He continued studying classical but also began playing electric violin and went on to form his own metal band, Resolution15, which made waves in the New York thrash scene.

The Courant’s arts picks for June 22-28 includes a handful of metal banks including Incubus, indie pop bands Friendship and ...

Yeah, the original idea behind bringing in a violin was Xen's. He wanted a black metal thing with that classical, symphonic element. We actually didn't end up sounding like any of those things.

If you think you’ve heard of Resolution15 already, it’s because we’ve written about them before: if not, know that these violin-wielding NYC metal warriors are like nothing you’ve ever heard.Forget ...

T here's a dapper-looking lad in a nice shirt on stage at the Electric Ballroom, waving a violin about as he nearly headbangs his noggin clean off. In front of him, around one and a half thousand ...

Van Halen, who studied classical piano and violin, invented new ways of playing guitar that bring to mind Paganini's extended violin techniques. Compare, for example, Van Halen's "Eruption" to ...

Here’s Megadeth’s “Hangar 18” on a Violin. October 28th, 2015 at 1:00pm; ... While string versions of metal songs are a dime a dozen these days — I feel like every metal band has a String Quartet ...

Earl Maneein, a violinist featured on the Dillinger Escape Plan's Dissociation, premiered his heavy metal violin concerto Dependent Arising this past weekend in Phoenix, AZ. The unique metal-meets ...

Violin metal shredders, Cydemind, has just released a beautiful new video for their "Winter" single, using the gorgeous backdrop of Quebec, Canada.

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