What about Epica's singing don't you like? Is it Mark Jansen's death growls? They definitely are a lot harder than Within Temptation. But they are also a lot more cerebral than any other Syymphonic Metal band I've found. Very complex musically, and very thematic lyrically. I really love Epica. I love the combination of these two songs back to back on "The Divine Conspiracy". The first is one of their more complex/progressive songs, and the second one is more pop like and kind of like desert.
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Epica is really good and i like some of their songs, my sister is really really into them, she was the one that showed me, but Actually is the girl that Im not too found of lol, I love the growling just fine,
I don't know the only band I like that are like this is Within Temptation, but the reason I dont really like Epica is the same reason i dont like Nightwish, they go into the melodic too much, and they are really great singers but starts to sound too much like opera, which is not a bad thing but I like the melody to stay in the instruments while the singing is pure brutal, im not a huge fanof the opera singing, i love female singers though,
that's why is hard for me to find bands i Like, because they tend to go into extremes, either they are too hard and not enough melody, or they have too much melody and not enough metal,
I like this song , nice combination between hard playing and melody,
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I Also love Hecate Enthroned, one of my favorite bands to listen to, I wish their sound was a little cleaner, but, I love them
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