Music recommendations? (Asking about a specific band.)

[cupcake_goth]

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.

Comments

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

I am STILL kicking myself that I wasn't able to go to the Project Rev date in Seattle. HIM, Placebo, AND MCR! Accursed work deadlines keeping me from good concerts.

I know what you mean about HIM appealing to one's inner mopey teen; I think that's part of the reason I like them. My inner teen is not very inner at times.

I will travel to see MCR, but I flat-out refuse to go see SoM any more. I've seen two dreadful shows by them in a row, and that was enough punishment for me.
I've not heard anything by Muse, actually. Not that I know of.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry your SoM shows weren't good! The one I saw (November '08) was fantastic. AND I got a setlist (fansquee!).

Muse was opening for MCR on part of the Black Parade tour (although I had Rise Against at my dates) and they also played the Bamboozle that year with MCR, which is where I heard them. It's a little hard to avoid "Uprising" right now if you listen to terrestrial radio. I know they're on the Twilight soundtrack!

[aka-paloma.livejournal.com]

I've not heard anything by Muse, actually. Not that I know of.

You've seen Twilight so you have. They used one of their songs during the vampire baseball scene. Possibly other scenes as well--Meyer is a big fan, apparently.

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

I thought I read somewhere that Muse seriously don't like her, but I could be thinking of the other celebrity Muse fan, Glenn Beck.

[aka-paloma.livejournal.com]

OMG! Really? I hope that's true. It would be hilariously ironic.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

I ... have hysterical memory loss for anything associated with the Twilight movie? Besides, I think I was too busy trying not to cackle out loud during the vampire baseball scene to pay attention to the music.

[aka-paloma.livejournal.com]

Perfectly understandable. I was drinking heavily (and cackling madly myself) the night I watched Twilight so I don't recall much either. The details I do recall are mostly due to reading cleolinda's LJ on a regular basis.

[javagoth.livejournal.com]

If I'd known about the Cinebarre theater when Twilight first came out I might have gone to see it - because I could have been drinking while watching... (http://www.cinebarre.com/)

[blutsauger.livejournal.com]

Cackle out loud? Why exactly? I thought it was one of the rather decent scenes of the movie...
Even that whole sparkle-thing wouldn't have been as bad if they hadn't put that *shimmer* sound to it. Oh, and the meadow looked like they borrowed it from the Teletubbies.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

I give Muse several thumbs up! I am seeing them next month.

[kiennah.livejournal.com]

This! I saw them last week. You can't really get more bombast in rock music than they do. Especially Megalomania (of Origin of Symmetry) and Exogenesis (all three parts, of The Resistance)

[angelinglass.livejournal.com]

That concert was epic. I went to the Denver show. I'm sorry you couldn't make it to the Seattle one!