Symphonic heavy metal rarely gets a chance to shake hands with the Baroque era quite this violently. Ryoji Shinomoto and guest cellist Wataru Mukai unleash “Winter” (Winter) from Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons in a dazzling new performance clip, transforming the classical masterpiece into a whirlwind of neoclassical precision, soaring cello lines and razor-sharp 33-fret guitar wizardry. Equal parts conservatory recital and fretboard boss battle, the arrangement proves that Vivaldi may have been composing shred riffs centuries before distortion was invented. The performance is connected to the release Vivaldi: Selections From The Four Seasons (Metal Guitar & Cello), showcasing Shinomoto’s ongoing mission to fuse orchestral grandeur with modern metal firepower. Ryoji Shinomoto is a Japanese metal guitarist and composer known for his work with RYUJIN/GYZE.
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