I f you had “symphonic metal band covers a 19th-century classical piece to promote a rollercoaster” on your 2024 bingo card, time to check yourself out of that asylum! Epica have released The ...

In particular, many black metal outfits have, whether at one point or throughout their careers, made exceptionally fun use of symphonic elements: Obtained Enslavement, Wallachia, Limbonic Art ...

This is particularly true of the symphonic metal bands that choose to keep their music heavy. ... Case in point: see their symphonic death metal cover of Eiffel 65’s “Blue.” ...

Cosciug built the game using info from more than 500 bands on metal-archives.com. Every time players refresh the page, a new band logo appears with four subgenres to choose from.

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 ...

On its new album, Evanescence covers many of its own songs with a distinctly symphonic twist. Amy Lee (at piano) of Evanescence performs with an orchestra as the band kicks off its tour in Las ...