Seven)Suns, a NYC-based string quartet, has recorded a note-for-note 10th-anniversary reinterpretation of The Dillinger Escape Plan’s “One of Us Is the Killer” album.
And who said heavy metal was dead? Let alone the string quartet.
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Glad to see them getting some press. Having worked with both Earl and Chern Hwei before I can attest to them both being absolute monster players and genuinely good dudes.
Ok so Attaca Quartet does electronica and indie crap, this quartet does metal. Young USA string quartets really gotta reach these days.
The groups play music they like. Neither Attaca nor this group are doing anything for attention.
Fabulous! Thanks for this, it’s an excellent discovery for those of us who love Classical and Metal music. Love the attack and energy in their playing, I hope they do a show in London.
The Dillinger Escape Plan were vastly underappreciated even in their heyday and their 2013 album was, to say the least, revolutionary! I’ve already enthusiastically preordered the Seven)Suns’ string-quartet “take” on this metal-classic and can’t wait to get blown away!
Well I listened. No thanks.
It seems every now and then classical musicians will try almost anything to convince people that they are actually ‘down with it’ and ‘cool’. All of which has a desperation which is glaringly uncool.
Generally, I agree with the sentiment. This group, however, does not bill themselves as a classical string quartet but rather as a heavy metal band that just happens to perform on strings. I feel it’s a distinction worth making—whether or not it’s to your taste, of course, is entirely up to you, but I don’t think they’re too terribly concerned with trying to appear cool.
Did it ever occur to you that they like this music and want to adapt it for string quartet?
Some might prefer this performed on original instruments.
An ensemble I’ve never heard of is playing a song I’ve never heard of by a band I’ve never heard of.
It’s as if they are trying to not get my attention.
In other words, you listen only to ensembles you’ve heard of, playing songs you’ve heard of, by bands you’ve heard of. How do you ever find new music to listen to, or don’t you find new music to listen to?