I ran into Matt Hagen of Lendway/Nefarius Frenzy a week or two back, and he was positively raving about a surprise act at a recent Metal Monday, the metal series at Nectar’s he’s been curating/hosting with Metal Matt Longo from WRUV/mindovermetal.org. I mean, like, wouldn’t-shut-about-it raving. The performer’s name is Vika, and she plays instrumental versions of metal songs on her piano. And she rawks. Here’s a clip from her last appearance at Metal Monday, playing Slayer’s “Reign in Blood.” FYI, I’m told she’ll be back at Nectar’s tonight …

 

 

Dan Bolles is a culture coeditor at Seven Days. He joined the paper in 2007 as its music editor, covering Vermont's robust music, comedy and nightlife scenes for a decade before deciding he was too old to be going to the Monkey House on weeknights to see rock shows for a living. He became assistant arts editor in 2017 and culture coeditor in 2021. Bolles has received numerous local and national awards for his writing on Vermont arts, sports and the occasional celebrity canine murder mystery. He loves...

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