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[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by Justin101

They’re all a bit different and most have evolved their sound. For me it IS Within Temptation and their best album is (in my opinion) The Unforgiving. However, you also have Nightwish, Delain, Epica, Lacuna Coil, Visions of Atlantis etc

They all started in a similar place and now none of them sounds anything like the other.

I was listening to a band with a red head singer can't think of the name of the band right now but I really liked her voice.

[Justin101]

That might be Epica she has red hair!

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[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by Justin101

That might be Epica she has red hair!

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Yeah that's her.

[Justin101]

I shouldn't say 'she' my mum will kill me her name is Simone haha

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I shouldn't say 'she' my mum will kill me her name is Simone haha

Yeah She is the cats mother

That's the saying here anyway

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Nordicdusk

Yeah She is the cats mother

That's the saying here anyway

Since Liverpool is aka Ireland, it is here too We probably have more Irish people than Ireland does haha

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I really like Epica. Got several of their albums. The last one Omega was immense.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nordicdusk

Who is the best band in that Within Temptation type genre what ever it is?

If you were to try some i'd say go with Lacuna Coil as they verge on Extreme music.

As Justin says these bands evolve so much over the years.

Had you asked the best band in 2005 i'd have said Nightwish. No contest.

However they fell out and sacked singer Tarja Turunen and have never been the same since although they've done some cracking songs.

@Nordy - When it gets a little nearer to Christmas listen to Tarja's From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas) album. It's absolutely stunning. The title sums it up beautifully.

[Justin101]

Oh yeah, Tarja's Christmas album is amazing! I listen to it every year since it came out

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Lacuna Coil - The House of Shame



Delirium (2016)

Their recent ish work sounds like a cross between Moonspell and female fronted symphonic metal.