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 ...

Metal and classical music, two genres that thrive on grandiosity, virtuosity, and a certain kind of unabashed awesomeness, are a natural fit. Metallica’s S&M series proved that on a mass scale, but ...

Symphonic metal, a sub-genre of metal music that incorporates symphonic or orchestral elements, has a big sound with a lot of moving parts and band members. However, one Sanford musician is making it ...

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 ...

When Bay Area composer Jens Ibsen made his debut with the Sacalifornia composers Francisco Symphony last year, he wanted to do something different. So, for his symphony piece, titled “Drowned in Light ...