Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! Death Metal Symphony in Deep C

Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! (Death Metal Symphony in Deep C)
Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! (Death Metal Symphony in Deep C)
Studio album by Waltari
Released	May 1996
Recorded	Laryy Place and Yleisradio Music Studios, Helsinki; September – November 1995
Genre	Symphonic death metal, progressive metal, rock opera
Length	55:40
Label	EMI
Producer	Mikko Karmila, Waltari and Riku Niemi
Waltari chronology

Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! (Death Metal Symphony in Deep C) is the fourth studio album by Finnish band Waltari, combining death metal with classical music. Originally, Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! was written as a stage show. After the show's premiere performance in 1995 at the Helsinki Music Festival, it was recorded and finally released in May 1996.

History

Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! was written by Kärtsy Hatakka between 1992 and 1995. By the end of 1994, Hatakka got in contact with Riku Niemi, a Finnish conductor, composer and leader of Avanti! symphony orchestra. After Niemi became involved in the project, Hatakka finalized the work and Niemi arranged it for symphony orchestra. The premiere show was performed by Waltari on 22 August 1995 at the "Taiteiden Yö" festival in Helsinki (Helsinki Music Festival), Finland together with Avanti! symphony orchestra, conducted by Niemi.

After the stage show, Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! was recorded between September and November 1995, and in May 1996 the album Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! Death Metal Symphony in Deep C was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! was performed once again in 1997 in Turku, Finland, supported by Turku Symphony Orchestra.

Content

Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! features the story of John Doe (Kärtsy Hatakka) whose life is being controlled by a central "computer brain" (Tomi Koivusaari). An angel (Eeva-Kaarina Vilke) helps John Doe defeat the computer brain, but without this controlling force John Doe feels lost. He changes his mind and decides to save the computer brain. At the end the libretto says "everybody simply decides to vanish into thin air and disappear into the pages of internet!"

In terms of style, Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! is quite different from Waltari's regular work. The music is mostly inspired by classical music, and modern elements (not limited to metal) have been added. The album features long passages of purely classical music, inspired by composers such as Beethoven and Sibelius. However, for most of the album, the music varies between "symphony orchestra with a backing death metal band" and "death metal band with a backing orchestra".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! Death Metal Symphony in Deep C" I. "Part 1: Misty Dreariness" (7:40) II. "Part 2: The Sign" (8:33) III. "Part 3: Deeper into the Mud" (4:57) IV."Part 4: The Struggle for Life and Death of 'Knowledge'" (3:35) V. "Part 5: Completely Alone" (12:08) VI. "Part 6: Move" (4:45) VII. "Part 7: Time, Irrelevant" (7:56) VIII. "Part 8: The Top" (6:06)"	55:40
2.	"How Long Can U Go?" (bonus track)	2:35

Personnel

Kärtsy Hatakka – bass guitar, vocals (Waltari)
Jariot Lehtinen – guitar (Waltari)
Sami Yli-Sirniö – additional guitars (Waltari)
Roope Latvala – guitar (Waltari)
Janne Parviainen – drums (Waltari)
Tomi Koivusaari (of Amorphis) – vocals
Eeva-Kaarina Vilke – vocals
Kimmo Kajasto – keyboards
Avanti! symphony orchestra, conducted by Riku Niemi

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[1]	23

References

^ "Waltari: Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! Death Metal Symphony In Deep C" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

External links

jÖrGs waltari world Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die!. Retrieved 29 September 2005. Contains an interview with Hatakka and Niemi as well as lyrics.

[ac_Finland_Waltari-1] "Waltari: Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! Death Metal Symphony In Deep C" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

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