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There's not much in common between classical music and hardcore metal. But a new, free music festival in Bloomington looks to find the common ground.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though goth metal is a tiny niche in the U.S. ― easily topped by Evanescence, playing the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater on Sept. 11 ...

Gallows Majesty is doing something different. At least when considering Lincoln's contemporary metal music gamut, Gallows Majesty's brand of early '80s synchronized, speed-shredding guitar, galloping ...

Horns up! There is nothing like listening to insane guitar riffs, heavy bass, soaring, even growling vocals, and a powerful drum beat. Even better, much of metal music is based on classical theory.

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...