System of a Down, by Candlelight: How Brazil's Museums Became Metal Venues

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0300

Fever’s Candlelight series is running an unprecedented rock and metal program across São Paulo, Rio, and Belo Horizonte in late 2026 — System of a Down by string quartet, under the concrete span of MASP. The interesting question isn’t whether it works. It’s why it works so well.

Picture the room for a second

A string ensemble, hundreds of flickering (LED, but still) candles, an audience sitting in respectful concert silence inside one of Brazil’s great cultural landmarks. Then the cellist digs into the opening riff of “Chop Suey!”

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System of a Down, by Candlelight: How Brazil's Museums Became Metal Venues

Picture the room for a second