Metal Monday interlude

It was my year’s resident metalhead who made me realise back in high school that classical music is something that can actually be enjoyed rather than something that needs avoiding. And to be sure, much of what metal does is stole^wliberated from classical music, especially from opera, especially especially from Wagnerian opera. What after all is more metal than a long spun out story of warring gods, magic rings and chicks in chainmail bikinis?

The one problem is, that while you might think Kreative Destruktion‘s twenty minute song about the Battle of Wesnoth drags on a bit, taking in the Ring Cycle takes twenty hours. It can therefore be a bit hard to keep focused and keep track of the story. Luckily there’s Anna Russell to put you straight on the players and the play both: