Metal and video games? That's right. "The Birdcage" is an action-adventure music video game and the first of a kind music album that is experienced entirely through a video game featuring world renowned artists from Guns N' Roses, Ayreon, Therion, Epica, Kamelot and more!

"The Birdcage" is a modernized version of "The Beauty and the Beast", which tells the story of a young girl being abducted by a mysterious man and how, as time goes by, she falls in love with him. The music album video game will focus on their relationship, abduction, and the effects of Stockholm Syndrome.

The game is in fact a full-length album that is experienced as a fully-fledged video game. Think of a really cool music video you saw once, but now imagine that you're in it, interacting with the environment that changes according to the music.

Developed with Unreal Engine 4 by Capricia Productions, it is currently in the midst of development. You can support this project on Patreon.





Music description: "The music of the birdcage will be a synergy of Progressive Rock, Symphonic Orchestra and music for video games. It will be of a dark, twisted and melancholic, yet a modern atmosphere. We believe that in this case, the music should support the story, and be composed thematically - with the same philosophy as when composing music for a film or a game, but without the restrictions those mediums force on the composer. A soundtrack which, for a change, is the main focus. This will not be an 'easy listening' bundle of tunes, just like it is not an easy story. Arnold's musical belief is that 'Music should express what words alone simply can not', and he has been putting it into action in all of his projects, so you are in for a world of interpretive rocking. To make sure that our artistic schemes will meet proper execution, we have assembled not only an all-star team of musicians, which we've already introduced, but also some of the worlds greatest post-production engineers;

John Rodd - Music Recording, Mixing, Mastering (World of Warcraft, Assasin's Creed, The Last Samuri, X-Men, Matrix, Kill Bill and pretty much every other movie/game you ever played/saw) will mix this hot stew.

Maor Appelbaum (Megadeth, Sepultura, Yngwie Malmsteen, Halford, Edgend, and many others) will be handling the mastering duties.

Artists involved:

- Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (Guns N' Roses) - Guitars
- Rocky Grey (former Evanescence) - Guitars
- John Lecompt (former Evanescence) - Consultation
- Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation) - Guitars
- Rob van der Loo (Epica) - Bass
- Mike Lepond (Symphony X) - Bass
- Casey Grillo (Kamelot) - Drums
- Derek Sherinian (Alice Cooper, Dream Theater, Yngwie Malmsteen) - Keyboards
- Snowy Shaw (Therion, Sabaton, King Diamond, Dream Evil) - Male Vocals
- Lisa Middelhauve (Xandria) - Female Vocals
- Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) - Keyboards
- Tina Guo (Call of Duty: Black Ops II, X-Men: First Class, Journey, Inception) - Cello

[Also thanks to wrathchild for the tip!]

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