I Turned FAMOUS Classical Music Into METAL

IG: @charles_berthoud

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0:00 Intro
0:49 Summer (Classical)
1:33 Summer (Metal)
2:48 Appassionata (Classical)
3:23 Appassionata (Metal)
4:26 Multitasking
5:37 Barber of Seville (Classical)
6:18 Barber of Seville (Metal)
7:07 Winter (Classical)
7:46 Winter (Metal)
8:50 Outro

[felipesantiago]

Can you do the opposite? Play some metal music as classic music? It would be amazing! Possibly a lot harder though.

[SoleaGalilei]

A lot of Vivaldi's compositions do feel like early (very early!) steps towards the rhythm, speed, and power of metal. He often pushed the instruments to their limits in a way that was ahead of his time. Check out his composition La Follia (The Madness) sometime--I've heard it described as "heavy wood".

[stefanschreiber]

My favorite classical "metal" piece is Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement. Maybe you've done this already but if not, definitively worth looking into. Thanks Charles for the great content.

[tuffngies]

I love how you labeled them "classical" and "metal" so we could tell them apart.😆

[MattyT_]

Vivalidis Four Seasons was always metal. And "Summer" was always the heaviest of the metals.

[lyconxero]

Everyone knows that Vivaldi was hands down the most metal of the classical composers.

[Kiwi_Tea]

Metal and classical work SO well together. There's a reason why many metal bands have orchestras in their songs.

[AKAFU-wpqp]

As a lifetime metal guy, I have always been more influenced by classical than any other type of music. Rock on Charles!

[jannepeltonen]

Well, yes, I mean, there's a reason Apocalyptica exists. Their gigs at concert halls are also very aesthetically pleasing. I mean the show, yes, but also the crowd :D Metalheads in their best clothes and classical aficionados in their best suits, mingling. Looks awesome.

[jana]

Okay but you can't tell me that Vivaldi is not naturally metal

[Mattalica-sspj]

Dave Mustaine always said that if Vivaldi was around today (and was a metalhead) he would definitely be in Megadeth -- which also explains why the Vivaldi tracks in the video were the ones that sounded the most metal.

[quesoblanco]

This is why I love Charles. Man's can span all genres of music and he's not just a good bassist, but a great musician too. Makes me want to play bass, but I can barely play the ukulele. Lol

[gyffesme]

Lovely. I've long felt Vivaldi's The Four Seasons was essentially the first thrash metal. Having said that, I think I liked your rendition of the Rabbit of Seville best.

[kruksog]

I appreciate your contribution to people understanding there's more going on with metal than 'noise.' As someone who's been playing bass for 20+ years (and always been a metalhead.) Thanks for doing the hard work.

[slaffkas]

When I was a kid, I started liking classical music thanks to metal, and Accept's "Metal Heart" in particular.

[farfaraway]

For some reason this is how I hear some of these songs in my head. Especially Summer, that’s such a banger!

[devynraydi]

I used to be in a ensemble quintet with 4 guitars and bass and we would play classical songs as true to the originals as possible with a metal flair- this absolutely re-ignites my love of the blend of sounds! Keep it up dude!

[chloekyria]

I'd definitely love to see "if Chopin was a metal bassist" at some point. I always love your metal bass arrangements of classical music! ♥

[aprilk]

I still want to hear Mozart's requeim in metal. That's some dark shit.

[zackmano]

What amazes me most is not that he's able to play so intricately, it's that he learns these insane pieces so well just to record them for a video and probably never play them again.
It would take me months just to perfect a few bars of what he throws out like it's nothing at all.
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