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Guitar Symphony?

EvalLin	Date: October 2, 2006 @ 2:14 PM I listened to many albums that feature a rock or metal band with an orchestra, this dimmu borgir album was cool, but it would be interesting to hear the reverse, A symphony composed for the electric guitar(also rock, drums, bass)
AdNauseam	Date: October 2, 2006 @ 2:51 PM Check out Dan Sindel (sic?). Cool classical electric guitar.
GreatGooglyM...	Date: October 2, 2006 @ 3:01 PM Check out Steve Vai's Lotus Feet, Fire Strings and the Metropole Orkest stuff.
EvalLin	Date: October 2, 2006 @ 5:30 PM I'll check them out ....what i was looking for was something still as heavy...basically a composer composing a piece for a band(shaped more towards the classical structure, but with the sound of metal)
Snoogans775	Date: October 2, 2006 @ 7:51 PM there's a lot out there, it's just hard to recognize because we normally define classical by it's timbre and not by it's musical components. as far as a composition standpoint, Yes' "Tales from Topographic Oceans" is rife with classical melodies and structures.
guitaroo	Date: October 2, 2006 @ 8:15 PM EvalLin...dsindel.dmusic.com is a lot like what you're talking about
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: October 2, 2006 @ 8:19 PM Dan IS a one man symphonic guitar orchestra, well worth the mentions here !
Alecs	Date: October 3, 2006 @ 12:03 PM yea! dan = the shit http://dsindel.dmusic.com/music/stream/hifi/282248/.885c6fd4/stream.m3u
sqrlcub	Date: October 3, 2006 @ 3:14 PM People beat me to Dan's page. If you're looking for non dmusic musicians, Yngwe Malmsteen does something like that with metalish symphonic music. Also, if you want something that is purely like a symphony try listening to the L.A. Guitar Quartet. They are amazingly talented.
dsindel	Date: October 7, 2006 @ 5:07 PM Not sure how I stumbled on this thread, but thanks guys for thinking of "lil' ol me" amongst the 'Giants'...
PrincessTast...	Date: October 10, 2006 @ 3:09 PM I personally think TFTO is an awesome album, but even I can't listen to all four 20 min.+ songs in one sitting. Never heard Malmsteen's stuff, but I have heard that it's good.
panicstrickin	Date: October 13, 2006 @ 8:19 PM Operation Mindcrime has some great stuff in it...its not all that way but still pretty cool.
dsindel	Date: November 7, 2006 @ 12:03 AM Alex, here is the offical link... for some reason the one you posted is invalid Excerpts From Handel's Messiah!!! http://dsindel.dmusic.com/music/comments/282248 enjoy, enjoy, enjoy..!
BlackMage	Date: November 7, 2006 @ 4:51 AM Cacophony's Speed Metal Symphony is pretty nice. 2 guitars with bass and drums.
jewsus	Date: November 8, 2006 @ 3:49 PM well, there's two ways to look at this question. one would be to look for a band or person that plays orchestral music with unconventional instruments, such as electric guitar and bass. for that Dan is probably one of the best you're going to find, ever. but if you're interested in finding bands that don't play orchestral music, but rather use orchestral instruments in other types of music, well, there's tons of them. if metal is what you're into, there's an entire genre devoted to this. "symphonic metal" is the name, which also characterises the band you mentioned, Dimmu Borgir. if you like them, try a band called "Nightwish". i don't personally like them, but then again i don't like Dimmu either. but who knows, maybe it'll be something you like.
dsindel	Date: November 15, 2006 @ 7:31 PM Hi everybody..! This thread has inspired me and I just started a Blog for some fun based on this topic... http://symphonicguitars.blogspot.com I would be thrilled if you made the time and said something and helped it grow....

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