2982 Ian Anderson - Heavy Metals

From: Homo Erraticus; Year: 2014; Genre: Progressive Rock/Folk Rock

I happened to hear this neat little piece the other day and it's been on my mind off and on since, so I figured I would choose it for today. What I love most about this song is the arrangement; it's basically a vocal and single acoustic guitar with very sparse accompaniment, but one piece of accompaniment that stick out is the percussion, where they more or less with an xylophone or an instrument similar bring forth the feeling/atmosphere of a blacksmith hammering away at his trade, which works amazingly.
In the grander scheme of the concept album that it is part of this one fits in toward the beginning basically heralding in the Iron Age and what humans' mastery of metal and technology would lead to in both wonder and terror.

Hear Heavy Metals on YouTube.



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