5 Classical Composers write for HEAVY METAL BAND

In this video 5 composers with classical music backgrounds write new 1 minute pieces for a heavy metal band. I called the band 'The DBCBs' - the David Bruce Composer Band. Huge thank you to all involved.
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Drums - Yogev Gabay / @yogevgabay
Bass - Lior Ozeri / 1988lior
Guitar - Alon Tamir / 86alontamir
Guitar - Yoel Genin / toxicpainkiller
Vocals - Ben Levin / nimajqeb
Composers
Tantacrul (Intro 02:52) (Piece - 03:53) / martinthekearykid
Zoë Martlew (Intro 07:07) (Piece - 08:04) - zoemartlew.com/
Nathan Schram (Intro 11:16) (Piece - 12:06) - www.nathanschramnoise.com/
Robin Haigh (Intro 15:31) (Piece - 17:07) - / @robinhaigh1249
David Bruce (Intro 20:20) (Piece - 20:56)
Also check out Robin Haigh's Aesop:
• Robin Haigh // Aesop

[@BenLevin]

Thank you for believing I could sing metal before I believed it myself!

[@anatolyFct]

You god damn killed it!

[@ambiention]

Sounded great man, truly.

[@wonderfalls2]

Your performance was amazing Ben!!

[@OokisMcFlookis]

Dude your vocals were amazing! Wow!

[@_MobsPsycho]

Even though Ben Levin can't do death metal growls or any do the crazy black metal stuff, his voice is killer for power metal.

[@sophiasimmons3307]

I love Ben Levin for the fact that he is always simultaneously out of place and perfect for every situation he is in.

[@Reflexzzzz]

I hate to use the word talent because it takes away so much of the work Ben has put in. I LOVE literally everything he does.

[@ZachIzBeast]

@@Reflexzzzz i think it can be said that he's very talented in the way he understands and creates good musical ideas without illegitimizing the amount of sheer effort and work he puts in. I think Ben in particular is a Musician who built talent on hard work to be able to so naturally create music like we see him produce today.

[@ScottyWiard]

You should take this concept and flip it. I'd love to hear how a metal musician would write for an ensemble. As a metal head, I must say that none of these really sounded anything like I'd expect a metal band to sound.

[@Yr_218]

You would propably get something that resembles the works of Richard Wagner.

[@elvancor]

There's actually no shortage of orchestra stuff composed by, well, mostly metal keyboarders.

[@BlommaBaumbart]

If you want to hear how it would sound if a metal musician wrote for an ensemble, just listen to any of the 200 albums where a metal musician wrote for an ensemble.

[@hermenegildakociubinska6665]

Try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIm5n59rbbCsZtk The album was recorder with London Symphony Orchestra, among others.

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros4419]

It's harder since to play academic music you usually have to follow certain orchestration rules that can't be taught in a couple of weeks, unless you do an experimental approach of course which cuts aways from the formalities aforementioned...

[@theoptimisticmetalhead7787]

As a metalhead I super appreciate seeing metal taken seriously in this sphere of music youtube. I know a lot of the guys I'm subscribed to are lowkey into metal, but it feels like it often gets overlooked. So it's really nice to see this. Also, again as a metalhead, this shit is all sick as fuck. Tantacrul's bit coulda been from any prog band lately that's out there doing something awesome. Kept thinking of Gorguts while I was listening to it. Who are by a wide margin one of my favorite death metal bands, so BIG compliment. Zoe's piece was REALLY interesting. It was like Mike Patton helming a band that was trying to mix Primus with Meshuggah. That was fun af to listen to. And I totally also got Atheist vibes from them too, absolutely spot on. Nathan's piece was a dead ringer for something from Bad Acid Trip. Whose sound I always liken to System of a Down if they exclusively wrote and recorded while dropping acid. Prog/Nu-metal is a totally apt way to describe the sound, hahaha. Robin...I can't tell you how stoked I was when I heard you were gonna do a power metal song. Speaking of stuff that gets overlooked, in the metal community power metal often gets overlooked. To the detriment of the metal community. It's so fun and goofy, it's a great way to just shut off and enjoy some straight forward badass metal. And you 100% delivered! But with like a tinge of djent, hahaha. Seriously though, you should consider starting a band that plays music like that. I REALLY enjoyed that a lot, and power metal definitely needs it. "Robin might think those lyrics are cringeworthy, but Ben commits to them so hard you believe them" THAT is the mark of great power metal. Bruce, my man. That was EXCELLENT. Traditional sounding metal is having a bit of a moment right now, as I'm sure you're aware. And that was totally in the right vein, like if everyone popped in a little prog into it. Man, I want more of that too. Especially the way you had the drummer ride the hi-hat there? I am an absolute sucker for that. I love what Tantacrul said about what happened with the composers. Because that's exactly what I got. People taking metal seriously, and really trying their hand at something they don't have a lot of experience composing for (I suppose except for Robin, lol). Seriously, all of these composers could almost certainly make it as a one-person-band side project. And I high key hope they all make the attempt.

[@caioteixeira1541]

You sir is really the optimistic metalheald. I agree with most of what you said but none of this songs are appealing im sorry. I will go over there to listen to some igorrr and ill be back in a few =)

[@scottrill8318]

@@caioteixeira1541 I think David's was the only appealing one.

[@defectivetoaster7713]

I agree they were pretty good but they really stuck to the heavy dissonance which is a bit boring

[@Todeswalzer]

So I have no idea how I landed on this video, I dont know anyone involved with it.. but thats plenty ok with me this was a super cool experiment to stumble on.. Tantacrul made me immediately want to go back and listen to Dysrhythmia, whom I haven't thought about for a good 10 years now. This entire video from front to back just gives me Colin Marston vibes, which meshes with your Gorguts take. That man has been involved with way too many interesting projects. Share the wealth!

[@alteroccatv]

They all completely missed the mark. You either write music for high gain baritone guitar, bass and drums and leave it to that without even mentioning Heavy Metal or, if you want to write contemporary dissonance for those instrument and call it Heavy Metal because you are "down with the kids" you are just embarrassing yourself (as they all did!!). There are dozens of metal bands very successfully fusing metal and classical music beyond using orchestras, choirs and baroque/classic/romantic compositional styles, which are a true reflection of what Beethoven would probably write today (Jinjer, Opeth, etc.) In essence, nothing in those composition was Heavy Metal.

[@DyingBobby]

Next: Jazz composers write for heavy metal band. Adam Neely, we're waiting...

[@hipination1037]

Metal composers write for jazz, how about that?

[@chrissjoroos9884]

Stan Jandke I feel like in most cases they would have a really hard time with that. Unless they’re well versed in music theory and jazz that is

[@jserpette95]

@@chrissjoroos9884 lots of prog metal artist probably wouldn't have much issue with it. Everyone in Plini went to college for jazz.

[@SukoSeiti]

I would like that one. This video was actually the first iterati of this idea that I didn't quite like.

[@MrTheog1989]

Adam sent me here via a yt post... So hopefully he takes it on board!

[@AdamNeely]

the band killed it! damn what a beast of a video.

[@DBruce]

Thanks Adam!

[@kirasundberg9643]

Thanks Adam!

[@erikznidarsic6754]

Thanks adam!

[@jan_the_man]

Thanks Adam!

[@sveinungnygaard1505]

Thanks adam!

[@FalconFlurry]

12:07 what non-metalheads hear when they listen to System of a Down

[@alfonzog6327]

Even has the OG Hair

[@heavymachete6235]

nah its just whourkr

[@Sceadusawol]

"Write a one-minute piece..." ...So, no doom metal, then.

[@AST-erisked]

Or abour 44 grindcore songs

[@tevildo9383]

*cries in Bell Witch*

[@09041995101]

Sorry, pal, they said "piece", not a quarter of a single note

[@Sceadusawol]

@@09041995101 Valid point.

[@soulofash2112]

@@09041995101 No Stoned Jesus here. That makes me sad.

[@WeIsDaTyrantz]

Every song: The Dillinger Escape Bungle.

[@ishisshusisusjki8274]

Yes.

[@timluyten8660]

I could not have described it better

[@drummermandan01]

Agreed

[@neurosin]

The 3rd one by Nathan is basically Psyopus, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Circle Takes The Square, Daughters, Tony Tanza Tapdance Extravaganza, et. al. Early 2000s Mathcore was a gem of a genre.

[@casaroli]

Josh Tyler reminded me of Sleep Terror as well.

[@Ryno6465]

"This is a very straight forward piece." proceeds to write the proggiest minute of music I've ever heard.

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

I would really like to see 5 composers make a serious attempt to write a piece of music, for a set of instruments that composers don't normally take seriously: kazoo, saw, comb and waxed paper, etc. Maybe get a hambone practitioner (if there are still any around at this point) to do the percussion.

[@misss7777]

I'd also like them to write for traditional Instruments. For example for Chinese or Indian Insruments.

[@ColinMacDaniels]

9:50 "This is kind of like the band, Atheist". Man knows his stuff, spot on.

[@ElliLovett]

and good thing he does because i just found a new band to listen to

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

@@ElliLovett they're one of the greatest. That first album man

[@theunpretentiousvegan8593]

David: Everyone write a heavy metal song. Everyone: Prog Metal/Hardcore?

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

Fair to assume a bunch of Contemporary Classical composers aren't gonna be super in touch with the electric blues/heavy rock side of music. There's a natural lining up with the jazz and modern classical trickery Prog Metal/Mathcore guys are gonna get into.

[@theunpretentiousvegan8593]

@@noesunyoutuber7680 and to be fair, he only used heavy metal in the video title. He just said 'write something heavy for drums, bass, and distorted guitars.'

[@Zeta9966]

There’s more similarity to abstract bands like Fantomas than anything resembling metal in this. All interesting though

[@EllieMcEla]

@@theunpretentiousvegan8593 it's pretty embarrassing to say to say that any kind of complexity in heavy metal implies that it's subgenre of metal bc it's "complex". jazz is still jazz even if it's not in 4/4

[@theunpretentiousvegan8593]

@@EllieMcEla have you met metalheads? We thrive on dividing our music into subgenres! My point (made with some sarcasm and a bit tongue-in-cheek) sits on if you differentiate 'metal' from 'heavy metal.' And Jazz has plenty of subgenres, so it really just depends on whether one thinks it's necessary to differentiate based on subtleties and nuances, which most metalheads do, for some reason.

[@HBMmaster]

it was so great seeing zoë just vibing to everything, you can tell she was having a great time with this

[@TheRE4Player]

Didn't expect to see you here, love your chanel

[@KyrieFortune]

It's him, the hangman man

[@maxiapalucci2511]

Wasn’t expecting you to be a music theory channel lover

[@somebonehead]

@@maxiapalucci2511 Why not? He composes.

[@asa.pankeiki]

Composing and conlanging!! My two favorite things!!

[@TheSquareOnes]

Love how Robin was just casually dropping irrational time signatures in there, wasn't expecting that from the only power metal piece in a crowd of mathcore. All of them were amazing though, please record 55+ more minutes of this and drop it as an album.

[@Skeleton_Dork]

Funny how a classical composer's interpretation of metal some how always ends up sounding like ridiculous Math Rock lol

[@KronoMuzik]

21:35 is when i pressed the like button

[@lucas_roedel]

I think it must take a lot of courage for an accomplished musician to share their cringy early compositions. Mad respect for Robin Haigh!

[@scottblair8261]

It is very cringe worthy, but also there's a refreshing sincerity and fun to them that makes it awesome.

[@robinhaigh1249]

Thanks Lucas! Honestly, it's very liberating, but also hilarious to imagine sending this video back in time to teenage me a few seconds after committing the original to garageband.

[@alterI4]

honestly the music is more cringy to the composer than anything. the rest of us, who don’t know him just heard a power metal song and a pretty damn good one at that.

[@Engy_Wuck]

for some reason it sounds more "metaly" than the version he made for this video. But then again I probably heard too much "teeanager metal" in my days :-D

[@NotMeButAnother]

Thing is, in terms of harmony Power Metal is actually quite close to classical (or rather baroque and romantic) music.

[@Chinicuil]

David Bruce is so extra, this content is really the best shit you can find in youtube. Im so proud to be part of his patreon and you should be a patreon too (random person reading this comment)

[@fredericktarr8266]

Nice try David

[@olivernp7515]

I wonder how much he paid you to write this...

[@Chinicuil]

@@olivernp7515 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you are insane if you think he paid me

[@sparklybruh4136]

i honestly love zoe martlew’s enthusiasm and passion for music, you can see it plain as day that she loves what she’s doing and has such an amazing time with it. this is the video that has introduced me to her and i can’t wait to try and find anything else she’s created!

[@thamuzino]

This is amazing. I love how 'Gojira pick scrape' is now such a widely understood and commonly used term 🤣

[@Bartman61911]

You mean a pick slide? Gojira didn't invent that, in fact I can point you to many 80's osdm bands that use that.

[@NikolaiBahzaan]

@@Bartman61911 we know, I'm sure almost nobody thinks Gojira invented that

[@glebbokhan9777]

Still the sound is quite emblematic of Gojira and none else (for me)

[@thepancakereviewer]

If Ben put on a southern accent on vaccine we would've gotten a new Primus song.

[@dbrowdy]

Yes, that guitar line was Ler LaLonde all the way!

[@derekwilkins4973]

It was like Primus had Tool on stage and they played an extended version of Mr. Know It All

[@ricardozapata9142]

Zoe the cello player is so crazy I love her. Her energy fused very well with Ben Levin's® philosophical psycho energy.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Fell in love with Zoe and Ben became a metal superstar.

[@onlyprofitts1893]

0:46 Write an essay quickly kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZiwm3uYrM58hNk

[@hadriewyn]

Ben's performance on Nathan's song is something I have never ever seen before. I feel it's groundbreaking and I hope people see this and take this thing and explore with it. I'm truly lost for words, it's so so so so so good and weird and refreshing. Good job everybody.

[@rusted_ursa]

Zoë Martlew is the cool aunt I've always heard about and thought was a legend until now.

[@slimkt]

These videos always give me the same feeling I’d get as a kid when my mom would say something like, “Let’s have ice cream for dinner tonight.” It didn’t happen often, but when it did, it felt like life couldn’t get any better. They’re just always such a treat.

[@dabeamer42]

I used that "ice cream for dinner" on my kids a few times...a long time ago.

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Brilliant idea for a video! Brilliant work! You’ve put far too much effort into this video David! Good show 🙏🙏

[@joemcalister7105]

@paperchasin23 ?

[@alteroccatv]

... Ask metal fans and connoisseurs first 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@moydamer]

If Nathan Schram started a metal band playing songs like the one he wrote here, I would buy all their records and merch and come to all their shows. Especially if he got Ben Levin to stick around on vocals.

[@sykoteddy]

If you, just like me liked Nathans piece the most you got to check out a Swedish band called Calm that was long before their time, really! They did this kind of music around 2000-2006 I think. The best album is by far "Army of a few".

[@LegendsOfRuhthar]

Simplemente genial! The results are interesting. - Tantacrul composition 3:54 - Zoë Martlew composition 8:03 - Nathan Schram composition 12:07 - Robin Haigh composition 17:08 - David Bruce composition 20:57

[@indrapal3118]

Zoë has the most perfect Chaos Aunty energy and I love it

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

I love her! lols

[@educostanzo]

- 1st one gave me strong King Crimson vibes. What made more sense when you mention Stravinsky. - Hearing Ben Levin singing power metal was really priceless. - I love how the score instructions read "DJENT" and "Gojira pick scrape" lol

[@sieni221]

reminded me of dillinger escape plan making metal cover of starless by king crimson

[@gaplodocus8176]

Felt very much like Mr bungle to me

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros4419]

1st one is more like an ELP song

[@OleBerg1]

@@gaplodocus8176 yeah I was thinking a mix between korn and faith no more, but Mr bungle is definitely more accurate, albeit it's Mike patton regardless

[@rossdirkse5267]

Bits of the first song sound like rush to me

[@myriadpath]

i can only imagine Ben's delight upon learning that he would sing a song called Crystal of Elves

[@martinepstein9826]

This but unironically

[@PhoenX19]

19:14: Notated: "DJENT"

[@kevinberstler]

Them: I wrote a death metal song Me: hahaha no, but super interesting

[@SukoSeiti]

Ikr, all these songs sound more like djent than heavy metal.

[@MrTheog1989]

Hehe agreed Kevin.

[@danielchandc]

@@SukoSeiti well robin's piece sounded kinda like dragonforce XD

[@SukoSeiti]

@@danielchandc That is true, but the old metalhead in me would not find most of them appealing to listen.

[@weatheranddarkness]

@@SukoSeiti what would you be more into? Any tasters you could give?

[@Tantacrul]

Oh boy!

[@wixspartan6584]

Oh hey! It's Tantacrul! How ya doin buddy?

[@doopsnogg7251]

DEP vibes

@Tantacrul I love your videos haha

[@MarekIwaszkiewiczMusic]

Good to see you!

[@guy8968]

Granted they aren't metal, but Cardiac-esque for sure

[@leranedlin]

Just... WOW... Would love to have a full album of such music! Indeed, metal opera is a great idea. And all these Israeli musicians completely made this project. Thank you, David!!! Thank you, all!!!

[@s4m0n3w3st3r]

Check out Igorrr and Corpo-mente, best metal/opera there is imo!

[@Simoran]

Just here to share my comments on all of the pieces as someone who's heard a hell of a lot of metal (even if I don't make a whole lot of it personally). I found this a super interesting listen since classical and metal are linked much closer than most people think. Tantacrul - Very proggy, lots of interesting odd time signature interjections as well as the small break to the clean channel. Great use of the dissonant harmony that you can find a lot with this style, even if slightly overused I think it brought an interesting sound to the piece. Even ending on the 7#9 chord (the self proclaimed Jimi Hendrix chord), which is used as a finisher to a lot of earlier metal especially. Zoë - I really love this one, it sounds like a very hectic opener / closer to an album for some sort of hardcore band almost. Not 100% death metal nuance but it could get there very quickly, and I think it even does work in that context if used right. The use of dissonance and string noise to open into the seemingly random jumpiness of the song helps set up for what's to come, and I think the lyrical choice works well with the hardcore or maybe even discordant math rock sort of vibe. Nathan - This immediately reminded me of System of a Down, especially with the description he gave of "I connected words with no meaning to make some sort of meaning that didn't mean anything". This feels almost like you crammed all 4-5 minutes of a SOAD song into 1 minute and it's really silly and enjoyable. It feels very proggy/technical with the instrumentation, and I think seeing a so called "technical nu metal band" would sound extremely close to this. Robin - Hearing that he had a background with metal was very interesting, and the song was spot on with how power metal sounds, however this was a touch more progressive and I really liked that addition. Mindless sweep picking and scale runs with the soloing guitar worked its way in wonderfully, the trem picking on the rhythm side of things is something you can find in almost every power metal song. T̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶d̶d̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶7̶t̶h̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶(̶I̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶d̶r̶o̶p̶ ̶A̶)̶ The addition of an 8 string in drop E in that almost tech death breakdown works really really well with this genre. And of course, lyrics on point with power metal bands. All around a great showcase of what power metal is without losing too much of the classical influence. David - I had to listen to this twice, since it was very enticing sounding. The intro sounds like a classic metal sort of motif, and then it went right in to the fast drums, trem picking, and breakdown sort of stuff that you see with tech death. This seriously feels like it could be the instrumental track to a tech death song, and if someone were to throw growled vocals, downtuned the guitars, and maybe add a couple solos here and there, it wouldn't throw me off one bit. All in all, these were incredible arrangements. Each person went their own separate way and touched on their own different styles of metal, which is effectively how the metal scene expanded so much and into so many different subgenres and specific sounds. Not to mention the people you got to play this did an extremely good job and interpreting what the composer wanted to bring out. Fantastic job all around!

[@_aitelyu]

I honestly thought about SOAD's Sugar when I heard Robin's. The fact that David's wasnt downtuned, made me think of Incubus circa Crow Left of The Murder but with more chugs. I really liked it!

[@AlessandroSistiMusic]

I love how fully Levin commits himself to *all* of the very different performances he gives here Really cool to see all the new faces in this video as well. Great idea for a project!!

[@electroylite8296]

Lesson learned: Classical composers are really just prog metal heads in disguise.

[@martinpaddle]

wasn't the whole point of prog, when it popped up in the 70s or so, to move rock music closer to classical music?

[@PlugInKali]

As a fan of classical music, metal music and prog, this video made me extremely happy. Both the composers and the musicians did an amazing job.

[@theatog]

As a person who's never been initiated in the metal genre, this video still made me extremely happy.

[@easkay]

Absolutely loved Robin's piece, I feel it met the power metal background really well! Well done to all the composers and performers too, bravo!

[@lolzlarkin3059]

Next up, a bunch if metal heads write for a classical orchestra...

[@pathologicaldoubt]

Oh god

[@jacobinternet8877]

how about no

[@luchadorito]

No thanks. There were a lot of attempts, mostly really bad

[@Adam1349]

@@jacobinternet8877 Luc Lemay would beg to differ...

[@kenb9828]

Now THAT I would love to see

[@zadedardari6690]

Nathan Schram's reminded me a lot of System of a Down. Ben's vocals and expressions also remind me of Serj Tankian. Great pieces!

[@Twistedcrescendo]

That was my immediate reaction as well

[@BresciGaetano]

SOAD vs Yello Biafra. My fav too

[@orion8981]

My immediate thought as well. Ben's vocals were perfect for that SOAD feeling.

[@unvergebeneid]

I have to look up Serj Tankian because I fucking loved Nathan's piece and especially those vocals.

[@theultimatenatmaster]

@@unvergebeneid serj tankian is the vocalist for the band system of a down

[@ninjaaron]

David Bruce's was my favorite. The others were like "classical composers write prog metal", which was kind of cool, but Bruce's was like "classical music for a metal ensemble", which, as a fan of both genres, is what I was really hoping to hear. Love those lyrical, contrapuntal lines. Rock on!

[@JacobawSnow]

This was pretty cool. It is interesting that much of what these composers think of as metal is more like the jerky dissonance you’d find in hardcore and “mathy” bands. There are some cool Dillinger and bungle vibes up until the power metal song. And that song was possibly my favorite. The quick guitar runs in David’s song made me think of Al Di Meola. Great job, everyone.

[@jamestown9883]

Whether power metal or experimental mathcore, Ben Levin always gives a 100% sincere performance and you love to see it.

[@jennamedlyn]

Can I just say that the editing in this is beautiful

[@joshforeman1648]

They all sound like some sort of Dillinger Escape Plan tribute band track

[@jaumbz]

This NEEDS to become a thing. More composers should write for Metal band!!

[@firstnamelastname061]

There was more energy in Zoe herself than any metal song I've ever heard.

[@caioteixeira1541]

You obviously listenning to the wrong metal songs.

[@Ub3rSk1llz]

you don't listen to much metal

[@rome8180]

Of course you've got a couple metalheads triggered by what was obviously hyperbole.

[@bumpsy]

@@rome8180 i dont think theres any topic that wouldnt trigger some metalheads lol

[@mmestari]

@@rome8180 Telling the truth about a dumb comment isn't "being triggered", stop projecting.

[@Polished_Perspective]

If someone told me a story about how they got punched out in a mosh pit by Zoë I wouldn't even question it

[@jimfitzgerald8639]

A year on and this video still ticks all the boxes. Absolutely and utterly worthy of the highest laudation.

[@riddhimanmedhi99]

David Bruce is the best thing to have happened to KZbin! Such amazing pieces, totally out of the blue. Some exciting innovation. And even with all the innovation in 1 minute, all the pieces felt very well coordinated! Nathan’s piece with Ben’s vocals, intensity and processing is just groundbreaking!

[@CaeSharp]

Everything sounds a bit like Mr. Bungle

[@martinmaguire-music6692]

Or Primus

[@rzufig961]

@@martinmaguire-music6692 or Dillinger Escape Plan

[@odolany]

or SikTh

[@Afghamistam]

Or kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4nPooBpYs59laM Lye By Mistake

[@neurosin]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathcore_bands

[@jackspnc]

Tantacrul is Dillinger Escape Plan's ghostwriter confirmed.

[@_SomeRandum]

Got that vibe too

[@KayleLang]

Zoë's song sounds something straight out of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1.

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

Minutemen

[@LexerJason]

One of the best things about this video is the chance to have a glance at the classical composers' way of thinking. I'd say it is extremely progressive if not avant-garde. Huge respect to composers, musicians, and the singer, it was a MASSIVE work on the way to creating some kind of extraterrestrial metal!:)

[@jorgemoran89]

The content is amazing but you also gotta love the video editing...

[@Bigandrewm]

Absolutely! Video editing is a lot of work.

[@lirdon1]

cookie monster is may fav

[@rupen42]

13:54 "there's not actually a lot of bands that sound like this, or any bands that sounds like this" Well, now you summoned the niche metal subgenres legion.

[@ExplizitDuester]

The vocals reminded me a little bit of jonathan davis from Korn

[@oceanmachine1906]

@@ExplizitDuester same, as well as Mike Patton

[@akmadsen]

@@ExplizitDuester Yeah, I was thinking of Twist by KoRn... But that's literally the only song I can think of that has any kind of similarity to Nathan's song. Good stuff!

[@mgalangzingme12]

Rings of Saturn!

[@sonjafarr7334]

I think it really sound like System of a Down tho

[@cyborg555]

Robin's was my favorite. It's like Chris Squire from Yes played for Rush.

[@regrub.nitram]

Wow, this is definitely one of your most ambitious videos, very thankful.

[@BCl137]

Can there be a full version of Zoe's on Spotify? Asking for a friend

[@tomeupaloucatala3949]

I'm the friend, is there any full version anywhere ??

[@DickEnchilada]

There's a band that sounds a lot like it named II II II. Their album "A Conundrum on my Coffee Table" sounds a lot like Zoe's

[@progperljungman8218]

@@DickEnchilada 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIDGm2qBi5trrsU

[@iaial0]

Her piece gave me Blotted Science vibes. Check their album "machinations of dementia" if you liked that

[@somebonehead]

What were the two groups mentioned that sounded like her song? I couldn't make out their names.

[@SequoiaSounds]

I absolutely ADORED everyone's pieces. AMAZING, creative and thrilling stuff all-around 💗 Extra shout-out to the incredible band and Ben's awesome vocals 🤘One of my very favorite KZbin music posts of the entire year, without a doubt. Thank you all so much! 😃🥰

[@MeriaDuck]

Let's also not forget the video editing :-) Especially with Ben performing, hilarious and awesome!

[@stabodeely]

Got some major "Sleepytime Gorilla Museum" and "Behold the Arctopus" vibes out of a few of these pieces, loving this stuff for sure. I love seeing the different ways people see how to write in a genre broadly though, and this was an awesome showcase of that.

[@KLBoringBand]

David! The voicing on the harmony for the rhythmic section of your piece works SO well. Gorgeous and intense in a way that feels relaxed and propelling in the most satisfying way.

[@Orchestructive]

Tantacruel's can only be described as "Prog-a-billy"

[@Empyrean55]

Primus

[@onlyprofitts1893]

1:56 Reach Your Goals kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaq9h5yEhs-WfdE

[@alonsocarrasco5460]

Atheist-inspired definitively

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros4419]

It is very Primus, but also reminded me of Yes and ELP

[@devinftf]

It was 100% a Blood Brothers song

[@danaaltajer9375]

I remember Zoe from a piano competition that I took part in a while ago! Her judge's comments were so nice and lovely :)

[@tsahihanuka4461]

Thank you!this needs to become a yearly tradition! you brought some beautiful metal there, David

[@rohinkartik-narayan7535]

Love the casual 1/3 and 2/6 time in Robin's

[@zoemartlew]

This is the most BAD ASS project EVER and the legendary Brucester has surpassed himself getting this INSANELY virtuosic band together with incredible pieces mixed by muso powerhouse Tantacrul in the most KICKING video. WHAT a fabulous thing to be part of. #BestofKZbin #KeepRockingThruCovid 😀🎸💥💋🔥🎬🎸💕✨☄️⚡️🎤🔥🎧

[@johnmhuizar]

It's definitely clear from the comments on David's video that everyone loves you and wants you to adopt them

[@zoemartlew]

@@johnmhuizar hahahhaahah oh you HONEY!!! Thank you : ) Yeah - seems like there's a kind of Auntie sub-Funk niche role out there for me...

[@KevinMantheiMusic]

This video blew my mind. As a film/tv/game composer I write for guitar all the time but having these composers approach it from a more progressive/non commercial mindset was so cool and refreshing. And by the way how is it possible these musicians are this good?????

[@kellermax]

This is the best heavy metal music I've listened to in a very long time! Please publish a full album of DBCB Metal!

[@lamondsutherland4581]

A lot of this reminded me of John Zorn's more heavy material. Which I guess makes sense, since he's a classically trained composer who decided to write for some more metal inspired ensembles, not to mention his collaborations with Mike Patton & Mr Bungle. Great video!

[@rainbowrotcod]

was thinking of him too 😄

[@justsomejusstsome8994]

Yep thought the same

[@MoraFermi]

WARNING: You should edit out the phone number from Nathan's music score!

[@cdscissor]

Good news: It's been censored.

[@Fabelaz]

@@cdscissor bad news: there is still 1 frame where you can see it. And sadly, when it does cover, it also covers some words that are otherwise interesting to read.

[@cdscissor]

@@Fabelaz well, they better get to fixing that then.

[@mortisCZ]

I've spent 15 years of my life as a pianist and I'm pashionate metal fan so this is just perfect. Best wishes from our lands of Smetana, Dvořák and Martinů. :-) May your metal never rust!

[@bluetv6386]

Ah Martinu.... :-)

[@MarkWladika]

Rust never sleeps

[@Posiman]

A Janáček, kámo. Around the world he's way more famous and influential than božský Bedřich...

[@mortisCZ]

@@Posiman Of course, how could I miss him. :-) Maybe I haven't played him as often as other Czech composers but you are absolutely correct. One of my teachers was avid Smetana fan which pushed me into a very specific love/hate relationship with his works. I feel the same with Bach and his Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach. I could probably still play some of those in my sleep but it made me hate Bach for years. :-D

[@manuelmoreira8575]

Your videos keep getting better... Thank you Mr. Bruce! :D

[@jeffhutchinson8432]

I love this, please do more!!! BTW the editing on this video is amazing!

[@metashrew]

Who could resist the option to have Ben Levin as a metal vocalist? I sure wouldn’t able to.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

I'm fairly certain Ben Levin just became a superstar of metal.

[@click.advance]

Zoe's energy is infectious and perfect for this video. Would love to see more of her in these videos

[@weatheranddarkness]

So much so!

[@NegoClau]

I second that... And third that too

[@martinepstein9826]

Seems like the hardest part of getting an intellectual outsider perspective on metal like this is that so many great composers and musicians already love metal or at least had a phase :-) Ben's been doing a lot with "fake guitar" on his channel. I think "fake vocals" like in Nathan's piece have just as much potential. I really enjoyed these pieces. Huge respect to Robin for serving up some piping hot 6 cheese power metal. There's a lot of variety in this video and still a lot of territory left to explore. After getting my brain melted by all the chaotic energy here I had to relax with some straight-ahead death metal.

[@Mort7an]

This is such a great idea. I would love to hear more composers try this. Thanks for the wonderful video and the great tunes. :)

[@Posiman]

OK, now I need Zoë to start her own KZbin channel. Every second of her on camera was a dose of pure energy, I'd watch her talk about anything...

[@nibblrrr7124]

She has a channel! zkm555 I think there are some talky bits in between? But yeah, same, she's very fun to watch. :D

[@Posiman]

@@nibblrrr7124 Thank you! :-)

[@ElliLovett]

i want her to start a metal band lol

[@katharineshade9550]

Filip Schneider she's captivating! I'm going to check out her channel.

[@johnanderson9337]

Goes to show how important it is for a composer to understand the aesthetic of the ensemble they compose for.

[@maxime4086]

This is just so incredibly good and original! I really wish this could turn into a full lenght album or something, featuring various "Classical" composers and this amazing band

[@NuDrums]

Awesome video, some really cool compositions here.

[@late_arvie]

The idea, Bens vocals, the band, the participators, the editing - everything was very, very enjoyable. Thank you, David.

[@MrGul]

I got a serious "Mr. Bungle" tribute vibe from Tantacrul's piece when it switched from the distorted sound to the clean sound on the guitars. I wonder if that was an actual influence on him or if it just turned out that way.

[@Tantacrul]

My favourite band. I'd say influence :)

[@TheClassicalSauce]

Disco Volante edits. I got the same vibe.

[@TheClassicalSauce]

@@Tantacrul Nice dude. Bungle is definitely an acquired taste, but absolute musical genius. Especially Disco Volante.

[@seasideman]

I really enjoyed this, and the band were astonishingly good. What I found really interesting though was that the ghost of Frank Zappa seemed to be inhabiting all of these pieces. I guess that's to be expected though when you compose such complex music in this genre and get top notch musicians to play it. Excellent stuff, and the first two pieces in particular would really suit extending to over 5 minutes.

[@amnesiacYT]

I juet discoveree this video and channel and loved it!!! Just subscribed to your channel. Great experiment and music.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

As someone who has always loved well composed metal: this is one of the best videos I've seen in 2020. Also: did Ben Levin just become a superstar?

[@KoenZyxYssel]

He always was, we just didn't know yet.

[@diegofloor]

This whole video is amazing, but special shout out to Zoë's reactions. They really made me smile. "BAAAAAAAAASS! BAAAAAAAAAAASS!!"

[@pastorofmuppets1968]

This is awesome! More of these vids please.

[@Robothut]

That first song was so good. Loved it. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@BrianKrock]

Holy shit, “Vaccine” is a disturbing, amazing song! Officially a fan of Zoë.

[@williamjaffe4617]

Absolutely mind-blowing! I’d love to see what would happen if classical composers wrote for a jazz ensemble.

[@flare2000x]

I'd like to see that too!

[@davidkeller9469]

Perhaps you've heard of Igor Stravinsky, Charles Mingus or Frank Zappa?

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

@@davidkeller9469: I have indeed, especially Zappa. But I have a sad story to tell. When I was a kid my uncle invited me to go to a Frank Zappa concert with him, but I didn't know about him then and already had tickets to some Day On The Green and don't even remember who was playing. Turns out that Zappa had hired this kid from Long Island to play the impossible guitar parts. About a year later, and I still remember it vividly, was the first time I heard _The Attitude Song_ and I was blown away. Vai became one of my biggest influences along with Gilmour, Segovia, Uli Roth, Holdsworth, and Zappa. I Missed the show of a lifetime.

[@davidkeller9469]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 oof. That's a tough miss. I resolved long ago to attend any concert I want to go to if I can. Too many missed shows that I'll regret forever. Biggest one was probably ACDC at Wrigley Field. It was basically Brian Johnson's last show with them and then Malcolm left shortly after as well. Gah!!!!

[@davidkeller9469]

Check out Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto. He wrote it for Woody Herman's big band.

[@antjamnow1286]

Loved this video. Great stuff, composers! Fun to watch.

[@explodingmonad4535]

This was quite charming. Good work everyone and Bruce what a great job managing all this.

[@LeRoiJojo]

I'm not that much of a metal fan, but this has got to be my favorite installment in the serie yet. That was bangin', we were all bangin'!

[@gwalla]

Never expected to see references to Atheist and Fantômas on this channel!

[@BassForever44]

Same here!!

[@molekyyli]

@sREUDIAN fLIP The automatic subtitles said Phantom Ass. :D

[@micahingle5091]

The Fantomas reference was legit, I was thinking the same thing!

[@theisgejlfischer8712]

i want to believe we're coming to a time where professional composers write for metal and other modern rhythmic ensembles just as they write for stuff like string and harmony

[@Disco.Wizard]

Bravo to every last person involved in making this video it was so much fun to watch and the compositions and performances were all unbelievable!