Well there’s this from the Necrophagist album Epitaph’s Wikipedia entry:
Trivia:
* The outro guitar solo on “Only Ash Remains” is derived from a piece from Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet Suite (Montagues & Capulets).
* There is a section in “The Stillborn One” that is taken directly from the introduction of Ludvig van Beethoven’s “Für Elise.”
That, and go listen to Unexpect. Whom have not been extensively mentioned on this website. Think I found 1 article/post mentioning them, and it was about a tour with a different band.

In all honesty, wrote that comment before reading the decibel interview ha. This chick is awesom.

A tourist in Vienna goes through a graveyard and all of a sudden he hears some music. No one is around, so he starts searching for the source. He finally locates the origin and finds it is coming from a grave with a headstone that reads: ‘Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827.’ Then he realizes that the music is the Ninth Symphony and it is being played backward! Puzzled, he leaves the graveyard and persuades a friend to return with him. By the time they arrive back at the grave, the music has changed. This time it is the Seventh Symphony but like the previous piece, it is being played backward. Curious, the men agree to consult a music scholar. When they return with the expert the Fifth Symphony is playing, again backward. The expert notices that the symphonies are being played in the reverse order in which they were composed, the 9th, then the 7th, then the 5th. By the next day the word has spread and a throng has gathered around the grave. They are all listening to the Second Symphony being played backward. Just then the graveyard’s caretaker ambles up to the group. Someone in the group asks him if he has an explanation for the music. ‘Don’t you get it?’ the caretaker says incredulously-
……He’s decomposing.’

Metal is music for smart people eh? Well let’s not get water over our heads shall we

She fucking slays at violin, too. Watch her shred the solo on Cowboys From Hell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkaGogebHDw

The audience laughs at first, and then their faces melt off.

Ms. Barton-Pine is even more impressive than you might imagine – she overcame a potentially fatal accident. I remember this being a big deal in the Chicagoland area when it happened: (from wikipedia)

“On January 16, 1995, Barton Pine was severely injured in a train accident in the suburb of Winnetka, where she taught violin lessons. As she was exiting a Metra commuter train with her violin over her shoulder, the doors closed on the strap to her case, pinning her left shoulder to the train. The doors, which were controlled remotely and had no safety sensors, failed to open, and she was dragged 366 feet by the train before being pulled underneath and run over, severing one leg and severely mangling the other. Barton Pine was saved by the prompt application of tourniquets by several passengers who disembarked from the train after pulling its emergency brake handle.
She sued Metra and in 1999, the case went to court. Metra argued that she made the choice not to extricate her arm from the strap of the violin case due to the value of the instrument, a 400-year-old Amati valued at around $500,000, and thus she carried most of the blame for her injuries. The jury decided otherwise, however. Metra changed its conductor safety procedures following the accident and made other changes to the trains themselves.”