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virginblack.comVirgin Black to release three albums in 2006
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 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.
The final album, 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.
you meen good charlotte?the-smiths said:^ their still alive? Grosss.
I am so excited to listen to the new Xiu Xiu cd! its coming out Sept. 15! and their new EP they did covers of Elliott and Bauhaus! How great!
(virginblack.com)27th July 2006
THE END RECORDS offers an update on the forthcoming releases from Australia's VIRGIN BLACK.
Given the unorthodox nature of Virgin Black's current obsession, a series of three Requiems, questions have understandably been coming thick and fast on all manner of details. Most prevalent is the question pertaining to potential release schedules, and with all three albums nearing completion the crucial parties have seen fit to impart a certain amount of clarity.
The three albums will be released on a slightly staggered time scale beginning with Requiem - mezzo forte, the second in the series, followed by Requiem - fortissimo the last in the series and an album of intense heaviness.
The first in the series, an all classical affair, Requiem - pianissimo will be the final release. The parade of albums will begin first thing in the New Year with tours to follow.
We wait with bated breath.