重金属音乐在台湾
2013-08-01KennyPng
Kenny Png
Taiwan is better known for its commercial pop offerings in the international Chinese music market, but in the last two decades new voices that do not conform to market trends have slowly emerged, with one of the most prominent sounds in recent years being also one of Asias loudest.
Audiences are growing for a new Taiwanese brand of music that sounds so 1)starkly different from the more familiar radio-friendly pop tunes. Here in Taiwan, independent musicians earn just as much attention and have just as much star appeal as their better-groomed commercial counterparts. Even with much less marketing effort to promote themselves, independent musicians are winning 2)legions of loyal fans, hungry for their unique brand of music, voices that seem to resonate with the peoples spirit.
在国际华语音乐市场上,虽说台湾乐坛以商业流行音乐更为世人所知,但在过去的二十年里,有别于市场主流的新音乐风格崭露头角。而新音乐近年不仅在台湾岛备受瞩目,同时也傲视亚洲的流行乐坛。
尽管台湾这股新生的音乐跟在电台播放的传统流行音乐几乎无相似之处,但乐迷的数量却是与日俱增。台湾的独立音乐人在社会上备受关注,与在商业运作上包装良好的流行音乐明星相比,其影响力也毫不逊色。即便独立音乐人没有投入太多时间和资源宣传自己,却依然赢得越来越多的忠实粉丝。歌迷对独立乐队的独特音乐如饥似渴,因为这种音乐似乎引起了他们的共鸣。
闪灵乐团
闪灵乐团以“交响黑金属”乐风横扫台湾乐坛,其乐风凄厉悲壮,不仅音乐作品力道万钧,舞台表演更是令人难忘:闪灵总是以独特的尸妆和黑衣造型登台演出,在震慑人心的音乐爆发的同时,乐迷往往也在台下大撒冥纸,形成极为劲爆的表演场面。
然而,特立独行的外表之下,闪灵的音乐内涵也备受肯定。他们不仅是华人世界第一个受邀参与日本富士音乐祭(Fuji Rock)的乐团,巡演的足迹更遍及香港、东南亚、美国、日本,屡次受邀参加国际巨型音乐祭的演出活动。2003年,闪灵以《永劫轮》专辑夺得14届金曲奖“最佳乐团”大奖。
附:闪灵历年得奖纪录
1996:台湾金旋奖创作季军、最佳编曲
1997:台湾大专创作音乐比赛创作佳作
1997:台湾热门音乐大赛北区冠军、最佳主唱……
