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.

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[princesadeplata.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm popping out of lurkdom to share some bombast with you! Hope you like. :)
If you haven't listened to Lacrimosa yet, you simply must, especially to "Elodia" and "Fassade." They--Tilo and Anne--sing mostly in German but they do translate the lyrics to English. And I just love Tilo's voice. Pluuus, Anne was part of Two Witches.

I also recommend:
-early Theatre of Tragedy (esp. "Aegis")
-The Sins of Thy Beloved, Epica, After Forever, Alas, Nightwish
-early Tristania (esp. "Widow's Weeds")
-Haggard (esp. "Eppur Si Muove")
-Artrosis--Polish
-Aesma Daeva (esp. "Here Lies One Whose Name Was Written In Water")

And ones you might like, may have some bombast:
Dargaard, Dark Sanctuary--French, Illuminate--German, Goethes Erben--German, Autumn's Grey Solace, Arcana.