Symphonic Metal Day

We had no idea that there was a Symphonic Metal Day,  so here we are, posting some Symphonic Metal music. This is Mum's favourite genre, and as she has been feeling quite sad lately, I thought I'd let her indulge herself. Music always makes her feel better. Not as better as I can make her feel, but she always calms down a bit after she's listened to some tunes.

Symphonic Metal has been Mum's favourite music genre since she discovered the Finnish metal band Nightwish 11 years ago. She finds the music so inspiring - it's a mixture of classical music with metal. Mum has always loved classical music and she's always loved rock and metal.

The music of Nightwish, and indeed other bands of the same genre, has inspired Mum's writing. It's what she listened to while writing her fantasy novels.

I like a lot of what Mum listens to and I quite like Nightwish. She has almost everything they have released so that means instrumental versions of their albums and orchestral ones. I favour the orchestral versions as cats do tend to love classical and instrumental music. Metal is a bit too loud for my liking.

I love soundtracks too - Outlander is one of my faves. But let's get back to Symphonic, shall we?

Here are some of Mum's favourites.

I like the first one the best because it's a nice song to nap to. I like it when Mum does her singing and she performs this song. Only in her bedroom, mind you.


The next song is Mum's favourite.