# heavy instrumetal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123 "2007-03-01T04:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/1 "2007-03-01T04:20:57Z")
trying to find some heavy sounding instrumental rock/metal/classical music for a project i’m working on. can anyone point me in the right direction/ make a reccomendation? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/2 "2007-03-01T04:28:29Z")
[QUOTE=pope\_hentai] trying to find some heavy sounding instrumental rock/metal/classical music for a project i’m working on. can anyone point me in the right direction/ make a reccomendation? [/QUOTE] Oh yes. Therion. Back with a link soon. Check out a few tracks [here](http://www.amazon.com/Vovin-Therion/dp/B000006NL1/sr=1-4/qid=1172723335/ref=sr_1_4/104-6249648-4832725?ie=UTF8&s=music). ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/3 "2007-03-01T05:01:15Z")
You want Red Sparowes. [QUOTE=dnooman] Oh yes. Therion. Back with a link soon. Check out a few tracks [here](http://www.amazon.com/Vovin-Therion/dp/B000006NL1/sr=1-4/qid=1172723335/ref=sr_1_4/104-6249648-4832725?ie=UTF8&s=music). [/QUOTE] All the tracks on _Vovin_ feature vocals. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/4 "2007-03-01T05:06:53Z")
Metallica - _Orion_, from Master of Puppets. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/5 "2007-03-01T05:08:57Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin] Metallica - _Orion_, from Master of Puppets. [/QUOTE] If you’re going the Metallican route, you could hardly do wrong to use _Call of the Kthulu_. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/6 "2007-03-01T05:10:14Z")
There’s always [Iron Butterfly](http://www.ironbutterfly.com/). IIRC, the ‘Iron Butterfly Theme’ off their '68 debut, **Heavy** , was fairly heavy _and_ instrumental. You can hear a bit of it [here](http://www.mp3.com/iron-butterfly/artists/3888/songs.html). ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/7 "2007-03-01T05:11:24Z")
_Space Invader_ by The Pretenders _A Kind Of Loving_ by The Police _WTFF_ by Living Colour ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/8 "2007-03-01T05:14:42Z")
Wouldn’t pretty much anything by SunnO))) fall into this category? ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Mongoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8dc957/32.png) [@Hugh\_Mongoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Mongoose)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/9 "2007-03-01T05:17:52Z")
Check out the band Planet X… Very good instrumental metal music, with a taste for odd time signatures… or Sonata Arctica. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/10 "2007-03-01T05:18:22Z")
If you want something with classical instruments _and_ a rock band, try Deep Purple’s [Concerto for Group and Orchestra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto_for_Group_and_Orchestra). It was listenable in the early 70’s, and the video was released in 2003. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/11 "2007-03-01T05:45:37Z")
Another vote for “The Call of the Ktulu” by Metallica. It’s a pretty long song - which might be helpful for your project. No need for repeats, etc. A bragging side-note… Mr J can play that song quite well. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/12 "2007-03-01T05:49:29Z")
How about “Red” by King Crimson? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/13 "2007-03-01T13:04:00Z")
This site sould serve your needs. [http://www.guitar9.com/](http://www.guitar9.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/14 "2007-03-01T13:09:02Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] How about “Red” by King Crimson? [/QUOTE] Seconded! Many King Crimson pieces were instrumental, and many of them were quite heavy. Consider _Larks’ Tongues In Aspic parts 1 and 2_, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/15 "2007-03-01T13:28:59Z")
Faith No More has one or two. “Woodpecker From Mars” from _The Real Thing_ is fairly heavy, though a bit funky with the bass. Also check out just about any Steve Vai album. I recommend “The Animal” from _Passion And Warfare_. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/16 "2007-03-01T14:24:22Z")
[QUOTE=Hunter Hawk] Wouldn’t pretty much anything by SunnO))) fall into this category? [/QUOTE] A lot of people would have trouble identifying their work as music. Earth or Boris might be better choices for the drone side of things. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/17 "2007-03-01T14:34:36Z")
How about some [Apocalypitica](http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Apocalyptica&search=Search)? They have some instrumentals, like “In the Hall of the Mountain King” for one. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/18 "2007-03-01T14:37:02Z")
You should probably look into some Dream Theater as well. They’ve done several instrumentals that are mind-blowingly awesome. ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/19 "2007-03-01T14:47:41Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Ashtar] You should probably look into some Dream Theater as well. They’ve done several instrumentals that are mind-blowingly awesome. [/QUOTE] Seconded. Especially the song “Erotomania.” I’ll add Porcupine Tree to the list, as they have some strange sounding, yet heavy, tracks. What’s the project about? ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123/20 "2007-03-01T14:51:18Z")
Not heavy metal, but “weighty brass”. A few suggestions. - _Dies Irae_ and _Tuba Mirum_ from Verdi’s _Requiem_. Imagine what happens when you tap the world’s most famous composer of grand opera on the shoulder and say, “Hey Giuseppe, ever considered writing a mass of death?” - Practically anything by Wagner. Even his tender love ballads sound like music to kill by. - _Carmina Burana_ by Carl Orff. The old warhorse gets dragged out whenever the producer of a commercial wants dramatic sounding classical music. But there’s a lot more to it than _O Fortuna_. Some glorious and very weird shit, especially if you have a decent translation handy. - _Dream of a Witch’s Sabbath_ (_Symphonie Fantastique_, fifth mvmt) by Hector Berlioz. Now this is just a fucked-up piece of music, but in a French Romantic way. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-instrumetal/394123.md?page=2)