Well, at least the vocalization style doesn't pander to Metal's tired cult of the guttural shriek. It's almost polite. I could actually understand the words ... well, maybe: at around 2:22 I think she's saying, "I need the flies over me." Ew.

As to the whistles: Meh. Let everyone paint themselves blue and rave in the twilight of Gondor or some such nonsense. It's a safe bet that the Elves will gratefully have other things to do.

I shall listen to Evenmore even less.

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I found the video too offputtingly phoney to even consider the music. Just kept thinking 'why?'

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It's a costume party based on the premise that one impressionistic budget fantasy is as good as any other. Myself, I would have liked it better if they were prancing about half-naked in shaggy goat legs with horns on their heads. Much better production value.

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Heck, I'm pushing 60 and have just gotten bitten by the Eurometal bug in the last few years. The thing I love about it is that it's an evolution of progressive rock, which with traditional and classical music makes up my holy trinity.

The album is the story of a Viking king, so no attempt at Celtic (I'm commenting on the album; I pay no attention to videos, just posted this one because the Swayne whistle is so patent). There are also a couple of tunes on the album with a hurdy-gurdy. I've wondered if it's supposed to take the place of a nyckelharpa, the way that Steeleye Span used John Kirkpatrick's accordion to stand in for pipes on Montrose.

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In that case, why do they have "Celtic" references in both the music and the video? It's unthinking, insulting, trash. Most of this "euro-metal-folk" is.

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https://youtu.be/ezbWVysJAOY
https://tapm.bandcamp.com/

Strong words, there. Have a Pepsi.

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"I remain not entirely convinced of it." - Nano

With the objects and dress I'd say that they're going for a fantasy Anglo-Saxon or Danish/Viking thing.

They've obviously been watching too many TV dramas. Why do people think that Mediæval northern Europeans wore black and silly get-ups in leather?

Edited to add whistle content: That's a Jon Swayne whistle I believe.

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"Fantasy" being the operative word, although the helmets definitely look Anglo-Saxon to me, as well. That's about the only attempt at authenticity in the whole wardrobe. I thought the wrist bands lent a nice touch of kink to all that black leather, though - but then where are the whips? A most disappointing omission.

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I just turned 70, & I loved it, so much so that I went looking for more of the genre.....

It's a weird cross between heavy rock & operatic singing to my mind, & the theatrical costumes just made it a bit of fun.

What I listen to, & what I play, are totally different.

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It doesn't sound the least bit operatic to me.

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I think Keith is talking about the “more of the genre” that he found. This for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhtOORYTGx8

(Before the nitpickers chime in, I will acknowledge that a Staber Mater isn’t an opera.)

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Whorfin Woods
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The genre that I'm talking about - metal music with female singers.

https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... le+singers

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Keith.
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I think all one really needs to take away from this is "Andre Rieu" and "cringe-worthy."



My favorites were the couples clutching each other heartwarmingly as if watching their long-suffering chronically-ill child finally walk for the first time to go up and accept that Nobel Peace Prize or something.



Sure. I love Amazing Grace and the GHB as much as the next guy, and I won't lie, GHB can move me to tears. (okay, I admit it, I like Highland Cathedral) It's just that Rieu tends to enjoy putting on a show of romanticism (I've changed it from a word that might be seen as more offensive by those who like what he does) that doesn't work for me. I'm a sentimental git but even I draw lines somewhere. (Look, I won't say the guy's not 10 times better at playing violin than I am-- though that's not a very high bar-- or that he doesn't make a hell of a lot more money than I do, but that doesn't mean I have to want to buy what he peddles. Some people do and that's fine, but I imagine it's unlikely to be people who know very much about Irish or Scottish music?)

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Although I desperately don't want to be branded a nitpicker, I still cannot abstain from pointing out the typo that should read "Stabat Mater". "Stab[b]er Mater" makes me think of snails:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_dart

I watched the vid, expecting a relentless fuzz of electric guitars to come in at some point. My hopes for a glory of genre fusion: Dashed.

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