Symphonic black metal

Symphonic black metal is a musical subgenre of black metal that incorporates keyboards and symphonic elements.

Features

Sometimes misnamed melodic black metal, symphonic black metal is a subgenre of the more traditional Norwegian black metal of the late 1980s and early nineties to which choirs and symphonies are added. It must carry lines of "orchestrations" as an atmospheric element, usually with sounds of ethereal choirs or violins.

It should be noted that unlike black metal, symphonic black metal has a greater musical complexity, generally occupying a harmonic minor scale, complex melodies, but generally with the classic tremolo Picking of black metal, an example of this could be the legendary band Emperor on songs like "With Strength I Burn", where the classic riffs of black metal are not shown. black metal, but complex melodies, chord combinations and solos, made by keyboards and guitar.