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Artist: After Forever
Genre: Rock/PopOriginating in Holland, After Forever represent a distinctly new-millennium breed of heavy metal band -- one rooted in familiar styles such as doom, Gothic and power metal, but utilizing the seemingly contradictory element of a sweet, female voice to offset the music's reigning aggression. In their case, this vocalist is operatically trained... [+] Read More
Tagged by 1 person, last on March 26, 2007
Album: "Best of Apocalyptica"
by Apocalyptica
Release date: 2004
Release date: 2004
Tagged by 1 person, last on October 10, 2007
Tags:
classical, symphonic metal
Artist: Dimmu Borgir
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalBlending black metal's most brutal tendencies, the melancholic beauty of opera, and industrial metal's production techniques, Dimmu Borgir has carved a niche in the metal world as one of the most savage and creative acts to hail from the Norwegian scene. The group first started in 1993, when members Shagrath (vocals), Erkekjetter Silenoz... [+] Read More
Tagged by 1 person, last on July 13, 2007
Artist: Epica
Genre: Rock/PopOriginally calling themselves Sahara Dust, Holland's Epica formed in early 2003 when After Forever guitarist Mark Jansen decided to break away from the group he had helped found in order to start an operatic metal project all his own. After drafting teenaged mezzo-soprano Simone Simons, guitarist Ad Sluijter, keyboardist Coen Jansen, bassist... [+] Read More
Tagged by 1 person, last on March 26, 2007
Artist: Moonspell
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalHailing from the nation of Portugal, the doomy goth-metal quintet Moonspell consists of vocalist Fernando Ribeiro, guitarist Ricardo Amorim, keyboardist/programmer Pedro Paixão, bassist Sérgio Crestana, and drummer Mike Gaspar. After a poorly distributed 1994 album for the French Adipocere label, Moonspell debuted on Century Media in 1995 with... [+] Read More
Tagged by 1 person, last on August 2, 2007
Artist: Nightwish
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalFollowing in the footsteps of the Gathering and Lacuna Coil (goth-influenced "symphonic" metal bands with female vocalists), Nightwish was formed in Kitee, Finland, in 1997 by keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen. Initially attempting to create acoustic music, he recruited trained opera vocalist Tarja Turunen, but soon added full metal-band... [+] Read More
Tagged by 3 people, last on July 29, 2007
Album: "Tales of the Lovelorn & Necromantic"
by Nicodemus
Release date: 2000
Release date: 2000
Tagged by 1 person, last on January 11, 2008
Artist: Theatre of Tragedy
Genre: Rock/PopFormed out of Norway's famed black metal scene, Theatre of Tragedy combine elements of goth and metal with an added touch of drama thanks in part to the dual vocals of Raymond I. Rohonyi and Liv Kristine Espenaes. With the accompaniment of Frank Claussen (guitars), Tommy Olsson (guitars/programming), Eirik T. Saltroe (bass), Hein Frode Hansen... [+] Read More
Tagged by 1 person, last on August 2, 2007
Artist: Therion
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalFormed during the late '80s, Swedish death metal band Therion was led by vocalist, guitarist and composer Christofer Johnsson. Originally rounded out by lead guitarist Peter Hansson, bassist Erik Gustafson and drummer Oskar Forss, the group debuted in 1990 with the LP Of Darkness. Gustafson exited soon after, and as a three-piece Therion... [+] Read More
Tagged by 1 person, last on May 16, 2007
Artist: Toska
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalToska was formed in the beginning of 2007 by Serge and Irina Zhuravka, a bother and sister. After a short period of time Karina was invited into Toska as a lead singer. Toska is currently looking for a drummer to accommodate the uniqueness of its sound, which is a fusion of metal energy with catchy classical sounding riffs, melodies and song... [+] Read More
Tagged by 1 person, last on June 20, 2007
Artist: Trail of Tears
Genre: Rock/Pop
Tagged by 1 person, last on August 2, 2007
Tags:
symphonic metal
Album: "Vanity Is A Virtue"
by Nicodemus
Release date: 2005
Release date: 2005
Tagged by 1 person, last on January 11, 2008
Artist: Within Temptation
Genre: Rock/Pop
Tagged by 1 person, last on May 14, 2007
Tags:
gothic rock, symphonic metal
