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This is a list of symphonic metal bands, including bands that at some point in their career played symphonic metal. List. A. Abigail Williams [1] Ad Infinitum; Adagio ...
Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band, founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen after his departure from After Forever. Formed as a symphonic metal band with gothic tendencies, later Epica have incorporated into their sound strong death metal influences. [1] [2] [3] Starting from the third album, progressive metal influences have also ...
METALWINGS is a symphonic metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria. The band was formed in Autumn 2010 by lead singer and songwriter Stela Atanasova. Her idea was to combine elements of classical music with the melodic genres of metal. The style is considered as symphonic gothic metal with female operatic vocals. The band were soon joined by the ...
The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily influenced by Gothic literature , poetry , mythology and horror films .
Symphonic gothic metal was first pioneered by American band Saviour Machine. [9] [10] One of the first gothic metal bands to release a full album featuring "beauty and the beast" vocals, where death metal vocals are contrasted with clean female vocals, was the Norwegian Theatre of Tragedy in 1995.
Dunwich is an Italian symphonic/gothic metal band founded in Rome in 1985. Dunwich were among the first to use a female vocalist and symphonic music elements, especially brass instrument. [1] Rockeramagazine considers them forerunners of the modern symphonic metal, defining them as the "first symphonic metal band". [2]
Sirenia is a Norwegian gothic metal band from Stavanger, founded in 2001 by Morten Veland. The band uses melodic instrumentals, synthesizers, and distorted guitars with female vocals, male death vocals, clean male vocals, a choir, and violins. The lyrics are concerned with human existence, emotion, and mental states.
This is a list of notable gothic metal bands. Gothic metal is a genre of music characterized as a combination of the dark atmosphere of gothic rock with the aggression of heavy metal . The genre originated during the early 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of death/doom , a fusion of death metal , doom metal , and gothic rock.