Heavy metal branch
Symphonic metal
Heavy metal › Symphonic metal
- Emerged
- 1996
- Origin
- Finland / Netherlands
- Subgenres
- None
Full orchestra and choir treated as equal instruments, usually with an operatic female lead. Metal's most visible face in the European mainstream.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 10
Key acts
- Nightwish
- Within Temptation
- Epica
- Therion