Heavy Choir, Melbourne, VIC Videos

Scott has been preparing a gruesome Twisted Sister feature performance for our gig @valhalla_brewing this Saturday! Check out his vocals 👇👌 and grab your tix before it's too late! 🤘 . . . #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #heavychoir #metalsingers #metalcovers #metalfans #whatsongeelong #valhallabrewing

Since the fun at The Gaso gig last month, these guys have been learning a well known Machine Head song - probably an unconventional choice for a choral arrangement, but our in-house legend Dee Davidson has woven her magic and made it the perfect closer for our upcoming Dark Rituals II gig... here's a sneak peek at "A Farewell to Arms" 🤘 . . . #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #metalsingers #metalcovers

Get to The Gasometer tonight!!! 🤘 Tix still available online or at the door! 👉https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/b27f0f4c-5016-426d-8c0e-53e2d7a7d5e1 . . . #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #metalsingers #metalcovers

Heavy Choir had an absolute killer time @pony_music yesterday with our Choir Master @alanakvocal and the legendary @troyaudioninja in their very first recording studio workshop. 🙏 While the mission was to record Iron Maiden's "Aces High" for a special video project (more on that soon 😉) these guys also ran through a few extra songs at the end, including W.A.S.P.'s Sleeping (in the Fire): the acapella harmonies in this one are 🔥!!! You'll hear this song at our upcoming gig @thegasometer! Also, gotta love the pure joy from our Music Director @deeballs29 conducting! 🤘 . . . #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #heavychoir #metalsingers #metalcovers

We're in the recording studio today at Pony Music in Hallam with Choir Master Alana K Vocal and the legendary Troy Mccosker running a special vocal workshop and recording "Aces High" for our Iron Maiden project! . . . #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir

Last Saturday - Record Store Day was a blast!! The experience gives our metalheads an opportunity to perform for an audience in a casual gig, run through the repertoire, and wrap up Term 1 on a high. Our Judas Priest cover always rocks hard and captures the awesome vibe of the day! @altcvltofficial - a huge thanks again to Stephy and the crew for hosting us again this year and to everyone who rocked up to support RSD - especially if you snuck in some singing with us!!! (And shout out to the legend, Paul, who saw us back in November at Chapel Off Chapel and came down on Saturday and rocked out to Poison 🤘 See you at the next gig!) . . . #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #metalsingers #metalcovers #altcvltfrankston #recordstoredayaustralia

On midday Saturdays, you'll find us upstairs in an old wild west themed (?!) band room rocking out all things heavy 🤘 This year we decided it was time to introduce another Iron Maiden song to the repertoire in anticipation of The Future Past Tour. We've chosen the song that Bruce himself has named the HARDEST vocally to do - except, admittedly, we've got some shredding sopranos on our side working on hitting those ridiculous highs! 😜🤘🤘🤘 . . . "Aces High" - Iron Maiden . . . #metalheads #melbournemetal #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #80srock #80smetal #metalfans #metalcovers #metalsingers #ironmaidenfans #choir #vocals #ironmaidencovers #heavymetalfans

This April, Heavy Choir will be embarking on its fourth year...! As the new year swings into view and our community of metalheads continues to evolve and grow in amazing ways, we thank everyone who supported us the last 12 months! We're excited to share our EOY video highlights created by @aydindrilstudios, with music arrangement by Dee Davidson. Support from the wider community, audience and collaborations are vital to Heavy Choir - so our deepest gratitude to: Death or Glory for being our awesome southside home for almost 2 years now! The Bendigo Hotel for welcoming us and giving us a second home for our northside chapter ABC Radio Melbourne and the legendary Brian Nankervis for inviting us into the studios for an interview and chance to sing live on air ALT CVLTfor having us rock out for Record Store Day Tallboy and Moose brewpub for hosting our Dark Rituals gig, we absolutely loved performing there along with Deadlifts and Deathmetal and artwork by Helena Black Art 🤘 One Be Studiosfor always accommodating us with an extra rehearsal space the C - NTACT Metal Tribute boys Scottie, John, Ben and Con! Sound mixers John Harvey from HB Audio and @Stagepass for keenly taking on the "metal choir sound challenge" with brilliant results HEAVY Magazine for always giving us a spot to promote a gig Victoria Tansley for inviting us to perform at the Goldfields Gothic Festival in Maldon Choreographer Robert Sturrock for the ambitious collaboration and the beautiful creatures who brought it to life - Billie, Angus, Nathan and Em! Lordrobsatan for generously capturing our biggest event to date and Chapel Off Chapel for giving us the incredible opportunity to perform at this beautiful venue, wrapping up a truly awesome year. To those who continued following our journey, or discovered us recently, thank you! Video: Aydindril Studios Song: Christmas Truce by Sabaton Arrangement: Dee Davidson --- 🤘Here's what you helped make happen for us: #heavychoir #heavymetalchoi

THIS 👇 is how a heavy metal choir opens a show at Chapel Off Chapel. 🤘 "O Fortuna" Choral Arrangement by Dee Davidson Music arrangement by Theo Bird. . . . Jon Von Wurden Christine Lee Christine Warren Theodore Bird #metalheads #melbournemetal #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #metalfans #metalcovers #metalheadcommunity #metalsingers #ofortuna #classicalmusic #doommetal

Heavy Choir - we did it! After months and months of preparation, belief and commitment from our singers and team, we sold out the iconic Chapel Off Chapel and our performers blew the roof off! There's always so much to say in the afterglow of an event, and many people to thank, so a "making of" blog and show footage will follow sharing more of that story. In this moment however, I want to acknowledge the wonderful people who I work with in Heavy Choir to make this happen: Dee Davidson - our inimitable Music Director & Arranger, and Choir Master of our southside chapter: for creating our beautiful choral arrangements that soar and give our singers the unique opportunity to sing music by bands we love, and supporting each of them to go from strength to strength, no matter their level of skill or confidence. Theo Bird - our talented Choir Master of the northside chapter: for skillfully and thoughtfully guiding and inducting our new cohort of singers along their choir journey in such a short amount of time, ensuring they feel capable, prepared and encouraged for the challenge ahead. (He sings with them, too!) I am privileged to work with these two people. They have been instrumental in making everyone in Heavy Choir feel welcome and excited to experience the thrill of singing, and I especially love that they achieve this in very different ways. I have so much respect and gratitude for both of them, and thank them for trusting my vision, for being people-focused, and helping me be better at my job along the way. 🙏 Never least, at the centre of it all, THANK YOU to all of our singers: you are an incredibly wonderful community to serve and we hope this amazing event experience is etched in your crazy joyful souls forever. You bring joy, inspire purpose, and energise us by being yourselves, giving everything a go, and wearing your heavy metal hearts on your sleeve. You absolutely rocked. The Heavy Metal Gods heartily accepted your offering last night. - Emily, o

Session 2 with the band yesterday at Studio One.Be - prepping Slayer's "Seasons in the Abyss" - we're really freakin excited to present this one... if you've got your tix, you're in for an awesome show!!!🤘🤘🤘 (And if you haven't yet, get 'em while you still can!) 👉https://chapeloffchapel.com.au/show/heavy-choir-band/ . . . #metalheads #melbournemetal #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #80srock #80smetal #metalfans #metalcovers #metalheadcommunity #metalsingers #proudtobeametalhead #singing #choir #vocals

"We've come a long way since the very first Heavy Choir meetup where nine metalheads showed up to sing in a community dining room. You could only get to it by going through an op shop on Chapel Street, and this incredibly nice lady, Anne, would open the door every Saturday and let us weirdos in. After the first Choir Master bowed out on day one (we eventually found our gem, located all the way in Ballarat!), it would take a whole term to learn just one song, endless weeks spent trying to sing online (thanks COVID) and failing to make tech work, then a chaotic and stressful lead up to our first show - it was a ride that offered crucial lessons on how to better lead, teach, and prepare a community choir. We absolutely stumbled many times along the way to figuring out how exactly to pull this crazy idea off. Finding a way to balance vision with purpose, and real meaning for everyone involved. It's a work in progress, and you must never stop learning. Most who were with us from day one are still here. And they've been joined by so many others - all similarly misfits in their own way and who just bloody love metal and want a chance to sing with genuinely decent people. Each in their own way has helped grow this choir into a real community. When I think deeply about "purpose" - the driver beyond the creative stuff and all the thrills of hearing heavy metal being sung communally - it really comes down to "belonging". This resonates with me, and I bet it resonates with a lot of you out there. Creating a sense of belonging for people to be themselves, to feel seen and heard, while being given a safe and real place to explore or (re)discover what it is to sing, is central to Heavy Choir. We're not a professional choir and we're hardly the biggest community choir out there. Maybe we're the quirkiest, the dark horse, or the one that scares people 😅. Some think we're just a "cute hobby". Or maybe "heavy metal" and "choir" doesn't make sense. But given how much this wh

Singing should be fun right? So when things get a little hectic in the lead up to a gig, you just gotta let loose and bring it. 🤘 Come see us in November! 👉Get your tix to our live band show @chapeloffchapel 4/11 - link in bio ☝️ . . . #metalheads #melbournemetal #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #80srock #80smetal #metalfans #metalcovers #metalheadcommunity #metalsingers #proudtobeametalhead #singing #choir #vocals #choirmusic #choralmusic #choirlife #choral #coversong #whatsonstonnington #whatsonmelbourne #livemusicmelbourne

On Saturday we started our rehearsal sessions with the band at Studio One.Be - supported by genuine metal masters: on guitar - John & Ben, Scottie on bass, and the one and only Con Milo on drums. Our singers love the opportunity to sing with a live band as it's a totally different dynamic to working with backing tracks! Here's a quick look at them practicing "Faith" by Ghost - one of the many big songs we're performing for you in November! 🤘🤘🤘 👉Tickets on sale now: https://chapeloffchapel.com.au/show/heavy-choir-band/ . . . #metalheads #melbournemetal #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #80srock #80smetal #metalfans #metalcovers #metalheadcommunity #metalsingers #singing #choir #vocals #choirmusic #choralmusic #choirlife #choral #coversong #whatsonstonnington #melbournelivemusic #chapeloffchapel

Timing is everything! A sneak peek behind the scenes with Choir Master Dee, getting our singers to attack each line in Slayer's "Seasons in the Abyss". . . . #metalheads #melbournemetal #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #80srock #80smetal #metalfans #metalcovers #metalheadcommunity #metalsingers #proudtobeametalhead #singing #choir #vocals #choirmusic #choralmusic #choirlife #choral #coversong #slayerfans #seasonsintheabyss #choirteacher

A brilliant performance and amazing crowd at this year's Goldfields Gothic: Festival of Dark Ideas in Maldon! Such a great experience and event, thank you to everyone who dressed in absolute decadence and came to the picnic today. A big thank you to the festival organisers for having us! . . . #metalheads #melbournemetal #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #80srock #80smetal #metalfans #metalcovers #metalheadcommunity #metalsingers #proudtobeametalhead #singing #choir #vocals #choirmusic #choralmusic #choirlife #choral #coversong #gothicfestival #maldon

What. A. Night. 🤘 Another SOLD out show, and the best one yet! Our singers had a total blast performing and we are SO grateful for the support from everyone involved and present last night. Thank you to our Choir Masters, Dee and Theo, for all their incredible work in arranging, teaching, and uniting our amazing community of metalheads through their love of singing. 🙏 A big thank you to the excellent crew @tallboyandmoose for hosting and welcoming us into their space; our special performance guest @thaddaeus_doom for the beautiful dark voyage; @deadlifts.n.deathmetal for showing us how to work our lat muscles with a pint of beer; our local artists @helenablackart @glamourbatgoddess, our photographer/videographer @aydindril_studios and our sound team from HB Audio. It was also really awesome to see and meet people at the gig who had just discovered the Heavy Choir - thank you!! 🤘 If you missed out last night or got turned away at the door, Heavy Choir has two very exciting and different gigs coming up: 👉Sunday 6 August Goldfields Gothic Festival - Gothic Picnic, Maldon 👉 Saturday 4 November Live with a heavy metal band - Chapel off Chapel, Prahran . . . Song: "Ashes to Ashes" - Faith No More #metalheads #melbournemetal #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #80srock #80smetal #metalfans #metalcovers #metalheadcommunity #metalsingers #proudtobeametalhead #singing #choir #vocals #choirmusic #choralmusic #choirlife #choral #coversong

We're getting geared up and ready for this Saturday at brewery Tallboy and Moose! The amount of effort and energy that these metalheads have been putting in during rehearsals is amazing! If you haven't got tix yet for what will be an awesome night of heavy metal, brews and dark art - there's still some available here: https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/dark-rituals/154131 . . . #metalheads #melbournemetal #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #80srock #80smetal #metalfans #metalcovers #metalheadcommunity #CommunityChoir #metalsingers #proudtobeametalhead #singing #choir #vocals #choirmusic #choralmusic #choirlife #choral #coversong #slipknotfans

We're rockin out the 80s horror x glam with "Dream Warriors" by Dokken, getting ready for our Dark Rituals gig next Saturday 22 July @tallboyandmoose! 🤘 . . . #metalheads #melbournemetal #heavychoir #heavychoirmelbourne #metalchoir #80srock #80smetal #metalfans #metalcovers #metalheadcommunity #metalsingers #proudtobeametalhead #singing #choir #vocals #choirmusic #choralmusic #choirlife #choral #coversong #tallboyandmoose