Symphonic Metal
music genre that blends heavy metal with classical music
AI overview
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- C. Johnsson and L. Lewis.jpg
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- inception
- 1995-01-01
- Commons category
- Symphonic metal
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