Torrents Music

Huh? What did John McCain say? He can chant alone in this one...

The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz have invited singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse to join them. The 72 member group, who share a record label with the pop icon, have recently topped the Austrian charts with their Gregorian chants. Keep reading to see what the monks thought of Winehouse's 'Back to Black' album.

Traditional Gregorian chant (Vespers, Marian, and Benediction hymns, Divine Office, Mass Propers) sung in Latin by well-trained Catholic seminarians. Recordings of seminarians daily prayer life. Organ accompaniment and chant itself is excellent. Meditate while listening to centuries-old sacred music.

Watch this Reuters video to see one rocking monk. More "Assisi Top" than Gregorian chant - meet "Fratello Metallo" the heavy rock monk who has a voice fit for heavy metal.

The monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria sing ancient Gregorian chants in their 12th-century church — and then post them to YouTube. Their technological savvy landed them a record deal, and now their album is storming the European charts and arriving in America. Father Karl Wallner talks to host Andrea Seabrook about balancing pop stardom