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	Metal Storm - The Best Atmospheric/Symphonic Metal Album - Metal Storm Awards 2006
		Angtoria's reign on this year's Atmospheric and Symphonic Metal throne is undisputed.
		Lunatica has made great strides to find their natural voice here, and have created the ideal release for metal fans looking for something more accessible, relaxing, and inspirational, but without sacrificing the foundation that only metal can provide.
		The band continues its unique approach to metal, combining an atypical and challenging female vocal performance with progressive, death, nu, and jazz structures all placed atop a brooding atmospheric metal foundation.
	www.metalstorm.ee /awards/categories.php?cat_id=21 (585 words)

	Symphonic metal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Symphonic metal is a term used to describe metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that sound similar to a classical symphony.
		Symphonic metal as a genre (sometimes called opera metal or plainly symphonic metal) is generally the same in the way it sounds between bands, because the genre is pretty typical of itself and the features it uses and easily depicts between itself and other genres.
		The first origins of symphonic metal as a genre begins with early bands in the death metal and gothic metal genres, which made some use of symphonic elements in their music.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Symphonic_metal (1551 words)

	The Metal Crypt - Descriptions of genres of metal
		Death Metal: There are three albums that are largely responsible for the emergence of Death Metal from the morass of Thrash, all of them released between 1985 and 1987.
		Gothic Metal, as it is meant today, is usually a mixing of Death Metal riffing with moody keyboards and female vocals, sometimes mixed with aggressive growling from a male vocalist, sometimes not.
		Symphonic Metal: This is a problematic subset, as virtually no bands would be described as simply ‘symphonic' without some other label being attached as well.
	www.metalcrypt.com /genres.php (4476 words)

	Metal Temple: Genre & Sub-genre Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Power Metal in its simplest terms is a form of Metal that is based on a heavy use of power chords and falsetto singing.
		Symphonic is more an adjective than a independent genre, but it is commonly applied independently to describe any number of bands.
		Symphonic is, as the name implies, based on the classical symphony with most songs built around the same four basic movements: Overture, Theme, Minuet and Finale.
	members.aol.com /metaltemple/page8_3.html (2199 words)

	Symphonic Black Metal Downloads - Download Symphonic Black Metal Music - Download Symphonic Black Metal MP3s
		Nor is its connection to fl metal always readily audible; although nearly all of its bands started out playing standard-issue fl metal, symphonic fl metal often bears little surface resemblance to its immediate forebear.
		The starting point for symphonic fl metal was the early-'90s sound of Norwegian fl metal, specifically the wing of bands that employed sorrowful, melodic keyboard lines as a counterpoint to their furious assaults.
		The symphonic fl metal movement remains somewhat limited, partly because of its epic ambitions and partly because it isn't traditionally metallic, but its fascinating synthesis of influences made it an instantly identifiable alternative in underground metal at the turn of the millennium.
	www.mp3.com /symphonic-black-metal/genre/391/subgenre.html (3366 words)

	Symphonic Metal Group Page - Last.fm
		Symphonic metal is both a genre of metal and a name given to several subgenres of other metal genres, and as such, both forms of usage have slightly varying definitions.
		When referring to bands from other genres, it refers to bands who use minor classical and operatic themes in the bands music similar as to what is found in the symphonic metal genre, to show they are more "symphonic" than normal bands of their genre.
		"Symphonic" can also describe metal with elements resembling non-symphonic classical music, although this usage is not frequently used.
	www.last.fm /group/Symphonic+Metal (169 words)

	Epinions.com - Metal 101R for Metal novitiates, Part II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The term Metal when referring to any form of metal music, simply means the extensive use of mostly electric guitar but also electric bass in the rock field.
		Beauty and the Beast Symphonic Metal is often lumped with Death Metal, probably because of the raspy, growling male vox (Beast) that typifies this style.
		Symphonic Black Metal bands have adopted symphonic elements in it's entirety and their music is a fusion of Black Metal and Symphonic / Operatic Metal.
	www.epinions.com /content_3630669956 (1369 words)

	earpollution coolbyproxy - underground metal primer 1Ø1 [page 3] - issue 1.11, november 1999
		Probably should be in the fl metal section, but the prime band is Opeth.
		Death metal is technically precise, but filled with emotion and energy; it runs a hundred-plus-miles-per-hour with drums and bass flailing away in the storms caused by the speedy guitarists.
		Metal World Zine, Chronicles of Chaos and Scream Magazine--Norway's Hard Metal Magazine--are all great webzines that deal with Death and Extreme Metals.
	www.earpollution.com /nov99/coolbyproxy/coolbyproxy3.html (1609 words)

	dweeb metal Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The fl metal passages are mid-paced toward the beginning of the CD, though they speed up toward the end, and they are aggressive, catchy and filled with cool riffs, with tons of melody from the keys and strings.
		This is a symphonic gothic fl metal opera, dark and evil, filled with vampires (and their victims), filled with a lust and smoldering eroticism that can never really be satisfied.
		The integration of their aggressive metal and beautiful choral / symphonic arrangements is even smoother, so the overall effect is one of hair-raising excitement and drama, with thundering drums and bass and crunchy, down-tuned riffs, all blended perfectly with soaring synths and their chick choir.
	home.carolina.rr.com /dweeb/dweebmetal/Reviews01.html (4557 words)

	Russian progressive rock/psychedelic music / symphonic rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is in fact a symphonic rock release with often some metal bass making some people, including the group, to categorize it under progressive metal or who knows symphometal, but the ideas, structures and so on are mostly very much more like symphonic rock.
		The last larger composition in 5 parts is a symphonic rock piece with more melodic and rhythmic changes, obvious in classical music, varying from true classical to other influences from rock.
		Sometimes the compositions are almost symphonic, at times in a rather gothic way, or influenced by symphonic metal with somewhat more of a progressive rock direction.
	progressive.homestead.com /RUSSIA.html (2362 words)

	Metal Temple: Genre & Sub-genre Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The question is not "To be, or not to be?" The question is "Is it Metal, or not Metal?" Nu-metal is probably the most controversial subject in the Metal world; however, when compared and contrasted with Metal differences rather than similarities are more likely to be found.
		As the Hair Metal bands quickly sank from sight their wake managed to pull most of the other genres down with them.
		This rapid evaporation of the metal scene left Metal fans once starving for new aggressive music as they had at the end of the 1970's.
	members.aol.com /metaltemple/page8_4.html (906 words)

	Metal Reviews - Metal Coven Webzine - Metal Reviews - Thyrane - Travesty of Heavenly Essence
		Thyrane is fl metal of the symphonic variety, with complex keyboard arrangements and warm washes of synthetic strings.
		The music is very guitar-driven, with intricate riffs that are a far cry from the ambient fuzz of old school fl metal but far closer to the contemporary purveyors of this genre.
		They are symphonic but not pompous, using orchestral elements to add depth to the extreme metal rather than relying on them to support the compositions.
	www.metalcoven.com /review_thyrane_travesty.html (651 words)

	METAL REIGNS REVIEWS
		Seeing that Symphonic Black Metal is one of my favorite genere's of metal it tends to make me more critical then those genre's I am not a huge fan of.
		While many symphonic metal bands tend to use clean vocals alot during their song's.
		The stunning arrangements and song writing is a step beyond your average metal band and puts them in the upper echelon of metal bands.
	www.metalreigns.com /reviews/165.html (404 words)

	The Progressive Pages / www.progpages.com
		In almost all everyday situations, mention of the term "progressive rock" or "progressive metal" will result in blank stares that generally lead to the question, "What is progressive music?" Newcomers to the genre, myself included at the time, seem to frequently ask this question in prog discussions.
		Power metal refers to the genre that speed metal evolved into as bands like Helloween introduced more of a melodic flair and greater variety into the genre.
		This can be quite distinct from progressive metal -- many power metal bands are not really progressive at all, though when they employ symphonic instrumentation or operatic choral effects -- even odd time signatures -- lines between power and progressive metal can become blurred.
	www.progpages.com /index.asp?page=whatsprog.htm (2040 words)

	Metal Reviews - Metal Coven Webzine - Metal Reviews - Cynicon - Cybernetic
		But in an age where many composition-oriented fl metal bands grow thick with layers and orchestration, it is quite intriguing to hear a band that isn't afraid to go the opposite route.
		Perhaps subsequent releases by Cynicon will be more in the realm of cyber metal; certainly, the potential exists for the band to increase their use of electronic sounds and clean vocals.
		On one side, "Cybernetic" is extreme metal in the vein of symphonic fl metal, nothing too extraordinary or different from all the other bands I have compared it to.
	www.metalcoven.com /review_cynicon_cybernetic.html (825 words)

	Melodic death metal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Melodeath (sometimes referred to as Gothenburg metal) is a subgenre of death metal, a form of extreme metal.
		Death and Morbid Angel, often considered the "godfathers" of death metal, are primary influences on the genre, and its progenitors include At the Gates, In Flames, and Carcass, with the release of their Heartwork album.
		Most melodic death metal bands are from the Scandinavian and Northern European regions, especially from Sweden and Finland, notable Finnish examples include Norther and Kalmah, and to a lesser extent Children of Bodom, whose exact style is a subject of debate amongst fans, however they are more often than not classified as melodic death metal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Symphonic_death_metal (426 words)

	Moonlight at Musical Discoveries
		The symphonic texture gives way to a harder edge in "Modlituso o Imitawanie," which continues to explore Maja's vocal range; the harmony layers work well in the more thickly arranged portions of the song which contrast the everso gentle verses.
		Devoid of any metal influences, the brief orchestral "Zmierzch" is one of the album's standout tracks and one that blends perfectly with the ballad-like verses of the otherwise fast-paced and delightful rocker "Damaisa." Maja's soaring lead vocal is tremendous.
		Sung evocatively as a ballad with symphonic keyboard-based arrangements, it shares the gothic texture that develops as this album plays from the middle towards its end.
	www.musicaldiscoveries.com /reviews/moonlight.htm (2522 words)

	dweeb metal Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		There is crunchy, key-driven symphonic metal, and fast, heavy, lightly complex, slightly catchy fl metal, along with fast, heavy, melodic, majestic, neo-classical power metal with harpsichord and strings, as well as fast, crunchy, guitar-driven lightly complex power metal with hard rocking riffs; there is even a touch of 50s ballads here and there.
		This is symphonic death metal with unusually deep death vocals and female choir vocals.
		It is similar in style to Lake of Sorrow, their CD before this — very dense, heavy, symphonic gothic metal with an outstanding and quite progressive mix of aggressive guitars / drums and hauntingly beautiful keys and lead violin, with soprano female and extremely harsh fl and death vox.
	home.carolina.rr.com /dweeb/Reviews06.html (781 words)

	[Progressive Extreme Symphonic Metal] Unexpect - _We, Invaders. - Music & Musician Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Unexpect was formed in Quebec, this band combines elements of fl, death, core, progressive and melodic metal ; classical, operatic, medieval, electro, ambient, psychotic, noise and circus music with an occasional jazzy touch.
		This song involves extreme metal interchanged with classical music and an overall obscurity that comes with the music.
		Then out of absolutely nowhere, there is some traditional melodic death metal, and i mean absolutely out of nowhere and from this they go into an acoustic part.
	sputnikmusic.com /forums/showthread.php?t=258207 (755 words)

	No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Avantasia
		Tobias manages to get some of the finest power metal and progressive metal artists to combine their efforts here to tell a story, that frankly is less interesting to me than the music itself.
		The Metal Opera (Part 1) is a masterwork of symphonic heavy metal.
		The Metal Opera Part II features more of the same Euro-symphonic metal, but as far as I am concerned this disc is the winner of the two.
	www.nolifetilmetal.com /avantasia.htm (385 words)

	Heavy metal music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1967 and 1974, mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by the use of highly-amplified distortion.
		The most commonly used line-up for a metal band is a drummer, a bassist, a rhythm guitarist, a lead guitarist, and a singer (who may or may not be an instrumentalist).
		He states that "...it [heavy metal] was a term originated in a New York Times article reviewing a Jimi Hendrix performance," and claims the author described the Jimi Hendrix Experience "...like listening to heavy metal falling from the sky." The precise source of this claim, however, has not been found and its accuracy is disputed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heavy_metal_music (5363 words)

	Metal News - Dimmu Borgir To Hold Music Session ( Metal Underground . com ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dimmu borgir is Black Metal, it is just that they mix the syles of more modern fl metal like Arch enemy with the roots of fl metal which is a extreamly melodic, symphonic, style of music with some heavy things like vocals and guitars thrown in.
		I do agree that they do not seem like fl metal when compaired to emperor or gorgoroth due to their lack of some of the death metal tendancies of those bands.
		there may be the more deathy fl metal like mayhem and bothory, and there are more symphonic fl metal like dimmu borgir, and even a more light rock based style like satyricon.
	www.metalunderground.com /news/details.cfm?newsid=18621 (648 words)

	Symphonic & Heavy Metal Music Forum - Magle International Music Forums
		Symphonic and Heavy Metal Music Forum A forum covering Symphonic- and Heavy Metal Music and all related metal music genre, including progressive metal, gothic metal, industrial, etc.
		Is Heavy Metal the music of the Devil?
		One of the best metal quotes (in a descriptive context)...
	www.magle.dk /music-forums/symphonic-heavy-metal-music (279 words)

	Metal Rules!!: Interview with Producer Sascha Paeth
		The production team of Sascha and Miro is quickly becoming legendary for producing such fine melodic and symphonic metal albums by bands like Rhapsody, Angra, Kamelot and Luca Turilli.
		But really heavy metal I basically didn´t play until I joined HEAVEN`S GATE which was two months before the actual recording of the first record.
		This symphonic stuff I was not doing that until the ANGRA record with just this idea we tried that, I don´t know (laughter).
	www.metal-rules.com /interviews/Sascha.htm (4823 words)

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