Symphony's music combines melody and power with interesting and powerful vocals. Strong metal riffs goes with melody and complex harmonies of keyboards and interesting section of drums and bass. The term metal is sometimes too specific a categorisation for Symphony. You can find various elements of music in bands material, and sometimes it's not so easy to understand idea of melody. Because of many different influences, progressive harmony, powerful guitars and homogenous aspects of Symphony's music the band called it melodic metal.
Symphony was formed in 1995. In early years band played music inspired by doom metal. At first the band was named Dark Doom. The first demo tape was recorded in 1996 then, the band changed name to Symphony of Despair. In 1998, after many personal changes, the band recorded first significant material entitled "Półcienie" ("Halfshadows"). The band was an instant hit in the underground scene till '99. Then the lead guitarist and the bassist left, and musicians abandoned playing. But in 2001 they discovered that they could not live without music and started to look for a new musicians. In a new composition, they started to make new material as 'Symphony', different than the first songs. Music has evolved towards a progressive atmosphere. In 2006 they invited a new vocalist (because the previous going abroad), and started to prepare new material.
On April 2008 Symphony release a new longplay called "Mind Reflections".

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