Neo-classical metal

Neo-classical metal is a subgenre of the heavy metal music heavily influenced by classical music and can be considered a form of

Neo-classical metal is a subgenre of the heavy metal music heavily influenced by classical music and can be considered a form of neoclassicism.

Neo-classical metal is a similar but distinct concept from neoclassicism in music. Neoclassicism refers to the movement in musical modernism in which composers drew inspiration from the Classical period, popular during the years in between the two World Wars. This type of music can be seen as a direct reaction towards the prevailing trend of 19th Century Romanticism, and of the music of Richard Wagner in particular. Composers such as Igor Stravinsky and Paul Hindemith fused elements from the music of Classical composers, such as a return to "common practice" harmony and strict adherence to form, with their own unique "advanced" harmonic vocabularies and (perhaps most importantly) rhythmic variety.