Written by:	Thryce
Published:	March 21, 2010

So, em... whatever happened to Virgin Black's Requiem - Pianissimo?






It's been exactly four years now since that faithful day in March when The End Records announced Virgin Black would be releasing the Requiem trilogy, featuring the classical instrumentation performed by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Actually, I wasn't really aware of the existence of Virgin Black until the release of Requiem - Mezzo Forte. But holy mother of hell, did that album totally rocked my world. Yeah, guilty, I'm a sucker for violin and piano elements crossbreeding with heavy metal arrangements.


The following year the band released the much heavier, and also doom-ier, Requiem - Fortissimo. But the first installment of the trilogy, Requiem - Pianissimo, never saw the light of day, and until this very instant doesn't even have an official release date. The entire internet doesn't have any more information than that, simply because there isn't any.


So, uh... what gives?


There's a huge segment of the metal minded population that is getting a little tired of waiting. I, for one, am a part of that segment. Seriously, even pleasing a really really fat chick shouldn't take this long.


So I did some investigation and it sure seems like the band vanished from the world. Disappeared without a trace. Their official homepage is down. No word on the website of The End Records. The MySpace page hasn't been updated since the band won a Metal Storm Award in 2008...


What happened? Did the band melt their golden MS Award, cashed in and took off direction Bermuda Islands? Did mastermind Rowan London fell into some hole or something? Should we get worried and start an organized search operation? Is the band going all Chinese Democracy on us?


Ahh, the joys of a mystery case.


There's a glimmer of hope tough. At the beginning of November last year, the person who operates the band's Facebook page, announced there would be "some news about the release of Pianissimo very soon". But my meticulous calculations show that November is already quite some time ago. Or I seem to have a different definition of "very soon".


Good things come to those who wait, right? Right?


Anyone having further information on the whereabouts of Virgin Black should contact the Metal Officer of your local police station, Interpol or MS Special Agent Thryce.