Rising Force

The neoclassical metal digest

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   (_/           \_)          Igor Sinyak, Rising Enforcer
The purpose of Rising Force is to provide a means of communication for those appreciating the incorporation of classical music into today's rock/metal. While this was the in thing to do for guitarists a few years back, the only ones left playing it and listening to it are those who truly love it.

There are bits and pieces of threads occuring about the topic on the Internet, and this is an attempt to let us express our opinions without flames like "they don't play with feeling, listen to blues instead".

While the title - Rising Force - might suggests an Yngwie-centric forum, and perhaps he has been the most successful with the genre, there are many others worth discussing. For instance most of the Shrapnel Records catalog, some Leviathan, etc. Another goal is to publicize little known musicians - (how many of you have heard of Dan Dalley) who are playing our songs.

Neoclassical metal has more popularity in Europe and Japan than in North America, so I'm especially looking forward to submissions from those lands. I also would like to include in our discussions bands such as Helloween, Lillian Axe, Dream Theater, Extreme, Europe, etc. who throw in a classical melody/progression/solo here and there.

Feel the Rising Force (usually I avoid cliches like the plague :-)

I'm of course doing this in my spare time, not implicating Intel or Stanford.

Rise on,
Ig

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