Symphonic Metal: First Album

I listened to early Nightwish a few weeks ago, still my favorite work from them. 

They do nothing much for me after Once. 

Apparently they're working on a new album. Marko has quit the band, left a huge void TBH. 

 

Yes, Angels Fall First is one of only four albums I actually own in this poll, but all of the remaining albums are completely new to me, and I can happily drop Dimmu Borgir from the second poll, now I've discovered they don't sound anything like a Symphonic Metal band. The only question now is, who do I replace them with.  

Really glad that's not the logic I employ when listening to new bands.  I tend to just pick any album I can get a hold of and see how it sounds.  Looking at my music collection, there are quite a few bands where, if I had listened to their debut album first, then I probably wouldn't have listened to any more 

Imagine listening to "From Genesis to Revelation" and using that as your  judge of all things Genesis 

I really didn`t know the existence of the symphonic metal genre, moreover many of the bands like Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, Edenbridge, Avantasia, Epica, Delain, Symphony X i identify plain and simple as power metal.

Therion first work its old school death metal, similar to other bands in that time like Entombed, Carnage and dismember, and really i dont find any similarity with the aforementioned bands.

Within temptation, After Forever, the italians Lacuna Coil and the norwegians tristania were bands very influenced by The Gathering from the first albums (Always,Almost a Dance, Mandylion) and the norwegian band The Third And The Mortal, at the end of the 90´s to that type of bands we called them, goth metal or doom death metal.

Sirenia and Nightwish (adding classical trained singer, Tarja) appeared some time later, in turn influenced by the aforementioned bands, Evanescence too but adding Nu Metal.

Never like Dimmu Borgir, i prefer bands like Ulver, Enslaved, In The Woods...

I would add a band to this poll called Dreams Of Sanity, i think they would fit in this type of genre.

not my choice, you asked for a band, I gave you an example. 

Who are you warning about cookie monster vocals? You are the only one here disliking it. 

Well, cookie monster or no cookie monster, I did give Diabulus in Musica's debut a well-deserved 4-star rating, which is more stars than Dimmu Borgir or Opeth will ever get from me. 

By the way, how do you know I'm the only one here who's scared of the cookie monster? 

 

I'd better not comment or I might annoy Cristi again.