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Old 09-18-2015, 07:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I can never get into this genre cause it feels like cut-rate classical music impersonations thrown over cut-rate power/melodic metal as gimmick. I've heard better things about Therion, but they haven't really clicked with me either. Same with Arcturus.

Maybe you'll dig this. Personally, I think it sounds like some band was drunk and decided to make tongue-in-cheek opera metal for a laugh, recorded it, but decided to take it seriously for some odd reason when they woke up.
Thanks for the suggestion!

I agree with you that Arcturus sounds like some drunk band that made tongue-in-cheek opera metal, and I didn't like it.

I went back to the "Black Symphony" and listened to the next movement after the overture. Alas, it had the main "Within Temptation" female singer singing some simplistic, overly dramatic pop-like melody over fairly uninspired symphonic music, drums, and "metalish" electric guitar. It sounded like a very repetitive piece from a musical: a mix of pop and elevator music. I didn't like it at all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2NPZVAxcwU
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