The Butcher's Ballroom

by Diablo Swing Orchestra

The Butcher's Ballroom cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 August 2006
  • Label: Guillotine Grooves
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 50:18
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Annlouice L枚gdlund, Pontus Mantefors, Victor Lind, Daniel H氓kansson, Oskar Reuter, Anders Johansson, Daniel Hedin, Johannes Bergion, Martin Isaksson, Erika Risinger, Anna Melander, Elisabeth Jansson, Emilia Wareborn, Ekaterina Skidanova, Roberto Laghi, Michael Carlovist, Diana Lewtak, Lucy Rugman, Petter Karlsson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This debut record introduces the Swedish ensemble's highly eccentric fusion of heavy metal, classical opera, and 1920s swing jazz. The theatrical arrangements feature prominent cello, brass, and operatic female vocals set against driving, distorted guitars. It represents one of the most uniquely ambitious crossover projects in modern experimental metal.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, melodic, orchestral, theatrical, genre-blending

Tracklist

  1. Balrog Boogie (3:53)
  2. Heroines (5:22)
  3. Poetic Pitbull Revolution (4:51)
  4. Rag Doll Physics (3:53)
  5. D'Angelo (1:54)
  6. Velvet Embracer (4:05)
  7. Gunpowder Chant (1:50)
  8. Infralove (4:54)
  9. Wedding March For A Bullet (3:13)
  10. Qualms Of Conscience (1:16)
  11. Zodiac Virtues (4:47)
  12. Porcelain Judas (4:09)
  13. Pink Noise Waltz (6:06)

Credits

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