Ultimately, both bands would spearhead the symphonic metal movement of the early 2000s. But, anchored as it was around two ...

Symphonic metal, a sub-genre of metal music that incorporates symphonic or orchestral elements, has a big sound with a lot of moving parts and band members. However, one Sanford musician is making it ...

Here is a list of five different songs by five different bands for those who want to dip their toes into the world of symphonic metal, without having to give up an ounce of heaviness. I’ve been on a ...

Few genres do grandiose like symphonic metal. As the name suggests, it marries the scope and ambition of classical music to the power of metal. The result is orchestral, opulent and sometimes OTT, but ...

When Mark Jansen left the metal band After Forever in early 2002 and then formed the symphonic metal group Sahara Dust (which he then rechristened Epica), he initially asked then-girlfriend Simone ...

Metal and classical music, two genres that thrive on grandiosity, virtuosity, and a certain kind of unabashed awesomeness, are a natural fit. Metallica’s S&M series proved that on a mass scale, but ...