Is metal music with a trumpet a good idea?

Here's another example of a heavy song that uses the trumpet. It can be done well, for sure. Kayo Dot are a pretty much unclassifiable band if you take their whole history and evolution into account. But they came from experimental metal roots. read more

If you’re good at trumpet, there is no reason not to play trumpet in your band. I don’t recall any metal bands with trumpet, but bands like Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears would often play very aggressive rock music with horn arrangements. read more

I compose a duet that alternates these sounds with the normal sounds of the trumpet, to create the allusion of a toy trumpet saluting a toy soldier. The final movement, “Ventriloquizing,” treats the trumpet as a puppet and the performer as its ventriloquist. read more