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cupcake_goth) wrote2009-11-19 03:56 pm
cupcake_goth) wrote2009-11-19 03:56 pm
Music recommendations? (Asking about a specific band.)
Look, everyone knows I have a tragic weakness for bombast. This is not a secret. Give me power chords and overwrought lyrics with gothy clichés* and I will be gleeful.
With that disclaimer out of the way: One of the munchkins over on the Emilie Autumn forum asked me if I had ever heard the song "Jillian" by Within Temptation. Er, no? I said, but checked it out on iTunes. I liked it enough to investigate more by the band. Do any of you listen to them? Or have suggestions for bands like them?
*Bands I would list in the "Bombast!" category include the Sisters Of Mercy, Queensryche (especially the Rage For Order album), HIM (yes, I own a lot of music by them, and grin whenever I listen to any of it), and Autumn Tears. My Chemical Romance would almost be placed in the "Bombast!" category (especially The Black Parade), but are a little too ... punk-influenced to be strictly Bombast kids.
With that disclaimer out of the way: One of the munchkins over on the Emilie Autumn forum asked me if I had ever heard the song "Jillian" by Within Temptation. Er, no? I said, but checked it out on iTunes. I liked it enough to investigate more by the band. Do any of you listen to them? Or have suggestions for bands like them?
*Bands I would list in the "Bombast!" category include the Sisters Of Mercy, Queensryche (especially the Rage For Order album), HIM (yes, I own a lot of music by them, and grin whenever I listen to any of it), and Autumn Tears. My Chemical Romance would almost be placed in the "Bombast!" category (especially The Black Parade), but are a little too ... punk-influenced to be strictly Bombast kids.
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I've really enjoyed what I've heard from Within Temptation (all on Pandora). Not only have they got the bombast, but their lead singer has one of the clearest voices I've ever heard, which goes a long way for me.
I also second the Nightwish recommendation - operatic metal... Hard to get more bombastic than that.
Lacuna Coil is good as well but has a slightly more down-to-earth sound, in my opinion.
I've liked Kamelot quite a bit as well. On my Pandora I have Theatre of Tragedy bookmarked, which is certainly a bombastic band name. There's also a band called EPIC which I've heard on Pandora that seemed rather bombasty to me. All of this stuff I came to through creating a Nightwish station.
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