Well well, seems I haven't posted here in quite a while. Anyway, I've lately been listening to this radio station that plays a lot of gothic and symphonic metal mainly from Europe, and through it I've discovered a couple of interesting bands that I hadn't really heard of prior:
Indica - A gothic metal band from Finland. Many of their songs are rather upbeat with clear yet somewhat strange lyrics. Originally all their songs were sung in Finnish, but as they grew more popular, they did several songs in English as well. While some of the latter ones are interesting, I overall like the sound of their old Finnish-lyrics songs better, as the lyrics tend to be more poetic in nature. There are a couple of exceptions though, like the song Straight and Arrow, whose lyrics are... interesting, to say the least. But compare that to some of their more classic songs like Pida Kadesta, which seem to have a lot more sheer beauty to them. As a side note, I have to wonder if they had cannabis in mind while naming this band. XD
Nachtblut - They sound a lot like black metal, especially with the vocals (which are all in German as far as I know), but I think could be mainly classified as symphonic. They seem to have a distinct formula with their songs: have little or no melodic variation in the vocals, but layer those vocals on top of some beautiful symphonic music that mainly repeats. The song Gedenket der Toten is a prime example of this formula, though some of their more popular songs play up the black metal aspects a bit more, as in Ich Trinke Blut.
I'll keep discovering more in these genres (and Power Metal as well), and post anything else interesting that I find.
EDIT: I listened to that Stallion song near the top of the page, and actually liked it a bit. (The melody is a bit bland though, so I imagine that's why junkieloser called it painfully boring.) Sounds like power metal, so it's right up my alley. I'll have to check them out a bit more.
Indica - A gothic metal band from Finland. Many of their songs are rather upbeat with clear yet somewhat strange lyrics. Originally all their songs were sung in Finnish, but as they grew more popular, they did several songs in English as well. While some of the latter ones are interesting, I overall like the sound of their old Finnish-lyrics songs better, as the lyrics tend to be more poetic in nature. There are a couple of exceptions though, like the song Straight and Arrow, whose lyrics are... interesting, to say the least. But compare that to some of their more classic songs like Pida Kadesta, which seem to have a lot more sheer beauty to them. As a side note, I have to wonder if they had cannabis in mind while naming this band. XD
Nachtblut - They sound a lot like black metal, especially with the vocals (which are all in German as far as I know), but I think could be mainly classified as symphonic. They seem to have a distinct formula with their songs: have little or no melodic variation in the vocals, but layer those vocals on top of some beautiful symphonic music that mainly repeats. The song Gedenket der Toten is a prime example of this formula, though some of their more popular songs play up the black metal aspects a bit more, as in Ich Trinke Blut.
I'll keep discovering more in these genres (and Power Metal as well), and post anything else interesting that I find.
EDIT: I listened to that Stallion song near the top of the page, and actually liked it a bit. (The melody is a bit bland though, so I imagine that's why junkieloser called it painfully boring.) Sounds like power metal, so it's right up my alley. I'll have to check them out a bit more.
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