Helmarock Out With This Zelda Metal Album
Arranger and producer Joel Kent created Octorock in 2017, rearranging classic Zelda songs in guitar-shredding metal form. The CD was published through Materia Collective, and now Kent is back with Helmarock, a second collection containing more head-bangers from Hyrule. Helmarock: Zelda Metal Vol. II covers the following five melodies (we wish there were more as well). Despite the meager runtime, we’re told this album runs twice as long as the first one did. 01. Title Theme (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) 02. Hyrule Field (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) 03. Kokiri Forest (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) 04. Song of Healing (The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask) 05. Ganondorf Battle (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) “Transitioning Koji Kondo’s music to rock and roll feels like a very natural process – as I am huge fan of both,” says Kent. “Working with some amazing faculty during my last couple of semesters at Berklee has really pushed my playing and arranging style, and I