We feature composers writing string quartets inspired by Heavy Metal in all its incarnations from Death Metal, Black Metal, Grindcore, Mathcore to Industrial Metal and more.
MUSIC
Concubine by Converge – arranged by Earl Maneein
– Performed by Seven Suns
Yama by Earl Maneein
– Performed by Seven Suns
Uncomfortable Poetics by Gene Pritsker
– Performed by Quartet Metadata
Epistasis by Maria W. Horn
– Performed by Linnea Hällqvist – violin, Knapp Brita Pettersson – violin, Maria Jonsson – viola, Natalia Goldmann – cello, Johanna Niederbacher – cello, Mats Erlandsson – electric guitar
Metal Elements by Nick Valsallo (mvmts 1 and 2)
– Performed by Friction Quartet
Recoil by Aeryn Santallan
– Performed by JACK Quartet
Heavy Sparks and Machinery by Annie Gosfield
– Performed by Flux Quartet and Talujon Percussion Quartet