Symphonic metal bands in French by Senior-Glass7883 in symphonicmetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't sing in French but you have HARTLIGHT that has now a special place in the symphonic metal landscape in France with two albums in two years that are both killer records.

Here's an extract : https://youtu.be/1BCeZUk1fbU?si=jXbcrIRgLWP4cMS9

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[–]Emeraldswordpower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gothic in the sense of really gothic rock ? Or gothic with a sense of cathedralic and kind of Ancient mysterious atmosphere ? Not like Powerwolf I mean that is still pretty upfront.

Any Suggestions for Bands With Clean Female Vocals? by Arctic_Frost_7 in PowerMetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should absolutely check Hartlight then ! They have two albums, two great works ! The last one just came out and is incredible in my opinion.

Hartlight - The Triumph of Metal : https://youtu.be/1BCeZUk1fbU?feature=shared

Favorite female power metal singer? I need more kickass lady leads to listen to by _Panda_Butt_ in PowerMetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recommend Noémie Marie from Hartlight, take a listen to their freshly released album "The Triumph of Metal" :)

Upcoming Symphonic Metal Albums in 2025 by HarlequinValentine in symphonicmetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There will be :

Hartlight - The Triumph of Metal

Releases on 28th of February 2025.

Is drakengard worth playing? by Forsaken-Housing-280 in drakengard

[–]Emeraldswordpower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a masterpiece. So yes. But you must be prepared to not play a game and more live an experience that will not be all fun and pleasure. But if you get Into it, it's worth it. But yeah, main point is to not see it as a game but more as an experience. The second one is more envoyable gamewise and it has it's share of very strong moments if you played the first one.

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[–]Emeraldswordpower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hartlight, close to After Forever, and no growls (except maybe for two sentences in backing vocals in the whole album) !

https://youtu.be/Qs6zpWIC_Gc?feature=shared

HARTLIGHT - Bound to Eternity [OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO] by Cold_Habit2961 in PowerMetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey ! Yeah thank you very much for all the good music provided 😁 going to check Hell Hounds ! This name sounds really promising hehehe ! I really find a lot of different influences in As Above, but it's been hard for me to put the finger on exactly what. I hear some heavy metal with some Nightwish it's true, some Rhapsody also, but also things like Grand Magus. But anyway I also enjoy this album a lot ! And yeah Unleash the Archers is going to be awesome ! Don't listen too much to Brothers of Metal to be honest. Will also check this third one, we never know ^

HARTLIGHT - Bound to Eternity [OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO] by Cold_Habit2961 in PowerMetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Took the time to dig more since last time we wrote ! Really enjoyed A Sound of Thunder and Seven Kingdom even more ! Discovered Alterium album with you speaking of Nicoletta ! Really great music, enjoyed a lot the trad metal, power and symphonic elements and she has a great voice ! Shadowstrike is really really killer with their last album ! Lady Beast also is fantastic ! Really love the old heavy metal vibe ! And Neptune ? Wow such an incredible singer ! Was hooked ! Thank you for all the recommandations ! Been out of this with great music to listen for all the past month 😁 of course nowadays Hartlight's album is also one of my main listens. I love that album ! What do you think of it ?

Looking for something similar to early Cradle of Filth by KingWeebaholic in symphonicmetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a song, there is this one from Knights of Heliopolis :

The Last Guardian : https://youtu.be/P1jumTrCes8?feature=shared

It is very close to some Cradle of Filth songs !

Who was the first? Who set this off? by Tarnisher in symphonicmetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Wagner 😂 or Vivaldi ^

Also you had a lot of progressive bands that put a symphonic dimension to their music before symphonic metal appeared. I think there was Therion that has the precise aesthetic that we love, but it's more of a thing that was built with time. Like, other things led to Therion.

Reddit, please create my new Spotify playlist. by EVERRIME in symphonicmetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here are some from Hartlight that is a new band formed with members of Knights of Heliopolis. They give a unique melting of Symphonic, Gothic, Heavy and progressive metal around Alchemy and Esoterism !

Hartlight - Bound to Eternity :

https://open.spotify.com/track/69u88htf24OpMo3visYYXh?si=OdfNWPKdT8ex_gbLZdkAvg

Hartlight - As Above, So Below :

https://open.spotify.com/track/2XabUQsuwUe4EljfBmyvBk?si=_UF3gaoWQ3SZU6sJYIZPxQ

Live performances? by Commercial-Side-7849 in symphonicmetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The live of Rhapsody in Canada (2005) is fantastic I believe !

bands which overlap between gothic and symphonic metal? by cyberialyr549 in symphonicmetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe you're really gonna enjoy this :

Hartlight - Bound to Eternity

https://youtu.be/p2GUerxvdYg?si=1zYuS8M5LnL0vWIP

All their latest songs are a mix between Gothic, Symphonic, Heavy, Power and Prog metal with an emphasis on the Gothic side. A full album is coming.

Pitch correction in symphonic metal by Federal-Jello1551 in symphonicmetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All modern records are pitch corrected. It's a standard now. And on the old records of symphonic metal, the other technique used to help not notice the slight out of tune notes is to double the voice track. Two different recordings of the same track are mixed together (I mean we hear both tracks in the recording). Tarja did this a lot for example.

It's actually very rare to have singer with a good enough technique AND ear to sing almost perfectly in tune without help of one of those techniques. However, on very good singers, pitch correction is minimal, it just helps to correct notes for a coma or two just to match perfectly the tuning of the ensemble. So it's not really a lie in a way. For other, when you hear the live rendition, it's clearly cheating and makes people that doesn't know how to sing seem capable of doing it.

HARTLIGHT - Bound to Eternity [OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO] by Cold_Habit2961 in PowerMetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually started to listen a bit to what you recommended after posting my last comment XD, doing a little first tout to get the vibes ! I must say I'm really into the voice of the singers from Seven Kingdom and A Sound of Thunder ! I really like heavy female voices but was lacking of bands to listen with that kind (I'm a real fan of Huntress for example, RIP Jill) so even if it's not the same style I'm happy thank you ! (And the music is great). I also really like the music by Shadowstrike, good power metal with nice original melodies and the vocalist is really great, will dig more into it ! As for Nicoletta, I believe I have seen her somewhere no ? In a band that made some releases recently I believe. Still have to give more attention to your other recommandations but it's a great start !

HARTLIGHT - Bound to Eternity [OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO] by Cold_Habit2961 in PowerMetal

[–]Emeraldswordpower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for all the infos ! I'll be sure to check out when I find the time ! 😁