Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Symphonic metal singers Sharon den Adel, Simone Simons and Floor Jansen Few genres do grandiose like symphonic metal. As the name ...

To me, Run is about no longer making yourself smaller to fit into a shape that was never yours. It’s about taking off the ...

Symphonic Metal Echoes began as a festival dedicated to symphonic metal. Yet after the first edition, as we started shaping the following year's line-up, it became clear that the experience we ...

Symphonic metal icons Sharon den Adel and Tarja Turunen have discussed the first time they became aware of each other's music in an exclusive new interview with Metal Hammer. The Within Temptation ...

Symphonic metal shows up in just about every subgenre — death metal, deathcore, power metal, black metal… a nod to the olde is always welcome. These bands busted out synths, pianos, orchestral ...

Metal is no longer a man’s world. All across the genre’s many subcategories, from folk to black metal, powerful female figures are putting their stamp on a genre that’s finally coming to terms with ...

Boston-based Seven Spires have spent over a decade building their symphonic metal project where towering orchestral ...

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 ...

From trailblazers like Doro Pesch and Girlschool to genre-defining acts such as Nightwish and Within Temptation, women have played a pivotal role in transforming metal’s sound and image. The rise of ...

One of the fastest-rising and most original bands on the global symphonic metal scene, the Dutch group Blackbriar, will perform for the Belgrade audience on Saturday, 19 September 2026, at Zappa Barka ...