Symphonic black metal
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Stylistic origins | Symphonic metal, black metal |
Cultural origins | Mid 1990s, Norway and the United Kingdom |
Typical instruments | Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboard, violin and other acoustic and electronic instruments |
Symphonic black metal is a subgenre of black metal that emerged in the mid to late 1990s, and incorporates symphonic and orchestral elements.[1]
Characteristics
Symphonic black metal is a style of black metal that incorporates symphonic and orchestral elements. This may include the usage of music workstation keyboards to conjure up "pseudo-orchestral" landscapes with default presets (e.g. strings, choirs, piano, organs, and pads), or full orchestral arrangements containing woodwind, brass, percussion, keyboards and strings. Bands like Carach Angren may feature solo instruments such as violins in addition to virtual or live orchestral arrangements. Vocals can be "clean" or operatic in style, and song structures are more defined or are inspired by symphonies, albeit not adhering to forms found in Western music (e.g. sonata, rondo, theme and variations) and following a typical riff-based approach. Many of the characteristics of traditional black metal are retained, such as shrieked vocals, fast tempos, high treble gain and tremolo picked electric guitars.
List of notable symphonic black metal bands
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Band | Country | Formed | Notes |
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Abigail Williams | USA | 2005 | [2] |
...And Oceans | Finland | 1995 | [3][4] |
Anorexia Nervosa | France | 1995 | [5] |
Apostasy | Sweden | 2000 | [6] |
Bal-Sagoth | England | 1993 | [7][8] |
Carpathian Forest | Norway | 1992 | [9] |
Catamenia | Finland | 1995 | [10] |
Chthonic | Taiwan | 1995 | [11] |
Cradle of Filth | England | 1991 | [12] |
Crimson Moonlight | Sweden | 1997 | [13] |
Dark Fortress | Germany | 1994 | [14] |
Darzamat | Poland | 1995 | [15] |
Diabolical Masquerade | Sweden | 1993 | [16] |
Dimmu Borgir | Norway | 1993 | [17][18] |
Dragonlord | USA | 2000 | [19] |
Emperor | Norway | 1991 | [20] |
Equilibrium | Germany | 2001 | [21] |
Gehenna | Norway | 1993 | [22] |
Graveworm | Italy | 1992 | [23] |
Hecate Enthroned | England | 1993 | [24] |
Kekal | Indonesia | 1994 | [25] |
Limbonic Art | Norway | 1993 | [26] |
Opera IX | Italy | 1988 | [27] |
Shade Empire | Finland | 1999 | [28][29] |
Stormlord | Italy | 1991 | [30] |
Tiamat | Sweden | 1988 | [31] |
Tvangeste | Russia | 1996 | [32] |
Twilight Ophera | Finland | 1996 | [33] |
Vaakevandring | Norway | 1999 | [34] |
Vesania | Poland | 1997 | [35] |
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