Orestes2.0014_VirginSteele

Ovid Met. 10.1-85
Apollodorus Libr. 1.3.2

David DeFeis, composer and producer, The House of Atreus Act II, 2000, a heavy metal opera. Sequel to 1999 House of Atreus Act I.

Encyclopedia Metallum: with archived reviews and lyrics to all tracks.

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Virgin_Steele/105

wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Steele

http://208.203.139.97/hoa.asp

a “barbaric-romantic opera”

Album cover for Virgin Steele's "The House of Atreus Act II" featuring a cracked, bloody ancient Greek scene

Heavy metal bands seem especially inclined to take on classical themes:
cf. among many other examples
Symphony X: The Odyssey
compare ManOWar:Achilles

First brought to my attention by Devin Carmack, F2007

Later analyzed also by Nathan Pickett

I own this album and Act I also, the full tracks on file in .m4a format.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300 - 1990's, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.