Welcome to the symphonic-metal club! Here is a list of symphonic metal and similar genre bands compiled by members of the group. Also includes links to some of their songs on youtube. Feel free to suggest any which aren't on the list! (Click the more button to see entire list)

_{Last Updated 12/07/11}

Symphonic Metal
[Many of these bands fit into other genres e.g. power, gothic, death. But if they use symphonic elements, they'll be in this list!]

Aina (Oriana's Wrath, Revelations, Naschtok Is Born)
Almah (Beyond Tomorrow)
After Forever (Energize Me, Equally Destructive)
Almora (Sea Angels, 1945, Su Masali)
Altaria (Unchain The Rain)
Amberian Dawn (River Of Tuoni)
Ancient Myth (Astrolabe in Your Heart)
Angra (Temple of Hate)
Aperion (Shine)
Apocalyptica (In The Hall Of The Mountain King, Inquisition Symphony)
Aquaria (Your Majesty Gaia)
Arch of Hell (One Moment)
Artrosis (Hipnoza)
Atargatis (Angels Crying)
Avantasia (Lost In Space)
Ayreon (Isis and Osiris (ft Sharon Den Adel), Loser)
Bare Infinity (Lost Again)
Crimson Wind (Rebirth)
Diablo Swing Orchestra (Balrog Boogie, A Tap Dancer's Dilemma, D'Angelo & Velvet Embracer)
Delain (The Gathering, See Me In Shadow)
DöXa (The Devil In Love)
Edenbridge (Higher), Skyline's End)
Elis (Phoenix From The Ashes)
Elysion (Killing My Dreams)
Epica (Quietus, Kingdom of Heaven, Feint )
Forgotten Tales (Sanctuary)
For My Pain (Dancer In The Dark)
Gwyllion (A Thousand Words)
Haggard (In A full Moon Procession, Tales of Ithiria)
HB (It Is Time)
Heroik (Heart of Battle)
Holyhell (Angel of Darkness)
Imperia (Secret Passion
Instanzia (Ghosts of the Past)
Kamelot (Ghost Opera, March Of Mephisto, The Haunting)
Katra (Beast Within, Sahara, Forgotten Bride)
Krypteria (Victoriam Speramus , Lost
Lanewin (Gate of Lanewin)
Lapiz Lazuli (Serpent)
Leaves' Eyes (Elegy My Destiny)
Leverage (Wolf and the Moon)
Lunatica (Avalon, New Shores)
Lyriel (Regen, Hijo De La Luna)
Nightwish (Nemo, Ghost Love Score, The Islander, Sahara)
Northern Kings (We Don't Need Another Hero, Strangelove, Kiss From A Rose, Broken Wings)
(The) Murder of My Sweet (Valerie, Destiny, Storms Of The Sea )
Rain Fell Within (Burned Away)
Rawkfist (Scared to Breathe)
ReVamp (No Honey For The Damned, Break)
Rhapsody of Fire (Sea Of Fate, A New Saga Begins, Triumph Or Agony)
Tarja (Crimson Deep, My Little Phoenix, Calling Grace, Boy And The Ghost)
Tarot (Ashes To The Stars, Crows Fly Back, Howl)
Theatre Of Tragedy (Machine, As The Shadows Dance, Storm)
Theatres Des Vampires (Carmilla, Anima Noir)
Therion (An Arrows From The Sun, Wine Of Aluqah, Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx, Vanaheim)
To-Mera (Blood, Parfum)
Trail Of Tears (Crashing Down, My Comfort)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Beethoven-Requiem
Tristania (My Lost Lenore, Cure)
Serenity (Velatum, The Chevalier (ft Ailyn) )
Sirenia (The Other Side, The Path To Decay)
Sonata Arctica (Paid In Full, Flag In The Ground, Victoria's Secret)
Stratovarius (Black Diamond, Hunting High And Low, Cold Winter Nights)
Stream Of Passion (Out In The Real World, Embrace The Storm, Nostalgia)
Versailles (Aristocrat's Symphony)
Villieläin (Voittamaton)
Visions Of Atlantis (Seven Seas, Send Me A Light)
Whyzdom (Everlasting Child, Atlantis)
Within Temptation (The Truth Beneath The Rose , Ice Queen, The Howling)
Xandria (India, Sisters Of The Light)

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Extreme Symphonic Metal
[Warning - not for the faint hearted ]


Abigail Williams (Into the Ashes)
All-Devouring Light (The Sleeper Beneath The Waves)
Anthelion (Hibernation Glaciation Exuviation)
Arcanorum Astrum (Insight)
Astaroth (Bloodwork)
Autumn Sun (As Time Stands Still)
Bal-Sagoth (Callisto Rising)
Carach Angren (The Sighting is a Portent of Doom)
Chthonic (Progeny of Rmdax Tasing)
Cradle of Filth (Nymphetamine (Ft Liv Kristine), Lord Abortion)
Emperor (The Loss and Curse of Reverence, Thus Spake the Nightspirit)
The Crescents (Last Judgement Day)
Dark Mirror ov Tragedy (Perfume of Death)
Dimmu Borgir (Progenies of the Great Apocalypse, Gateways)
Euphorion (Starnight Rider)
Juno Bloodlust (Total Eclipse, Sinister Prophet)
Kadenzza (Ghost in the Shell)
Moonspell (Night Eternal)
Old Man's Child (Black Seeds on Virgin Soil)
... Of Celestial (In Your Eyes)
Obsidieth (Embrace the Cold)
Quintessence Mystica (When Sacred Flame Inspires the Souls of Heroes)
Sothis (De Oppresso Liber)
Torsense (Погружение во тьму)

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Similar Bands
[Some bands you might be interested in if you're a fan of Symphonic Metal.]

(The) 3rd And Mortal
Anathema
Angelzoom (Fairyland)
Annwn (Palästinalied)
Amaran
Autumn Tears
Charon (In Trust Of No One)
Dead Can Dance
Emilie Autumn (Gothic Lolita, Opheliac, Let The Record Show, Marry Me)
Evanescence (Lithium, Lacrymosa)
Falconer (Skula Skorpa Skalk , Vargaskall )
Gates of Winter (From the Flesh)
Helium Vola (Printemps, Omnis Mundi Creatura, Selig)
Indica (Sanoja)
Katatonia (Evidence, Chrome, Teargas)
Lacuna Coil (Heaven's A Lie, Cold Heritage, Falling Again)
Liv Kristine (Fake A Smile, Trapped In Your Labyrinth)
Lullacry
Opeth (Porcelain Heart, Blackwater Park, Patterns In The Ivy)
Paramore (Decode, Ignorance)
Persephone (Atma, Mean, Blue)
Qntal (Palästinalied, Winter, All For One)
Rasputina (Rats, Gingerbread Coffin, My Orphanage, How We Quit The Forest)
Sarah Brightman (Fleur Du Mal, Eden, Harem, Chromaggia)
Unsun (Whispers)
Yngwie Malmsteen

Welcome to the symphonic-metal club! Here is a list of symphonic metal and similar genre bands compiled by members of the group. Also includes links to some of their songs on youtube. Feel free to suggest any which aren't on the list! (Click the more button to see entire list)

_{Last Updated 12/07/11}

Symphonic Metal
[Many of these bands fit into other genres e.g. power, gothic, death. But if they use symphonic elements, they'll be in this list!]

Aina (Oriana's Wrath, Revelations, Naschtok Is Born)
Almah (Beyond Tomorrow)
After Forever (Energize Me, Equally Destructive)
Almora (Sea Angels, 1945, Su Masali)
Altaria (Unchain The Rain)
Amberian Dawn (River Of Tuoni)
Ancient Myth (Astrolabe in Your Heart)
Angra (Temple of Hate)
Aperion (Shine)
Apocalyptica (In The Hall Of The Mountain King, Inquisition Symphony)
Aquaria (Your Majesty Gaia)
Arch of Hell (One Moment)
Artrosis (Hipnoza)
Atargatis (Angels Crying)
Avantasia (Lost In Space)
Ayreon (Isis and Osiris (ft Sharon Den Adel), Loser)
Bare Infinity (Lost Again)
Crimson Wind (Rebirth)
Diablo Swing Orchestra (Balrog Boogie, A Tap Dancer's Dilemma, D'Angelo & Velvet Embracer)
Delain (The Gathering, See Me In Shadow)
DöXa (The Devil In Love)
Edenbridge (Higher), Skyline's End)
Elis (Phoenix From The Ashes)
Elysion (Killing My Dreams)
Epica (Quietus, Kingdom of Heaven, Feint )
Forgotten Tales (Sanctuary)
For My Pain (Dancer In The Dark)
Gwyllion (A Thousand Words)
Haggard (In A full Moon Procession, Tales of Ithiria)
HB (It Is Time)
Heroik (Heart of Battle)
Holyhell (Angel of Darkness)
Imperia (Secret Passion
Instanzia (Ghosts of the Past)
Kamelot (Ghost Opera, March Of Mephisto, The Haunting)
Katra (Beast Within, Sahara, Forgotten Bride)
Krypteria (Victoriam Speramus , Lost
Lanewin (Gate of Lanewin)
Lapiz Lazuli (Serpent)
Leaves' Eyes (Elegy My Destiny)
Leverage (Wolf and the Moon)
Lunatica (Avalon, New Shores)
Lyriel (Regen, Hijo De La Luna)
Nightwish (Nemo, Ghost Love Score, The Islander, Sahara)
Northern Kings (We Don't Need Another Hero, Strangelove, Kiss From A Rose, Broken Wings)
(The) Murder of My Sweet (Valerie, Destiny, Storms Of The Sea )
Rain Fell Within (Burned Away)
Rawkfist (Scared to Breathe)
ReVamp (No Honey For The Damned, Break)
Rhapsody of Fire (Sea Of Fate, A New Saga Begins, Triumph Or Agony)
Tarja (Crimson Deep, My Little Phoenix, Calling Grace, Boy And The Ghost)
Tarot (Ashes To The Stars, Crows Fly Back, Howl)
Theatre Of Tragedy (Machine, As The Shadows Dance, Storm)
Theatres Des Vampires (Carmilla, Anima Noir)
Therion (An Arrows From The Sun, Wine Of Aluqah, Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx, Vanaheim)
To-Mera (Blood, Parfum)
Trail Of Tears (Crashing Down, My Comfort)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Beethoven-Requiem
Tristania (My Lost Lenore, Cure)
Serenity (Velatum, The Chevalier (ft Ailyn) )
Sirenia (The Other Side, The Path To Decay)
Sonata Arctica (Paid In Full, Flag In The Ground, Victoria's Secret)
Stratovarius (Black Diamond, Hunting High And Low, Cold Winter Nights)
Stream Of Passion (Out In The Real World, Embrace The Storm, Nostalgia)
Versailles (Aristocrat's Symphony)
Villieläin (Voittamaton)
Visions Of Atlantis (Seven Seas, Send Me A Light)
Whyzdom (Everlasting Child, Atlantis)
Within Temptation (The Truth Beneath The Rose , Ice Queen, The Howling)
Xandria (India, Sisters Of The Light)

_________________________________________

Extreme Symphonic Metal
[Warning - not for the faint hearted ]


Abigail Williams (Into the Ashes)
All-Devouring Light (The Sleeper Beneath The Waves)
Anthelion (Hibernation Glaciation Exuviation)
Arcanorum Astrum (Insight)
Astaroth (Bloodwork)
Autumn Sun (As Time Stands Still)
Bal-Sagoth (Callisto Rising)
Carach Angren (The Sighting is a Portent of Doom)
Chthonic (Progeny of Rmdax Tasing)
Cradle of Filth (Nymphetamine (Ft Liv Kristine), Lord Abortion)
Emperor (The Loss and Curse of Reverence, Thus Spake the Nightspirit)
The Crescents (Last Judgement Day)
Dark Mirror ov Tragedy (Perfume of Death)
Dimmu Borgir (Progenies of the Great Apocalypse, Gateways)
Euphorion (Starnight Rider)
Juno Bloodlust (Total Eclipse, Sinister Prophet)
Kadenzza (Ghost in the Shell)
Moonspell (Night Eternal)
Old Man's Child (Black Seeds on Virgin Soil)
... Of Celestial (In Your Eyes)
Obsidieth (Embrace the Cold)
Quintessence Mystica (When Sacred Flame Inspires the Souls of Heroes)
Sothis (De Oppresso Liber)
Torsense (Погружение во тьму)

_________________________________________

Similar Bands
[Some bands you might be interested in if you're a fan of Symphonic Metal.]

(The) 3rd And Mortal
Anathema
Angelzoom (Fairyland)
Annwn (Palästinalied)
Amaran
Autumn Tears
Charon (In Trust Of No One)
Dead Can Dance
Emilie Autumn (Gothic Lolita, Opheliac, Let The Record Show, Marry Me)
Evanescence (Lithium, Lacrymosa)
Falconer (Skula Skorpa Skalk , Vargaskall )
Gates of Winter (From the Flesh)
Helium Vola (Printemps, Omnis Mundi Creatura, Selig)
Indica (Sanoja)
Katatonia (Evidence, Chrome, Teargas)
Lacuna Coil (Heaven's A Lie, Cold Heritage, Falling Again)
Liv Kristine (Fake A Smile, Trapped In Your Labyrinth)
Lullacry
Opeth (Porcelain Heart, Blackwater Park, Patterns In The Ivy)
Paramore (Decode, Ignorance)
Persephone (Atma, Mean, Blue)
Qntal (Palästinalied, Winter, All For One)
Rasputina (Rats, Gingerbread Coffin, My Orphanage, How We Quit The Forest)
Sarah Brightman (Fleur Du Mal, Eden, Harem, Chromaggia)
Unsun (Whispers)
Yngwie Malmsteen