metallica

“Rock Concert Pianist" Scott D. Davis plays the music of Metallica on a solo grand piano. Modesto, CA, October 24, 2008: "Rock Concert Pianist" Scott D. Davis will perform his concert piano arrangements of songs by thrash-metal icons Metallica, on Thursday, November 6, at the Fat Cat, 930 11th Street in Modesto. Doors open at 6 p.m. The one-man, solo piano set is part of an evening of progressive heavy metal music, headlined by Etched in Red. For the first time in front of a live audience, Davis’ will perform Metallica’s iconic “Master of Puppets" in it’s entirety; lighting fast guitar solos and all, using only a grand piano. Davis has released four solo piano albums to date. His most recent is “Pianotarium: Piano Tribute to Metallica."

"Rock Concert Pianist" Scott D. Davis to appear at Vintage Faire Mall for performances and CD signing. The event is part of a nationwide tour to support Davis' latest CD release "Pianotarium: Piano Tribute to Metallica." The album underscores the direction he's been taking his concert piano for the last two years. A metalhead to the core, but also with an appreciation for classical music, his CDs and performances reveal the complexity and intense beauty that fans of metal have always known and loved, in a light that can be appreciated by hard-rock fans and those (who until now) hear heavy-metal music as little more than noise and anger, alike.