Neoclassical metal draws on classical music fused with
heavy metal to create
darker more challenging compositions which redefined the genre of heavy metal
being reincorporated in the movement.
Incorporating ideas like classical
composition, arpeggios, and counterpoint combining them with dark menacing
guitars and nontraditional instruments.
In 1980 Ozzy Osbourne joined with guitarist Randy Rhoads in a band soon to
set the heavy metal world on
its ear. Rhoads, who was the first to fuse heavy
metal and classical musical compositions like the harmonic minor and phrygian scales.
In such masterpieces as Crazy Train and darker pieces like Diary of a Madman he
brought a technical prowess and dark melodic flair not seen in metal before. He
released two albums with Ozzy before his very untimely death in 82 in a tragic
plane accident.
Yngwie J. Malmsteen was brought to the USA from Sweden by Shrapnel Records.
After playing with bands like Steeler and Alcatraz, Malmsteen struck out on his
own making two of his most influential albums Rising Force and Marching Out. His
flair for combining classical influences like Paganini and Bach with a heavy
metal format along with others like Paul Gilbert, Tony Macalpine
and Vinnie Moore also of Shrapnel Records as well as others like Windham Hell.
Despite great success by the early
90s the Seattle
grunge movement arose as an alternative
to heavy metal and the neoclassical movement was reabsorbed into the
heavy metal
genre to inspire future generations.
Silver Dragon Records Presents the
History of Rock Music
Thank
you for your interest in
Houston Rock Record Label Silver Dragon Records.
Below is some information on our
record label and website catering to rock fans and musicians.
Houston Rock Record Label Silver Dragon Records
presents
rock band Lazarus X
and the their latest independent CD release
Weapon of Love.
Lazarus X's combines determined hard hitting rock with haunting and soulful
melodies which struck a chord with many
underground
rock music fans. Some fans received a preview of the
publicity photos
and
underground
rock CD WOL at a
rooftop listening
party a day before it was released
and the response was amazing. Check out
Rock Band Lazarus X
merchandise like
The Weapon of Love Tour T-Shirt and
the
Weapon of Love CD
or preview one of their songs by
downloading a
free rock mp3.
Silver Dragon Records is a
Houston
rock record label
producing and promoting experimental, hard rock and alternative metal albums. We
provide 24 bit digital recording in a
quiet
private studio
free of distractions. If you think we are the label for you
submit a
demo to our record label and let us tell you how we can help your
band with
artist promotion,
publicity, marketing, recording, mastering, help in marketing a demo or shopping
for a major label deal. We are happy to offer musicians our online resources
like our
musicians
toolkit for recording audio, our
museum of rock
music history and our
Houston rock music resource.
Thank you for checking out
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