Wagnerian Rock

Wagnerian rock is a musical term associated with writer and producer Jim Steinman. Amongst writers and reviewers, the term is used to refer to a merger of twentieth century rock and roll and nineteenth-century opera reminiscent of Richard Wagner and of Spector's "Wall of Sound". The music of several other rock artists has been referred to as Wagnerian rock, or simply Wagnerian. The word is sometimes used rather ambiguously in rock writing, referring to such things as bombast, Teutonic style or fantasy lyrics. The term has been applied to music by such diverse artists as progressive metal band Savatage; noted producer and songwriter Phil Spector; progressive rock bands Pink Floyd and King Crimson; and German industrial metal band Rammstein.