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John Cage’s Silent, Avant-Garde Piece 4′33″ Gets Covered by a Death Metal Band
April 7, 2026
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When we think of silence, we think of meditative stretches of calm: hikes through deserted forest paths, an early morning sunset before the world awakes, a staycation at home with a good book. But we know other silences: awkward silences, ominous silences, and—in the case of John Cage’s infamous conceptual piece 4’33”—a mystifying silence that asks []
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