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

[cherry-faery.livejournal.com]

From the very limited bit of Within Temptation that I've heard (as in I just looked it up now to see what they're like), I can suggest Theatre of Tragedy. I'll be surprised if you haven't heard those guys before but their earlier stuff is really fantastically so goth it hurts. (Newer stuff is more EBM-ish which you already know if you listen to them and if that's the case, then kindly disregard this parenthetical note.) Other fun bands that you've probably heard of but might not have are The Sins of Thy Beloved and I Am Ghost. (Last one being more punk-ish but they are still great) To add to elfstar18's comment, you might enjoy some of the stuff by Buck-Tick. In spite of being in Japanese, they've got some fantastically atmospheric music (particularly the song "Gessikai" which was featured as the theme to a vampire anime, I believe).

I'll cage my inner music nerd now and let you get on with your day. Happy listening!

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't feel you have to cage your music nerd! I live in this strange musical isolation chamber, so the only way I learn about bands I might like is when people wax enthusiastically at me. Tell me more!