Metal is pretty heavily inspired by classical music (to the point where the song structures between the two are almost identical, a ton of bands routinely borrow riffs from old classics, etc). This article is of questionable quality, but goes over some of the more egregious examples of early and influential metal bands pulling from classical music.
Metal is pretty heavily inspired by classical music (to the point where the song structures between the two are almost identical, a ton of bands routinely borrow riffs from old classics, etc). This article is of questionable quality, but goes over some of the more egregious examples of early and influential metal bands pulling from classical music.
And I mean, like, come on. Gustav Holtz is objectively metal as fuck.
Have some more orchestral metal while I'm at it.