Metal Opera [Bonus DVD] [Us Import]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The songs can't be categorized as metal except for a few, but by any means can't this be considered a metal opera.
		The music all in all is (simple) progressive rock with metal influences and a few good ballads.
		Aina - Days of Rising Doom is a metal opera produced my Sascha Paeth, one of the best (if not the best) power metal producers in the world.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001HAIPO (1236 words)

	AINA Days of Rising Doom - The Metal Opera reviews and MP3
		One should note that at one time Transmission Records had under contract the master of Metal Operas, Arjen Anthony Lucassen, a Dutchman who has perfected the art of producing Metal Operas and has seven successful operas under his belt with the eighth to be released shortly but now under the Inside Out label.
		I was astonished that a "Metal Opera" would have so many different genres on it.
		One of the background vocalists is the brain of this opera.
	www.progarchives.com /Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=4394 (4645 words)

	NEWSARAMA - HANZO'S A MIDNIGHT OPERA
		In the world of A Midnight Opera, the undead creatures have survived in a Europe driven by religious dogma for nearly a millennium by infiltrating and aiding groups bent on reformation and tolerance.
		He died at childbirth, but awoke the next night afflicted with the "darkness." Raised by religious réformees, Ein and his younger brother Leroux—also afflicted with the mark of darkness, though Leroux’s is of the variety lupin, a brother of the wolf—were made orphans during an attack by Catholic Knights against a burgeoning Huguenot church.
		However, on the opening night of the opera in which Ein and Christine star, Christine is struck with a mystical affliction and dies on stage, in Ein’s arms.
	www.newsarama.com /forums/showthread.php?s=13e6d5bfdfed4f8206658d419e74b555&threadid=37450 (1586 words)

	Opera News > The Met Opera Guild
		Local metal band Pica Fierce has taken Gounod's music and "paraphrased it," according to Kristiansund opera chief Jan Karstensen, who further describes the work as a "melting together of genres like no one's ever seen before." Pica Fierce, composed of four members, will perform with fifteen classical musicians from the Kirstiansund Opera's Sinfonietta.
		After completing his civil military service at Kristiansund, a small coastal town in Norway where there is a burgeoning metal scene, Haltbakk talked to a former opera chief who had become fascinated by heavy metal.
		The two eventually conceived the idea of putting on a heavy metal opera.
	www.metoperafamily.org /operanews/news/pressrelease.aspx?id=796 (278 words)

	In Music We Trust - Aina: Days of Rising Doom - The Metal Opera
		Aina is the name of this ambitious project, and after a listen, you too will wonder why this isn't on Broadway yet, as it encapsulates all of the traits of any major production, only with a hard rock backbone.
		For those in fear that this rock opera may be too soft, just listen to the power metal that cascades from tracks like "Silver Maiden" for evidence that there's no shortage of rock in this brilliant project.
		AINA is a rock opera chock full of soul and passion, and should appeal to metalheads and fans of musical theater alike.
	www.inmusicwetrust.com /articles/67k03.html (234 words)

	Day By Day Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		MF Grimm - The Downfall of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera
		Joined by Megalon (of Monster Island Czars) and Doom, Grimm is on another plain ghetto opera mission, although this still breathes much positive thoughts within.
		Metal Fingers should get props for many of the dope beats, but this album is all about MF Grimm, really.
	www.daybydayent.com /content/press/reviews/mf_grimm_downfall_boom_bap.shtml (498 words)

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