this is an odd metal band. reason why its odd is becuase, though this band is metal, its more famous among the non-metal-heads than with metal-heads. we had a topic on them during the last Forum, but it didnt really have many posts. but i wanna promote the band, so here we go:

Trans-Siberian Orchestra, an american band that plays orchestral/progressive/classical metal. most of the time they play/cover Ludwig van Beethoven's music, and metalize them. to date, they have 4 albums out. 3 of them are talking about christmas, and i believe are concept albums. and the 3rd album is talking about the life/death/the legend, beethoven.

the band members come from various different bands like Savatage, Jon Olivia's Pain, Megadeth, Circle II Circle. and have connections to bands like Aerosmith, Humble Pie and Scorpions. so you can see, the band has tons of different musical influences in them. with each album, they have tons and tons of different musicians, forexample, the pop singer Jewel. and they often have around 60 orchestral members in the studio. yes, 60, which butchers the 24 lineup that Haggard has. and their live crew include 14 vocalists, 14 musicians, and 2 narrators. key word being narrators, which isnt common is that many metal bands.

although, i only have their Beethoven's Last Night(which is talking about Beethoven's last night, the release of his 10th symphony, and how he made a deal with the devil, and even his defness....), i have heard almost all of thier songs from either the radio, or on the DVD that some non-metal-head friends of mine gave me, and other stuff.

and if you guys are musicians, try playing some of their stuff. sure, they cover beethoven, but they use a bit different notes than beethoven. you need tons of speed on some of their songs, so heads up on cramped hands.

and as of early 2005, they have been working on another non-christmas album called Nightcastle, which would be, i think talking about Carl Orff, becuase they showed a preview of the song O Fortuna in one of their concerts...and the original song is, no not done by Therion(although that was an awsome cover) but Carl Orff...and his set of 1000 poems or something called Carmina Burana. but they said that the album should be out by around mid 2007. so it takes them about, literally 2 and a half years to make an album. i can hardly wait for that


anywyas, what do you guys think of the band? like them? hate them? what albums do you have by them? saw them live? i heard they are awsome live. and they go on a north american tour(including, or excluding Mexico, im not sure) around every christmas.