Orchestral heavy metal project BRIGHT AND BLACK release music video for ‘Nidhugg’
BRIGHT & BLACK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MEETS METAL RELEASE AI-MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘NIDHUGG’
ORCHESTRAL HEAVY METAL COMPOSED BY EICCA TOPPINEN, FREDRIK ÅKESSON, ERIK DANIELSSON, AND MORE
‘THE ALBUM’ DUE 26th JANUARY 2024
BRIGHT & BLACK | Photo Credit: Siiri Kumari
A symphony orchestra. Composers from the world of metal. A wild conductor. A truly unique soloist. Attitude and talent. This is: BRIGHT & BLACK.
A few weeks ago, the symphony orchestra project Bright & Black introduced their special symbiosis between orchestral music and metal music to the world with the release of the first single ‘Nidhugg’, composed by FredrikÅkesson (OPETH). Today they unveil the AI created music video for the track, done by Ben Nash and edited by Claudio Marino.
Watch the music video for ‘Nidhugg’ here.
Stream ‘Nidhugg’ here.
Watch the album trailer here.
BRIGHT & BLACK – ‘Nidhugg’
The full-scale Dolby Atmos album production of the project was recorded with an orchestra of 65 players in the fall 2022 at the Estonian National Radio studio in Tallinn. Produced by Jacob Hellner. Performed by Baltic Sea Philharmonic. Conducted by Kristjan Järvi. Orchestrations by Jonny Abraham. Additional recordings took place at Urban Sound, Oslo, the postproduction and mix took place at Big Island Sound in Stockholm.
Metal music and orchestral music, two worlds existing in parallel, finally clash and a sound not yet heard is born. In an unprecedented move, the world of metal will fuse with the world of the orchestra by having writers all rooted in the metal scene compose directly for the orchestra giving them a completely new set of colors to create a new set of sounds. With a bang.
Music can be magical. And the magic of music is never greater than the experience of a live performance. Kristjan Järvi and Baltic Sea Philharmonic have aroused audiences across Europe for years with a totally fresh approach to how an orchestra performs. No sheet music and everybody standing up makes it a very dynamic, organic and different experience. And with Eicca Toppinen as front man a Bright & Black show will be something out of the normal, both for an orchestral audience as well as the metal crowd.
Tour Dates 07.03.24 – Alexela Concert Hall, Tallinn 08.03.24 – Filadelfia Convention Center, Stockholm 11.03.24 – Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin 14.03 – Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong
BRIGHT & BLACK – Documentary Trailer
More Info:
Eicca Toppinen
Eicca Toppinen, founder of Finnish metal band Apocalyptica and the soloist for Bright & Black. A past student of the Sibelius academy. Composer and musical producer of multiple stage productions and movies. Performer of metal on his cello for 25 years.Kristjan Järvi
Tallinn based Kristjan Järvi, conductor, producer, and composer from a family of great conductors. He himself as well as his father Neeme and brother Paavo hold the baton in the greatest orchestras in the world. Kristjan has a reputation of being an innovative and bold conductor within the classical scene moving freely between various styles and genres. Together with his team, he runs his own Estonia based company: Sunbeam Productions. Kristjan is also the founding conductor and artistic director of Baltic Sea Philharmonic.
Jacob Hellner
Jacob Hellner out of Stockholm producer of cutting edge metal for 30 years for artists such as Rammstein, Clawfinger, Apocalyptica and Entombed AD among others. Apart from producing he is also a composer for various tv, film and stage productions. Jacob is together with Per Kviman founder and artistic director of Bright & Black.
Per Kviman
Per Kviman runs Stockholm based Versity Music, an artist management formed in 2003. Per has a background as A&R for the record companies RCA (UK), MVG and Wire Records (SE) and has been rewarded with platinum and gold selling albums across the world. Per is together with Jacob Hellner founder and artistic director of Bright & Black. Per also hold the position as Chairman of the Board for the European Music Managers Alliance (EMMA), the largest artist manager organisation in the world.
BRIGHT & BLACK Album ArtworkTrack Listing:
1. Nidhugg
2. Bloodgrind
3. Can’t Explain This
4. Collateral Damage
5. The Secret
6. Mounts of Misfortune
7. Armies of the Preposterous
8. A World of Strange
9. From Dust and Mud
10. And Flesh and Bone
11. Midnite Son
12. End of All
