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symphonic metal
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Symphonic metal is a music genre that combines the loud, distorted guitars and intense energy of heavy metal with the orchestral instruments and compositional styles of classical music. It matters because it creates a distinctive sound that appeals to fans of both metal and classical music, expanding what heavy metal can express musically.
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Key facts
- Other names
- Opera metal operatic metal
- Stylistic origins
- Heavy metal classical neoclassical metal power metal extreme metal gothic metal
- Cultural origins
- Early 1990s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- music genre
- Country of origin
- Europe
- Image
- C. Johnsson and L. Lewis.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Symphonic metal
- inception
- 1995-01-01
- Commons category
- Symphonic metal
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Encyclopedic overview
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Symphonic metal is a cross-genre style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style can feature different elements of orchestral classical music, such as symphonic instruments, choirs and sometimes a full orchestra, or just keyboard orchestration.
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