Genre
Symphonic Metal
6 bands in the Top 500 carry Symphonic Metal as a primary or secondary tag.
- 6 bands
- 2000s dominant era
- 5 countries
- #182 Nightwish
Kitee symphonic-metal pioneers and a global flagship for the subgenre.
- #245 Emperor
Norwegian black-metal innovators of orchestral grandeur.
- #248 Dimmu Borgir
Norwegian symphonic black-metal band who pushed the genre to mainstream metal.
- #249 Cradle of Filth
Suffolk extreme-metal theatre with literary horror at its core.
- #262 Angra
São Paulo power-metal band of operatic and Brazilian flavor.
- #497 X Japan
Tokyo visual-kei pioneers whose theatrical metal made them Japan's biggest rock band.