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• Abigail Williams
  Abigail Williams (band)
  Abigail Williams is an American metal band, originally from Phoenix, Arizona, but now based in Los Angeles. Formed in 2004, the group would suffer constant changes to their line-up...
  
  
• Adagio
  Adagio (band)
  Adagio is a French progressive metal band formed in 2001 by guitarist Stephan Forté. Adagio's music is known by its technical precision and dark orchestration. Adagio keeps unqiue complex lead workings which are complimented with a powerful and driving rhythm section...
  
  
• Across The Sun
  Across the Sun
  Across The Sun is an American, progressive, symphonic metal band formed in 2004 from Portland, Oregon, USA. In 2010, Across The Sun signed to their current label Metal Blade Records and released their first full-length debut album, Before The Night Takes Us, which succeeds three previously released...
  
  
• Aesma Daeva
  Aesma Daeva (band)
  Aesma Daeva is a symphonic metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.-Early:Aesma Daeva formed out of the early collaboration of Nick Copernicus and John Prassas in La Crosse, Wisconsin circa 1998...
  
  
• After Forever
  After Forever
  After Forever was a Dutch symphonic metal band with strong progressive metal influences. The band relied on the use of both soprano vocals and death grunts. In February 2009, it was announced that After Forever had disbanded.-Biography:...
  
  
• Almora
  Almora (band)
  - History :Almora was founded in 2001 as a musical project of the Turkish musician Soner Canozer. After the release of the EP Standing Still & Cyrano they published their debut album Gates of Time in 2002 on the Turkish label Zihni Müzik...
  
  
• Amberian Dawn
  Amberian Dawn
  Amberian Dawn is a Finnish symphonic power metal band, formed in 2006 by Tuomas Seppälä and Tommi Kuri. Their third album End of Eden was released on Spinefarm Records in October 2010.-Atheme One :...
  
  
• Angtoria
  Angtoria
  Angtoria is a symphonic metal band composed of British singer Sarah Jezebel Deva and Swedish brothers Chris Rehn , and Tommy Rehn ....
  
  
• Anorexia Nervosa
  Anorexia Nervosa (band)
  Anorexia Nervosa is a French symphonic black metal band that started as an industrial metal act from Limoges, France. The band was formed in 1995 and was active for ten years thereafter...
  
  
• Antestor
  Antestor
  Antestor is an extreme metal band formed in 1990 in Jessheim, Norway. Credited for starting the whole northern European Christian extreme metal scene, Antestor is the only Christian band to have an album released by Cacophonous Records, which has also released records by bands such as Dimmu Borgir,...
  
  
• Apocalyptica
  Apocalyptica
  Apocalyptica is a band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 1993. The band is composed of classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso and drummer Mikko Sirén...
  
  
• Aquaria
  Aquaria (band)
  Aquaria is a symphonic power metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The band was formed in 1999, and was originally known as Uirapuru, under which name they released two demos: Here Comes The Life and Flames Of Trinity. In 2005, the band released their debut album Luxaeterna through Scarecrow...
  
  
• Arcturus
  Arcturus (band)
  Arcturus is an avant-garde metal band formed in Norway in 1987. They named it Arcturus , after the Behenian fixed star Arcturus.-Biography:The band has released four official full-length albums...
  
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• Arthemesia
  Arthemesia
  Arthemesia was a Finnish black metal/melodic black metal band active between 1994 and 2010. The band derives their name from Artemisia absinthium, Latin for wormwood, thought to have many spiritual qualities...
  
  
• Atargatis
  Atargatis (band)
  Atargatis is a symphonic metal band from Germany, formed in 1997 in Regensburg.- Current Line-Up :*Stephanie Luzie – Vocals*Artur Vladinovskij - Guitar*Lord Lornhold – Bass, backing vocals*Tialupa - Violin*Shadrak – Drums- Former members :...
  
  
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• Avantasia
  Avantasia
  Avantasia is a heavy metal project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist and frontman of the band Edguy. The project's title is a portmanteau of the words "avalon" and "fantasia" and describes "a world beyond human imagination"...
  
  
• Ayreon
  Ayreon
  Ayreon is a project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen.Ayreon's musical style derives mostly from heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica...
  
  

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• Bal-Sagoth
  Bal-Sagoth
  Bal-Sagoth is a symphonic black metal band from Yorkshire, England, formed in 1993.Originally formed as an epic/symphonic black metal band with strong death metal elements, vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts took the name 'Bal-Sagoth' from the Robert E. Howard short story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth"...
  
  
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• Beto Vázquez Infinity
  Beto Vázquez Infinity
  Beto Vázquez Infinity is an Argentine metal band from Buenos Aires, formed in 2001.-Biography:After the split-up of Nepal, the Argentinean bass player and songwriter Beto Vazquez continued enlarging his musical horizons, always accumulating new ideas, and with the hope of finally making a group of...
  
  
• The Black Mages
  The Black Mages
  The Black Mages were a Japanese instrumental rock band formed in 2002 by Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui and Tsuyoshi Sekito - three composers for Square Enix. The band arranged Uematsu's Final Fantasy video game series-based compositions in a rock style often similar to progressive metal, achieved...
  
  

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• Carach Angren
  Carach Angren
  Carach Angren is a symphonic black metal band from the Netherlands, formed by two members of Vaultage. Their style is characterised by prominent use of orchestral arrangements...
  
  
• Carpathian Forest
  Carpathian Forest
  Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990.-Biography:Carpathian Forest emerged with the demo tape "Bloodlust and Perversion" in 1992. In 1993 the band released a second demo: Journey Through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern...
  
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• Catharsis
  Catharsis (Russian band)
  Catharsis is a Russian symphonic power metal band founded in 1996.-Biography:The band was founded in Moscow in 1996 by guitarist Igor Polakov and vocalist Sergey Bendrikov. In its demo albums the band played a kind of death doom metal, but since their second album, "Febris Erotica", they turned to...
  
  
• Ceremonial Castings
  Ceremonial Castings
  Ceremonial Castings are an American black metal band from Washington. They describe themselves as "American Deathphonic Black metal", but predominantly play symphonic black metal with prominent use of keyboards and some death metal influences. To date, their most notable live performance has been...
  
  
• Chthonic
  Chthonic (band)
  Chthonic is a Taiwanese metal band, formed in 1995 in Taipei. The group incorporates influences from traditional Taiwanese music including the classical Asian instrument erhu...
  
  
• Coronatus
  Coronatus
  -Band history:Coronatus was founded in 1999 by Georgios Grigoriadis and Mats Kurth, and the single Von Engeln nur was recorded in 2003. Grigoriadis left at the end of 2004 and, under Kurth, the group took on two new singers, Carmen R. Schäfer and Viola Schuch. Fabian Merkt joined in early 2006,...
  
  
• Crimson Moonlight
  Crimson Moonlight
  Crimson Moonlight is a Swedish Christian black metal band which was formed in the summer of 1997 with the mere intention of recording a primitive old school black metal demo and playing one show before breaking up. However, the breakup never happened, and they have since recorded two EPs and two...
  
  

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• Darkane
  Darkane
  Darkane is a melodic death / progressive thrash metal band that originated in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1998. Their music contains ample thrash elements interspersed with acoustic interludes and symphonic features, such as the in studio use of synthesizers and occasionally full orchestras and choir...
  
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• Dark Lunacy
  Dark Lunacy
  Dark Lunacy is an Italian melodic death metal band, often using a string quartet-Biography:The band was founded in 1997 by singer Mike Lunacy and guitarist Enomys. It was not until 1999, with the addition of drummer Baijkal and bassist Harpad, that the band became complete and released their first...
  
  
• Dark Moor
  Dark Moor
  Dark Moor is a Spanish power metal band from Madrid. Formed in 1993, they produced three full-length albums before undergoing a line-up change in which three members left the band to form their own project, Dreamaker...
  
  
• Darkwoods My Betrothed
  Darkwoods My Betrothed
  Darkwoods My Betrothed are a black metal band from Kitee, Finland.Formed in 1992 as Virgin Cunt, they set out to be the "most blasphemous black metal band in Europe", in a rather tongue-in-cheek sense. After recording a couple demos under this name, the band started to take themselves a lot more...
  
  
• Delain
  Delain
  Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band. The band was founded by the ex-keyboardist of Within Temptation, Martijn Westerholt.-Founding:Delain was founded by Martijn Westerholt and Charlotte Wessels. Westerholt is the ex-keyboardist and brother of one of the founders of Within Temptation, Robert...
  
  
• Derdian
  Derdian
  Derdian is a power metal band from Milan, Italy. The band was formed in 1998.- Biography :'Henry Pistolese' and Marco Covelli founded the band in 1998 and initially intended it to be a thrash metal style. The two founders were joined in this project by Luigi Trapani and Samuele Carrari . They...
  
  
• Diabolical Masquerade
  Diabolical Masquerade
  Diabolical Masquerade was a Swedish one-man black metal band with progressive influences. The band was formed in 1993 in Stockholm as side project of Anders Nyström , known for his work as the guitarist of Katatonia.- History :...
  
  
• Diablo Swing Orchestra
  Diablo Swing Orchestra
  Diablo Swing Orchestra is a Swedish avant-garde metal band. The band was formed in 2003. They have released two albums: The Butcher's Ballroom in 2006, and Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious in 2009.-Mythology:...
  
  
• Dimmu Borgir
  Dimmu Borgir
  Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1993. Dimmu borgir means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse. The name is derived from a volcanic formation in Iceland, Dimmuborgir...
  
  
• Divinefire
  Divinefire
  Divinefire is a Christian Symphonic Power metal group founded in the spring of 2004 by Finnish guitarist Jani Stefanovic, and Swedish singer Christian Liljegren. Liljegren is the former frontman of the band Narnia....
  
  
• Dol Ammad
  Dol Ammad
  Dol Ammad is a heavy metal band formed in 2000 by Greek keyboard player Thanasis Lightbridge. Dol Ammad is characterizeded with instrumentation which layers conventional metal instrumentation , synthesizers, and the vocal support of a fourteen member four-part choir...
  
  
• DOMINIA
  Dominia (band)
  Dominia is a Russian melodic death metal band formed in Saint Petersburg in 1999.-Current members:*Anton Rosa - Vocals, Guitar*Dmitry "Casper" Rishko - Violin, Keyboards*Daniel - Guitar*Oleg "Papa" Filistovich - Drums*Ilya "Pin" Kononov - Bass...
  
  
• Dornenreich
  Dornenreich
  Dornenreich is an ambient music band from Austria, founded in 1996. They initially played melodic black metal and changed to neofolk-influenced ambient with Her von welken Nächten...
  
  
• Draconian
  Draconian
  Draconian is an adjective meaning great severity, that derives from Draco, an Athenian law scribe under whom small offences had heavy punishments .Draconian may also refer to:* Draconian , a Death/doom metal band from Sweden...
  
  
• Dragonland
  Dragonland
  Dragonland is a power metal musical group from Sweden. The group is most notable for basing their two first albums upon the self-produced The Dragonland Chronicles fantasy saga and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by Elias Holmlid...
  
  
• DragonLord
  Dragonlord (band)
  Dragonlord is an American symphonic black metal band that was formed in 2001 as a side project by Eric Peterson & Steve DiGiorgio of Testament, and Steve Smyth of Nevermore. The band is a result of Eric Peterson's interest in darker music, and not being able to do that with Testament he formed...
  
  
• Dreams of Sanity
  Dreams of Sanity
  Dreams of Sanity was a gothic metal band from Austria. Founded in 1991, they released three full-length albums, before disbanding in 2002. Many of their songs are about Buddha...
  
  

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• Edenbridge
  Edenbridge (band)
  Edenbridge is a symphonic metal band from Austria.-History:Edenbridge was formed in 1998 by guitarist and keyboardist Lanvall, his girlfriend - vocalist Sabine Edelsbacher - and bassist Kurt Bednarsky. The line-up was completed when drummer Roland Navratil joined the band...
  
  
• Elis
  Elis (band)
  Elis is a gothic metal band from Liechtenstein, formed by Sabine Dünser and Pete Streit in 2003 after the split of Erben der Schöpfung in 2002.-God's Silence, Devil's Temptation:...
  
  
• Emperor
  Emperor (band)
  Emperor was a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. They dissolved in 2001, but reunited in 2006 and again in 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours. The group was founded by Samoth and Ihsahn .-Biography:...
  
  
• Enslavement of Beauty
  Enslavement of Beauty
  Enslavement of Beauty is a symphonic black metal band from Norway. Enslavement of Beauty was formed in January 1995 by Ole Alexander Myrholt and Tony Eugene Tunheim . The band spent the subsequent years composing and recording material and thereby developed their expression...
  
  
• Epica
  Epica (band)
  Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen subsequent to his departure from After Forever. They are known for their symphonic sound and the use of female vocals and male growls performed by Simone Simons and Mark Jansen, respectively. All six members write...
  
  
• Estatic Fear
  Estatic Fear
  Estatic Fear is an Austrian symphonic metal band. Their songs include elements of several different genres, such as Classical, doom metal, Gothic metal, black metal, and folk music.- History :The band was founded in the year of 1994 with the intent of combining both classical melodies, Dark metal...
  
  
• Eternal Tears of Sorrow
  Eternal Tears of Sorrow
  Eternal Tears of Sorrow is a Finnish symphonic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland...
  
  
• Eyes of Eden
  Eyes of Eden
  Eyes of Eden is a German symphonic metal band founded in 2005 by multi-instrumentalist and record producer Waldemar Sorychta. Sorychta initially chose Sandra Schleret as the singer, but she became ill and could not finish the recordings for the first studio album. She was replaced by the...
  
  

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• Fairyland
  Fairyland (band)
  Fairyland is a symphonic power/speed metal band from France.-Biography:The band was created in 1998 by keyboardist Philippe Giordana together with bassist/drummer Willdric Lievin. The two musicians shared the same passion for epic and symphonic Heavy Metal...
  
  
• Fleshgod Apocalypse
  Fleshgod Apocalypse
  Fleshgod Apocalypse is an Italian symphonic technical death metal band.-Biography:Fleshgod Apocalypse was formed during 2007 and recorded their first demo the same year. The demo was re-released the following year on a split CD with fellow Italian bands Septycal Gorge, Modus Delicti, and Onirik....
  
  
• Forest Stream
  Forest Stream
  Forest Stream is a symphonic black / doom / Gothic metal band formed in Chernogolovka, Russia in 1995. The band draws inspiration from long and harsh Russian winters. Stylistically, the band's epic sound combines the atmosphere of the British doom metal of the 1990s and of the Norwegian black...
  
  
• Forever Slave
  Forever Slave
  Forever Slave is a Spanish symphonic-gothic metal band founded by Servalath and vocalist Lady Angellyca in 2000.They recorded two demos, "Hate" and "Schwarzer Engel", in 2000 and 2001 respectively, returning with another demo in 2004, "Resurrection"....
  
  
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• Galneryus
  Galneryus
  Galneryus is a power/neo-classical metal band from Osaka, Japan that formed in 2001.- 2001–2002: Formation and indie days :Galneryus was formed in 2001 by guitarist Syu along with vocalist Masahiro "Yama-B" Yamaguchi...
  
  
• Graveworm
  Graveworm
  Graveworm is a symphonic black metal band from Bruneck, Italy with strong influences from gothic metal .-History:...
  
  

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• Haggard
  Haggard (band)
  Haggard is a German symphonic metal musical group founded in 1991. The group combines classical music and early music with doom metal.-Background:...
  
  
• HB
  HB (band)
  HB is a Christian symphonic metal band, formed in Forssa, Finland in 2002. They recorded a demo, four albums in Finnish language with the English versions of three of them, two singles, and a live DVD filmed at the Festival Maata Näkyvissä .Concerning the origin and meaning of the initials HB,...
  
  
• Hecate Enthroned
  Hecate Enthroned
  Hecate Enthroned are a symphonic black metal band from Cheshire, England.-Biography :The band formed in 1993 under the name Daemonum by singer Jon and guitarist Nigel, as a black/death metal hybrid. After a few practices and recording a demo, vocalist Jon left the band after taking up an offer to...
  
  
• Herjalf
  Herjalf
  Herjalf is a Polish Gothic metal band from Jelenia Góra and currently has three members. Their music is enriched with characteristic symphonic metal elements and operatic voice of vocalist....
  
  
• Hevein
• Hollenthon
  Hollenthon
  Hollenthon is a melodic death metal band from Austria. The band includes many symphonic elements in their work, while their earlier material contains some black metal influence.-History:...
  
  
• HolyHell
  HolyHell
  HolyHell is a power metal band, formed in 2005, who are being produced by Joey DeMaio of Manowar. The band has delayed the release of their debut album, choosing instead to tour with Manowar and Rhapsody of Fire....
  
  

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• Kamelot
  Kamelot
  Kamelot is an American symphonic power metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album Siége Perilous, and shared song-writing duties with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011.As of 2010,...
  
  
• Kingfisher Sky
  Kingfisher Sky
  Kingfisher Sky is a Dutch progressive metal band from The Hague, South Holland. Their debut album Hallway of Dreams, was released in October 2007 on Suburban Records.-History:...
  
  
• Krypteria
  Krypteria
  Krypteria is a symphonic metal band from Germany. Originating from a 2001 "pop musical theatre studio project" of the same name, the idea was to use different vocalists, though German-Korean singer Ji-In Cho assumed the role of lead vocalist in 2004...
  
  

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• Labirent
  Labirent
  Labirent is a progressive rock/metal band formed in Ankara, Turkey, in 1987. In the early times of rock music in Turkey, when the style was considered very strange and was treated by many as a piece of rubbish, two brave musicians, Serhat Koçak and Yavuz Selim Sarıcı founded this band and...
  
  
• Lacrimosa
  Lacrimosa (band)
  Lacrimosa is a duo led by German Tilo Wolff, the main composer, and Finnish Anne Nurmi, currently based in Switzerland, but originally from Germany...
  
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• Leaves' Eyes
  Leaves' Eyes
  Leaves' Eyes is a German-Norwegian symphonic metal band from Stavanger, Norway and Ludwigsburg, Germany. They were formed in 2003 by Liv Kristine, the former lead singer of Theatre of Tragedy and the entire line-up of Atrocity...
  
  
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• Luca Turilli
  Luca Turilli (band)
  Luca Turilli is the self-named power metal solo band of Italian guitarist Luca Turilli, originally assembled in 1999.-Biography:The band was founded by Luca Turilli, guitarist of Rhapsody...
  
  
• Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
  Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
  Luca Turilli's Dreamquest is a Power metal band led by Italian musician Luca Turilli, known for his work in the band Rhapsody of Fire . Luca Turilli's name was added to the "Dreamquest" title to avoid confusion with a little-known French band. Turilli developed the band after many years of work...
  
  
• Lunatica
  Lunatica
  Lunatica is a symphonic metal band from band that was formed in Suhr, Switzerland. Lunatica was formed in the winter of 1998. The band consists of Andrea Dätwyler , Sandro D’Incau , Emilio Barrantes , Alex Seiberl , and Ronny Wolf...
  
  
• Lux Occulta
  Lux Occulta
  Lux Occulta was a Polish avant-garde metal band, founded in late 1994. Their work, also strongly influenced by progressive metal and black metal, commonly incorporates elaborate arrangements often featuring multiple sections and unpredictable time changes.- Biography :The band was started when...
  
  

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• Magica
  Magica (band)
  Magica is a Romanian female-fronted power metal band.- History :Magica started in February 2002 as a project of Bogdan Costea, guitarist of a local gothic metal band, Interitus Dei. The reason for starting this band was Bogdan's desire to play the music that he likes: heavy metal & melodic...
  
  
• Malice Mizer
  Malice Mizer
  Malice Mizer was a visual kei rock band from Japan. They were active from August 1992 to December 2001. Formed by Mana and Közi, the band's name stands for "malice and misery", extracted from "nothing but a being of malice and misery" — their reply to the question "what is human?"...
  
  
• Matenrou Opera
  Matenrou Opera
  is a Japanese visual kei metal band. The band was formed in 2007 by Sono and Yuu who were previously the vocalist and drummer of Jeniva. Their first maxi-single was on the Office A to Z label...
  
  
• MaYaN
  MaYaN (band)
  MaYaN is a Dutch symphonic death metal band founded by vocalist Mark Jansen, keyboardist Jack Driessen and guitarist Frank Schiphorst. The name of the band was chosen by Jansen out of his fascination for the ancient Maya civilization.-Line-up:...
  
  
• Mechanical Poet
  Mechanical Poet
  Mechanical Poet is a Russian metal band formed in Moscow in 2002. The band releases concept albums in post-prog and progressive metal genres with original orchestral arrangements and electronic instruments.-History:...
  
  
• Meden Agan
• Midnattsol
  Midnattsol
  Midnattsol is a Symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway, The band was formed in 2002 by singer Carmen Elise Espenæs and guitarist Christian Hector.- History :...
  
  
• Moi dix Mois
  Moi dix Mois
  Moi dix Mois is a musical project founded by Japanese musician and fashion designer Mana in 2002 after his previous band, Malice Mizer, paused activities.- History :...
  
  
• Metalasia
  Metalasia
  Metalasia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae....
  
  
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• Necromantia
  Necromantia
  Necromantia is a Greek black metal band that was founded in 1989 in Athens, Greece.- History :A dominant characteristic is the lack of rhythm guitar in their music, which is substituted by an eight-string bass guitar...
  
  
• Nemesea
  Nemesea
  Nemesea is a Dutch female-fronted Symphonic metal band with pop and rock influences, formed in 2002 in Groningen. Their musical style has been compared to that of After Forever-Biography:...
  
  
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• Nightwish
  Nightwish
  Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...
  
  
• Northern Kings
  Northern Kings
  Northern Kings is a Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup, made up of four musicians who have already become well known in their existing bands: Jarkko Ahola from Teräsbetoni, ex-Dreamtale, Marco Hietala from Nightwish and Tarot, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from...
  
  

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• Rain Fell Within
  Rain Fell Within
  Rain Fell Within was a symphonic gothic metal band from Virginia, USA. They are known for their atmospheric sound, symphonic arrangements and female soprano vocals.-History:...
  
  
• Rhapsody of Fire
  Rhapsody of Fire
  Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian symphonic power metal band led by Alex Staropoli. Since forming in 1993, the band has released eight studio albums, one live album, two EPs, and a live DVD...
  
  
• Rotting Christ
  Rotting Christ
  Rotting Christ is a Greek black metal band formed in 1987. They are noted for being one of the first black metal bands within this region, as well as a premier act within the European underground metal scene.- Line-up :...
  
  
• Royal Hunt
  Royal Hunt
  Royal Hunt is a progressive metal band based in Denmark, founded in 1989 by keyboardist Andre Andersen. The band is known for creating melodic music with a progressive and symphonic flair. They made a huge success during mid-90s with their classic albums Moving Target and Paradox mainly in Japan...
  
  
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• ReinXeed
  ReinXeed
  ReinXeed is a symphonic/power metal band from Boden, Sweden. They were formed in 2004 by vocalist Tommy Johansson. They are influenced by soundtrack movies such as Lord of the Rings and bands like Helloween with Michael Kiske, and Rhapsody of Fire....
  
  

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• Savatage
  Savatage
  Savatage is an American heavy metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida.-Early days :...
  
  
• Saviour Machine
  Saviour Machine
  Saviour Machine is an American Christian metal band that formed in 1989. They have released five studio albums and two live albums on Frontline and subsequently on MCM Music, distributed through Massacre Records...
  
  
• Secret Sphere
  Secret Sphere
  Secret Sphere is an Italian symphonic power metal band from Alessandria formed by guitarist Aldo Lonobile in 1997.- Band members :*Aldo Lonobile − guitars*Ramon R...
  
  
• Septic Flesh
  Septic Flesh
  Septic Flesh is a death metal band from Athens, Greece, which was founded in 1990.- History :Septic Flesh was formed in March 1990 by Sotiris Vayenas , Spiros Antoniou , and Christos Antoniou , and quickly released a debut EP, Temple of the Lost Race in December 1991...
  
  
• Seraphim
  Seraphim (band)
  -History:Formed in 2001 in the City of Taipei, Taiwan, they recorded their first song "Love Hate" for a demo weeks later, gaining notice and eventually a contract from Magnum Music in April...
  
  
• Serenity
  Serenity (band)
  Serenity is a melodic power metal band from Austria with progressive, power and symphonic influences.- Biography :Serenity was founded in Tyrol, Austria in January 2001 receiving "fine reviews" for their first demo "Starseed V.R.". In 2003/2004, three of the original members left the band. The...
  
  
• Shade Empire
  Shade Empire
  Shade Empire is a Finnish symphonic black metal band, formed in 1999 in the city of Kuopio.Shade Empire's prevalent lyrical subjects are Satanism, anti-religion, death, destruction, hatred and pain...
  
  
• Shaman
• Sirenia
  Sirenia (band)
  Sirenia is a gothic metal band from Stavanger, Norway which incorporates a mixture of gothic metal and symphonic metal, as well as extreme metal and death metal elements...
  
  
• Sirrah
  Sirrah (band)
  Sirrah was a progressive gothic metal band from Southwestern Poland. They formed in 1992, released two albums, and disbanded in 1999 due to financial issues. Their music includes elements from death metal, doom metal, and later industrial metal...
  
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• Skillet
  Skillet (band)
  Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1996. The band currently consists of husband and wife John and Korey Cooper , along with Jen Ledger and lead guitarist Seth Morrison. The band has released eight albums, two receiving Grammy nominations: Collide and Comatose...
  
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• Skyfire
  Skyfire (band)
  Skyfire is a melodic death metal band from Höör, Sweden.-Biography:Skyfire was formed in the town of Höör, Sweden in 1995 by Andreas Edlund , Martin Hanner , Jonas Sjögren and Tobias Björk . The four were friends since high school and had similar tastes in music. The band recorded two demos:...
  
  
• Sons of Seasons
  Sons of Seasons
  Sons of Seasons is a German symphonic metal band formed by Kamelot keyboardist Oliver Palotai. Their debut album Gods of Vermin was released in 2009, and their second album Magnisphyricon was released on April 1, 2011....
  
  
• Sound Horizon
  Sound Horizon
  Sound Horizon, abbreviated by fans as Sanhora , is a Japanese musical group with composer Revo as the leader. They call themselves the "fantasy band" and have released their works that closely resemble suites.-History:...
  
  
• Stravaganzza
  Stravaganzza
  Stravaganzza is a Symphonic metal/Gothic metal band from Madrid, Spain formed in 2004, the band has since released 3 studio albums and one EP. They combines element of extreme metal such as gothic metal, death metal, doom metal and black metal with heavily orchestrated symphonic metal and...
  
  
• Stream of Passion
  Stream of Passion
  Stream of Passion is a progressive metal band with symphonic metal and gothic metal influences founded by Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Marcela Bovio. Because the musicians in the band lived thousands of miles apart, Lucassen composed the group's debut album, Embrace the Storm, over the Internet...
  
  
• Summoning
  Summoning (band)
  Summoning is an Austrian black metal band. They are known in part due to their extensive use of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology as lyrical subject.-Biography:...
  
  
• Susperia
  Susperia
  Susperia is a Norwegian black/thrash metal band formed in October 1998 by Tjodalv and Cyrus.The band was originally named Seven Sins, but since there was another band with that name they changed it to the title of the horror film Suspiria, but changed the spelling to avoid copyright issues...
  
  
• Suspyre
  Suspyre
  -About the band:Suspyre's sound is heavily influenced by a wide variety of musicians and bands; most prominently: Dream Theater, Opeth, Symphony X, Mahler, Stravinsky, Mozart and Bach....
  
  
• Symphonia
  Symphonia
  Symphonia is a much-discussed word, applied at different times to the bagpipe, the drum, the hurdy-gurdy, and finally a kind of clavichord...
  
  
• Symphony X
  Symphony X
  Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.Founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo, their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community...
  
  

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• Tarja
  Tarja Turunen
  Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli is a Finnish singer-songwriter and composer. She is a full lyric soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves....
  
  
• Theatres des Vampires
  Theatres des Vampires
  Theatres des Vampires is an Italian gothic metal band with strong black metal influences, mostly noted for the predominant theme of vampirism within their lyrics.-History and background:In 1994, Alessandro Nunziati form Theatres des Vampires....
  
  
• Therion
  Therion (band)
  Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion , meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation...
  
  
• Thy Majestie
  Thy Majestie
  Thy Majestie is an Italian Power metal band that formed in 2000. Their music is typically cinematic, epic, symphonic, progressive and darker than typical power metal with symphonic influences. They have released four full-length albums.-Biography:...
  
  
• Thy Serpent
  Thy Serpent
  Thy Serpent is a blackened doom metal/symphonic black metal band from Espoo, Finland. It started out as a solo project by Sami Tenetz.- History :...
  
  
• Tiamat
  Tiamat (band)
  -Biography:Initially, the band played straightforward black metal under the name Treblinka. After having recorded the album Sumerian Cry in 1989, vocalist/guitarist Johan Edlund and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat...
  
  
• Trail of Tears
  Trail of Tears (band)
  Trail of Tears is a Norwegian gothic/symphonic black metal band originally formed in 1994 by vocalist Ronny Thorsen, under the name of Natt...
  
  
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra
  Trans-Siberian Orchestra
  Trans-Siberian Orchestra is an American progressive metal band founded in 1993 by producer, composer, and lyricist Paul O'Neill, who brought together Jon Oliva and Al Pitrelli and keyboardist and co-producer Robert Kinkel to form the core of the creative team. Since then, TSO sold nearly 8...
  
  
• Tristania
  Tristania (band)
  Tristania is a band from Norway, formed in 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson. Tristania's music is usually classified as symphonic gothic metal with doom/death metal influences , due to its strong ties with the goth metal's history...
  
  
• Turisas
  Turisas
  Turisas is a Finnish folk metal band from Hämeenlinna. It was founded in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström and named after an ancient Finnish God of war....
  
  
• Tvangeste
  Tvangeste
  Tvangeste is a symphonic black metal band from Russia .- Biography :* 1995 — Michael Chirva starts seeking members through advertisiments in local newspaper* 1997 — The band is officially born...
  
  
• Twilight Ophera
  Twilight Ophera
  Twilight Ophera is a symphonic black metal band from Finland. The band formed in 1996, and signed with British label Cacophonous the following year...
  
  

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• Valkyre
  Valkyre (band)
  Valkyre is a Belgian–French female-fronted symphonic-gothic metal band founded by guitarist Kris Scheerlinck subsequent to his departure from Sengir.-History:...
  
  
• Veni Domine
  Veni Domine
  Veni Domine is a Christian progressive doom metal band. The band was founded in 1987 in Sollentuna, Sweden.Veni Domine combines down-tempo melodic heavy metal, symphonic metal and doom metal with occasional touches of gothic. Originally, the vocalist Fredrik Ohlsson represented operatic,...
  
  
• Versailles
  Versailles (Japanese band)
  Versailles is a Japanese visual kei metal band formed in 2007. Their key characteristics are their rococo-esque costumes, dueling guitars and heavy but melodic arrangements....
  
  
• Vesania
  Vesania
  Vesania, , is a Polish symphonic black metal/blackened death metal band. They were formed in 1997 by Orion, Daray, and Heinrich. Later members were Annahvahr and Hatrah, who left the band in 1999 and was replaced by Siegmar....
  
  
• Vesperian Sorrow
  Vesperian Sorrow
  Vesperian Sorrow is a symphonic black metal band from Austin, Texas founded in 1994. They were known as Unholy Descent until they changed their name to Vesperian Sorrow in early of 1999. Their lyrics tend to be less extreme than most black metal bands that cover themes of Satanism and...
  
  
• Virgin Black
  Virgin Black
  Virgin Black is an Australian band that combines gothic-doom and symphonic metal influences. Signed to The End Records and Germany's Massacre Records , the band has released 4 albums and 1 EP...
  
  
• Virgin Steele
  Virgin Steele
  Virgin Steele is a heavy metal band from New York, originally formed in 1981.The band released a few career highlights albums...
  
  
• Visions of Atlantis
  Visions of Atlantis
  Visions of Atlantis is a symphonic power metal band from Styria, Austria, founded in 2000. The original line-up consisted of Werner Fiedler , Mike Koren , Christian Stani , Chris Kamper , Nicole Bogner and Thomas Caser...