Thread: ~*^Symphonic Metal^*~

I loved you, but you didn't post a Nightwish song, so now I just like you.

And I suck at embedding videos, so someone else will have to do that.

Originally Posted by The Invisible Man

I loved you, but you didn't post a Nightwish song, so now I just like you.

And I suck at embedding videos, so someone else will have to do that.

It takes a good day for me to be in the Nightwish mood.



Today is hardly one of those days. Posted only for posterity.

Uh, you posted a non-Tarja Nightwish song. WRONG!

Try a song from "Once."

EDIT: WakataDreamer, that's better, since Annete isn't singing in there.

Yeah I love Nightwish as well, but I had Kamelot on the brain.

Sry

Maybe I can make it up to you with my two fave Nightwish songs...



Last of the Wilds

...and...



Moondance (the colors are off, but the colors aren't what your listening too, are they?)

Edit -

Oops, Last of the Wilds is non-Tarja. Sry, Mr. Particular

But Moondance isn't!

Originally Posted by The Invisible Man

EDIT: WakataDreamer, that's better, since Annete isn't singing in there.

Whoa, pretty devoted there aren't you.

Gotta love symphonic metal. Check out Within Temptation (especially the last album), Epica, Nightwish, After Forever, Rhapsody of Fire.

I'm addicted to the genre.

Dreamflight (After Forever) - song talks about lucid dreaming:



//my dream is to sing like that. Progressed a lot thus far.

I could spend all night posting hundreds of vids, but the staff would probably complain +.+

Now we're talking...

Nightwish:

Last of the Wilds
Moondance
Ocean Soul
Nemo
Amaranth
A Final Dream
Phantom of the Opera
Meadows of Heaven
7 Days to the Wolves
While Your Lips Are Still Red
Wish I Had An Angel
Wishmaster

Blind Guardian:

Skalds and Shadows
And Then There Was Silence
Carry the Blessed Home
Harvest of Sorrow
Mirror Mirror
Nightfall
Mr. Sandman
Welcome to Dying
Celtic Spirit
Beyond the Realms of Death

Kamelot:

Moonlight
Ghost Opera
Wings of Despair
Karma
When the Lights Are Down

Iced Earth:

Melancholy

Epica:

Sensorium
Facade of Reality
Blank Infinity
Cry For the Moon
Feint
Never Enough
The Last Crusade

After Forever:

Who wants to Live Forever - Awesome cover of the famous Queen song. Best cover I've ever heard.
Energize Me
Beautiful Emptiness
Follow In the Cry

Hammerfall:

Crimson Thunder
Let the Hammer Fall
Templars of Steel

Lacuna Coil:

A Current Obsession
Enjoy the Silence
Closer
Falling Again
Heaven's A Lie
Unspoken
Within Me

Leaves' Eyes:

Into Your Light
Legend Land
A Winter Poem
Tale Of The Sea Maid
Vinland Saga
Norwegian Lovesong
The Thorn
Elegy


Many more I'll list later. I'm far too lazy to hunt down videos for all of these, especially since I can't watch them on my connection anyways, but there are a few of my favorites.

My favorite is Nightquest by Nightwish. *cries* Why did Tarja leave!? I can't find her reason anywhere. Annette's still good but nowhere near Tarja.

I think Phantom of the Opera was a great remake by Nightwish, but I didn't like the male's voice for that part. I like Symphony X, personally http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxI6RYxt2p0

Doing lists are we? Well....

Nightwish
Nemo
7 Days to the Wolves
Sahara
Planet Hell
Over the Hills and Far Away
I am aware of the irony of my Annete bashing from before and having two songs of her era being up there. HOWEVER, she is decent in concert and I LOVE her blonde hair.

Within Temptation
Stand My Ground
The Howling
Jillian
The Cross
Solemn Hour

Lacuna Coil
I Won't Tell You
Heaven's a Lie (even though I'm Christian. Go figure)
Closer
Our Truth
Shallow Life
They're closer to Doom Metal than symphonic, but still.

Sirenia
My Mind's Eye
The Lucid Door (see our Meta forum in a couple minutes)
The Last Call
The Other Side
The Path to Decay
Close enough.

looove symphonic metal. Im happy to see it gaining a bigger and bigger following. I do like nightwish and within temptation...however I tend to like bands that use a male singer better. such as Rhapsody (of Fire), stratovarius and Sonata Arctica. Symphonic metal along with folk metal are my two very favorite styles of music~

OHH WATAKA, both of those instrumentals top my list as well, so magical!

anyways, here's some for ya, one from each of the mentioned bands

I'm not sure what what this genre is, but someone else posted Sonatica Arctica



(HQ on Youtube)

haha, I was debating between that one and victoria >< good thing someone else shares my tastes

I just can't get into the feel of symphonic metal (which, I've recently come to the realization, is not synonymous with the term "melodic metal").

My man Slip tried to get me into Nightwish, but for some reason I can't take all the synth mumbo-jumbo seriously. I much prefer melodic metal, wherein just about every note is voiced in guitar.

mm sorry for your loss?

Eh. I'm a thrash metal man, myself.

ah, that explains it then lol. I didnt mean that in a mean way either, just saying it does lol.

Don't get me wrong, symphonic metal is usually well-composed, it's just...well, the use of synth should really be used sparingly in any kind of rock/metal, IMO. But, that's just a personal oversight of mine. I'm sure if I was some synth-worshiping techno-geek, I would eat it all up.

on the contrary...I think many fans of symphonic metal are actually fans of classical like I am. seeing as the synth is usually used as either piano of violins

Originally Posted by L&#235;zen

Don't get me wrong, symphonic metal is usually well-composed, it's just...well, the use of synth should really be used sparingly in any kind of rock/metal, IMO. But, that's just a personal oversight of mine. I'm sure if I was some synth-worshiping techno-geek, I would eat it all up.

I see nothing wrong with the synth. You must be a synth hater. To me, it doesn't really matter how the art is done, as long as it's well-made.

I'm kind of neutral on the whole synth object. I usually don't like it, but as long as the band does it well, I don't really have a problem with it.

Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the great apocalypse



I love it how it sounds like pirate music

Originally Posted by Kromoh

I see nothing wrong with the synth. You must be a synth hater. To me, it doesn't really matter how the art is done, as long as it's well-made.

And you must be a synth-loving techno-geek.

See how silly presumptuousness is?

Anyway, it's not that I don't like synth, I just like...you know...real-sounding instruments better. If you're gonna have have a song that utilizes a "string ensemble" harmony, isn't it better to find an actual string quartet or something to collaborate on your song with you, rather than just doing it the mechanical, lifeless way that synth has to offer?

That's a rhetorical question, by the way, because yes - it is better.

Originally Posted by Kromoh

I see nothing wrong with the synth. You must be a synth hater. To me, it doesn't really matter how the art is done, as long as it's well-made.

And you must be a synth-loving techno-geek.

See how silly presumptuousness is?

Anyway, it's not that I don't like synth, I just like...you know...real-sounding instruments better. If you're gonna have have a song that utilizes a "string ensemble" harmony, isn't it better to find an actual string quartet or something to collaborate on your song with you, rather than just doing it the mechanical, lifeless way that synth has to offer?

That's a rhetorical question, by the way, because yes - it is better. Authenticity always beats synthetics.

EDIT: Son of a bitch. I hate when it does that double-posting shit. In any forum, double-posting will be a problem, so you'd think each member would have enough authority to delete their own posts. *Hint, hint, admins*