Symphonic Metal: When Metal Combines With Classical Music And Opera

Possibly the best combination of three different music genres since the early 1990s.

Since it’s beginning in the 1990s, new genres were coming out directly from the old ones. And symphonic metal was on the list by mixing gothic music, classical music, and opera. When great symphonic metal bands like Nightwish, Xandria, Epica, and many others still continue to be popular. Here, we’ll discuss symphonic metal and its features.

How symphonic metal became a genre?

It all began in the 1990s where most of the genres will be differentiated according to the music style. And symphonic metal was included in the list with certain bands. But Nightwish and Epica are the most well-known symphonic metal bands today.

Characteristics of symphonic metal bands

Symphonic metal is known for mixing metal with gothic music (that’ll lead to gothic metal), classical music, and opera music. The band consists of guitarists, vocals, a drummer, a synthesizer, and a whole orchestra at the back. Moreover, their vocals are frontrunners who are also opera artists who have lots of experience with opera music and some of them have experience with playing certain types of instruments. Furthermore, nearly all the bands work with each other and they mostly consist of female vocals as frontrunners.

Their successes

Most of the well-known symphonic metal bands vocals are actually successful vocal coaches, opera singers, and metal frontrunners. Even more, world-renowned symphonic metal band Nightwish has made a cover in two opera classics: Phantom of the Opera and Beauty and the Beast with the frontrunner Tarja Turunen and the guitarist and the second vocal Marko Tapani Hietala. Despite frontrunners changed dramatically in most symphonic metal bands, they continue to be successful and their performance standard is not lower than their peak standard.

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