Virgin Black

Metal / Classical

Adelaide, Australia

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Virgin Black (ver-jin blak) : An anomalous harmony between the juxtapositions of purity and humanitys darkness.

VIRGIN BLACK TO RELEASE 3 ALBUMS
The music world is rife with bold claims that deliver little. Virgin Black is a band that has historically not only avoided that pitfall, but soared above it. The scope of its latest offering is ambitious almost to the point of absurdity. In a groundbreaking endeavour, Australia's premier experimentalists will release three albums simultaneously. Each is a separate entity, but each is also linked through recurring musical themes and artistic motifs. When fully unfurled in all its grandeur, listeners will experience a grandiloquent over two and a half hour Requiem Mass with three stages of evolution.

Requiem - pianissimo is an entirely classical album with instrumentation performed by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and featuring spectacular choral arrangements along with tenor, mezzo-soprano and soprano solo voices. "Requiem - pianissimo" forsakes guitars and drums in favour of the melancholic tragedy and bombastic dynamics of classical composition.

Requiem - mezzo forte is where the band joins the orchestra and strikes a balance more reminiscent of previous Virgin Black outings, albeit, with greater epic breadth.

Requiem - fortissimo unleashes a sound infinitely heavier than anything in Virgin Black's history. While still retaining an air of classical sensibility, it concludes the series with an intense dose of death/doom.

With Virgin Black, ambition is a given. REQUIEM is beyond ambition.

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The Seven Gates, Jun 19, 2009:

Thanks for supporting The Seven Gates,
Good Old Death School Metal Band,
The Seven Gates

Jonathan Canady, Mar 19, 2008:

Fantômes Suicidaires, Dec 19, 2007:

Hi Virgin Black, thanks for the request !
Really nice music!
i like the the atmosphere.
Good continuation..
(Suicidal Ghosts)

, Oct 10, 2007:

Hi, thanks for the request, we're glad to be a part of your friends here on Virb ! Good music!!!
Never hesitate to check our page and to tell us what you think of our music !

You'll always be welcome !

Greetings
[ id~N ]