Symphonic black metal is a style of black metal that incorporates symphonic and orchestral elements. This may include the usage of keyboards to conjure up "pseudo-orchestral" soundscapes with default presets (e.g. strings, choirs, piano, organs, and pads), or full orchestral arrangements. Bands may feature solo instruments such as violins in ...

Symphonic metal is a cross-generic 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 features the heavy drums and guitars of metal with different elements of orchestral classical music, such as symphonic instruments, choirs and sometimes …

Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual transgression".. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style associated with the speed …

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes; and chromatic chord …

Se llama metal gótico (en inglés: Gothic Metal o Goth Metal) a una tendencia y género musical que comenzó tomando inspiración tanto del Doom Metal (el cual nació del Heavy Metal) como del rock gótico de la subcultura gótica.Suele abordar temas relacionados con el amor, la pasión, la soledad, la tristeza, la sangre, la sensualidad, sexualidad, inocencia y la oscuridad, y toma ...

Swedish death metal is a death metal music scene developed in Sweden.Many Swedish death metal bands are associated with the melodic death metal movement, thus giving Swedish death metal a different sound from other variations of death metal. Unlike American death metal groups, the first Swedish bands were rooted in hardcore punk. Gothenburg has a large melodic …

An orchestra (/ ˈ ɔːr k ɪ s t r ə /; Italian: [orˈkɛstra]) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.There are typically four main sections of instruments: bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, and double bass; woodwinds, such as the flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon

This is a list of symphonic metal bands, including bands that at some point in their career played symphonic metal. List. A. Abigail Williams; Ad Infinitum; Adagio; After Forever; Agathodaimon; Alia Tempora; Almora; Amberian Dawn; Ancient Bards; Anette Olzon; Angel Nation; Angra; Angtoria; Anorexia Nervosa; Antestor ...

Technical death metal (also referred to as tech-death) is a musical subgenre of death metal that began and developed in the early- to mid-1990s, with particular focus on challenging, demanding instrumental skill and complex songwriting.. Technical experimentation in death metal began in the late 1980s and early 1990s by four bands that are often grouped together as "technical …

Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads.It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam rock.. Early glam metal evolved directly from the glam rock movement of the 1970s, as visual elements taken from acts such as T. Rex, the …