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Every genre in the corpus, hanging off the two it all descends from. A bigger name carries more below it.

152 genres and subgenres, on 2 roots.

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Symphonic black metal

Heavy metal › Black metal › Symphonic black metal

Emerged
1994
Origin
Norway
Subgenres
None

Keyboards and choirs over black metal structures. Grand, theatrical and by far the most saleable of the subgenres.

Heaviness
8
Speed
8
Melody
7

Key acts

  • Emperor
  • Dimmu Borgir
  • Cradle of Filth
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