"Dorian's Dance (Midnight Metal Remix)" is a centuries' crashing, where 19th-century romanticism elegantly dances with the ominous momentum of goth-prog metal. By now known for his boundary-pushing as a composer-pianist, Goldberg orchestrates a piece that sounds as much like a cinematic score as it does a metal anthem. At its core, the song strikes a balance between grace and savagery.
Baritone guitars help carve a cavernous low end, and Fabio Alessandrini's pinpoint double-kick punches a hole to the back of the head tightly, with Rich Gray's bass providing a rhythmic engine that lives and breathes. From start to finish, it never once loses its grip on your attention. Through the storm of sound, Peter Voronov's serrated violin cuts through the mix, creating eerie textures that resonate with both classical refinement and raw urgency. The push-pull of moving grooves, sliding in texture from 4/4 time to 7/8, keeps the audience teetering on its axis, drawn into Goldberg's world of dusky unpredictability.
Goldberg snakes the song with a haunted beauty that never loses the emotional weight of his benighted classical references. It is this union of the bombastic and the bludgeoning that renders Dorian's Dance so playlist-ready, the perfect symphonic panacea not just for fans of gothic and prog-metal, but for anyone in search of songs that feel like films and fear nothing when it comes to their creation.
For those of you who purchased a ticket and reside on the crossroads where Katatonia's depressive mood coalesces with the pulling, silken strings of Apocalyptica and the adventurous early days of exploration for Dream Theater, "Dorian's Dance (Midnight Metal Version)" is a worthy calling card. It's an experience, a plunge into a nocturnal ballroom where shadows ripple and steel sings.
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