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

[twilight2000.livejournal.com]

Good lord, I think it's the first sign of the apocolypse that I stumbled on a great goth band before you (fwiw, I figured you already knew about them) - I LOVE Within Temptation. I think my favorite piece so far is Stand My Ground (same album - yes, I still call them that :>) - I've really gotten into The Heart of Everything (album).

I also like Nightwish - the full orchestral thing is impressive - Particularly Dark Passion Play (and on that album, esp, The Poet & The Pendulum).

Both are especially wonderful for inspiring writing :>

I also found (for bombast) Cruxshadows (Sympathy for Tomorrow), Machine in the Garden (esp. Corpus Christi) and Deine Lakaien (esp, Don't Wake Me Up)