Special for haineux and lunchboy

[nonelvis]

Christopher Lee + heavy power metal + a dash of classical music + sub-J.R.R. Tolkien elvish mysticism = EPIC VIDEOS GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR BRAIN ASPLODE.

Comments

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

i think rhapsody is more properly in the power metal or symphonic metal genres. when judas priest makes an epic theme album it'll be *heavy* metal. oh wait... (http://judaspriest.com/nostradamus/default.asp)

i am revealing too much about my listening habits, aren't i? ¬___¬

[nonelvis]

Hey, "heavy metal concept album" is one of the sweetest phrases in the English language! (Not that I can usually stand to listen to such things more than once, but I always find the concept vastly entertaining.)

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

i agree on both points, actually! oh, if only more metal was... better. i'll say i do love that new judas priest album, though, and i'm not generally a priest fan. I AM NOSTRADAMUS.

[dietcokebreak.livejournal.com]

Um... Ah... Yeah...

THAT IS TOTALLY WHACKED...
and yet awesome.

[nonelvis]

Most shocking part? Christopher Lee can actually sing.

[haineux.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyR-Dl5zQmE

Unfortunately, there is no proper music video for this, uh, masterpiece.

There IS a live video, but even the terrible quality of the nth generation bootleg dubbing can't overcome the ineluctable feeling that, after watching it, you really need a shower.

[nonelvis]

This really does need a video, preferably one with lots of explosions.

I don't think I can sum it up better than the YouTube commenter who wrote "AMAZING SONG , THIS IS MUSIC, FOLKS."

[haineux.livejournal.com]

Actually, I have to say, even Cacaphony is mere amateur hour stuff compared to this.

"EPIC METAL" is properly defined by this video. Sheesh, they don't even get a drum beat going until 5 minutes in.

If only the lyrics weren't in English. Foo-WEE!