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A DESCENT INTO THE NIBELHEIM OF THE MIND

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​The WAGNER & HEAVY METAL Winter Weblog on music, books and the light at the end of tunnel. 

From ' HEAVY' (Dan Franklin) to a heavy book 'WAGNERISM' (Alex Ross). Plus Wilhelm Furtwängler in Italy and (a lot) more. >>>

EDDIE VAN HALEN (January 26, 1955 - October 6, 2020)

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And then you wake up in a world in which  Eddie van Halen  is no more. Like this year was not already strange and f*cked up enough. >>>

WAGNER AT THE MOVIES

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Toying around with image and sound. Combining the music of Richard Wagner with film footage. >>>

THE DAY OF WAGNER & HEAVY METAL

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​On 13 February we look back in awe:

13 Feb 1883: Death of Richard Wagner

13 Feb 1970: Birth of Heavy Metal (Black Sabbath releases their debut album)


13 February is Wagner & Heavy Metal​ day
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BEETHOVEN's MIGHTY NINE

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Last year he saw the festivities surrounding his 250th birthday go to dust but his music of course remains an infinite source of inspiration and consolation. From Furtwängler to Chailly; this is an inventory, guaranteed subjective and by no means complete, of Beethoven's symphony cycles.  >>>

The return of Die Walküre

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It's the last time that it returns at the Dutch National Opera. Pierre Audi's take on Die Walküre; the opera production that turned me into a Wagner-​aficionado nearly 20 years ago. Read the review here >>

NL: De terugkeer van Die Walküre

(No) BAYREUTH (Summer blog)

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No Bayreuther Festspiele for me this year, at least not in the flesh. A blog about the virtues of streaming services, this year's Tannhäuser and some thoughts about pictures and opera. 

About extreme music

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A declaration of love to one of the most extreme music genres on the planet: DEATHCORE

Bringing DIE TOTE STADT to life

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De Nederlandse Reisopera brings Die Tote Stadt to life. The theatrical potential that lies in Korngold's late-romantic opera is articulated with skill in another inventive production of  the opera nomads from Holland.
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NL: De Nederlandse Reisopera brengt Die Tote Stadt van Korngold tot leven

One More ...

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In the Ring from Hong Kong, Jaap van Zweden leads orchestra and cast in a  captivating journey through Wagner's Nibelungen world. Van Zweden doesn’t ride the fast lane but in a good Ring it isn't of any importance how long it takes to make it to the end of Götterdämmerung. In a good performance that end will always come too soon ... >>

Marnie: opera & pictures

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From composer Nico Muhly and librettist Nicholas Wright comes MARNIE, an opera with a story based on the book by Winston Graham but best known by the movie of Alfred Hitchcock. Read about it here >>

Lohengrin: Swasti-swans in Brabant

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The knight of the Swan in a world of Swasti-swans and war. Opera Vlaanderen starts the new season with David Alden's take on Lohengrin.

NL: Lohengrin: in het Rijk van de Zwaan

MORE REVIEWS >>


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  • One Ring ...
  • Karajan interview
  • From Heavy Metal to Richard Wagner
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In search for the one recording of ​'Der Ring des Nibelungen' that would rule them all ...
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Herbert Pendergast interviews Herbert von Karajan (Stereo Review, 1963). In the interview Karajan talks about Bach, Boulez and Stravinsky as well his predilection for jazz.
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A gateway from the world of HEAVY METAL to OPERA >>

ABOUT

This website wants to be a musical journey from the blues-based hardrock I grew up with to the 19th century music dramas of Richard Wagner I became so enamored with later in my life.
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The music of Wagner feels, more than the music of any other (classical) composer I know, like a natural extension of the hardrock and heavy metal I grew up with. His music can be a place for the metal aficionado who might have reached a point of arrival in his or her listening experience and is receptive for something that goes beyond the sound of double bass drums and howling guitarsolos.  Something else, but something that is equally, if not more, satisfying to ears and soul. For me Richard Wagner was the door to new worlds of sound. A guide on a journey through a musical landscape that is still ongoing. 
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Join in and enjoy the ride ...


- Wouter de Moor
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Black metal from Dutch soil. ELFSGEDROCH stirs in a mythical soup and serves, in hallucinatory flavors, a luscious metal meal.
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Progressive post-black metal on the debut album from GATES TO THE MORNING. Return to Earth is a carefully prepared musical meal, a skillfully built theater of kaleidoscopic sounds.
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Together with Italian band ABSCENDENT, Brazilian band PANDEMMY releases a split-record: Obliteration.  Trash & Death Metal with an almost delicate feel for melody.
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From Algeria comes LELAHELL, death metal that takes your eardrums by desert storm.
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​Surfing on the enticing waves of the New Wave of Brazilian Heavy Metal,  THE DEVILS are coming to metal town. 
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Making your dream come true with a guitar. That is what Sam Russel is doing. Previously he shared the stage with Steve Vai and with the release of his album Impetuous Desire a deeply rooted wish sees the light of day. 
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From Chicago comes HEMI, a power trio that, on their way to world domination, just released their studio album Avalon.
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Coming from São Paulo, Brazil is APOPHANOUS. A Progressive Thrash Metal band with more than just a few tricks on their sleeve.
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From Croatia comes Dreamborn. Roaming the musical landscape where Dreamtheater, Ayreon and Nightwish harvest for ideas. You find a review of their album ​Seven Deadly Sins here. ​

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Recensies en blogs in het Nederlands 

Met Pagliacci / Cavalleria Rusticana en Tannhäuser van De Nationale Opera, Die Tote Stadt van De Nederlandse Reisopera, Lohengrin in Vlaanderen en  Parsifal in Bayreuth. Verder een Vliegende Hollander die Dracula ontmoet, Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, Aleksandr Scriabin, Gustavo Dudamel, Bernard Haitink en Henry Rollins.

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