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Poll Question: Which is your favourite album?
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Many thanks to Cristi for helping me compile this series of polls. Thumbs Up

I did no such thing. LOL
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Many thanks to Cristi for helping me compile this series of polls. Thumbs Up

I did no such thing. LOL
I've given you credit for adding several new artists to the poll as well as correctly informing me that Ayreon should never have been included in a Symphonic Metal poll in the first place. Tongue
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Many thanks to Cristi for helping me compile this series of polls. Thumbs Up

I did no such thing. LOL
I've given you credit for adding several new artists to the poll as well as correctly informing me that Ayreon should never have been included in a Symphonic Metal poll in the first place. Tongue


ok. Thumbs Up



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Paul, did you ever do a Third album outing on this, or did it die from an acute lack of interest on the part of PA'ers? 
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Paul, did you ever do a Third album outing on this, or did it die from an acute lack of interest on the part of PA'ers? 

No, but it's coming up very soon, maybe even later today. Thumbs Up

Initially, I was planning to listen to all 25 Symphonic Metal albums in the third poll before posting it, but that could take awhile, so on second thoughts, I'll just listen to the first album in the poll (by Aesma Daeva) and catch up on the rest later. Smile
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Six Progressive and Gothic Metal bands who were in the first Symphonic Metal poll but weren't included in this second poll for obvious reasons. Smile

Ayreon                            
Dimmu Borgir                     
Evanescence                      
Lacuna Coil                                      
Stratovarius                         
Symphony X                        

And the six worthy Symphonic Metal replacements in this poll, with many thanks to Cristi. Thumbs Up

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Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Paul, did you ever do a Third album outing on this, or did it die from an acute lack of interest on the part of PA'ers? 
 
Gosh! I only just realised..... After posting the third Symphonic Metal poll recently I haven't even gotten around to listening to any of the albums in this second poll yet (apart from the three I already know by Leaves' Eyes, Nightwish & Within Temptation) so I have a lot of catching up to do, starting with Aesma Daeva - an American band, despite the Latin name.
This album's a real Beauty! Smile
 
4 stars 2001: Aesma Daeva - The Eros of Frigid Beauty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvYIr94fNg
 
 


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

This album's a real Beauty! Smile
 
4 stars Aesma Daeva - The Eros of Frigid Beauty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvYIr94fNg

Aall riight, Paul!! now you got me pleased. You surely know, I agree about this album, and this video is a treatment. I didn't imagine AD was so appealing live, as I've only seen a very nerdy photo of them and certainly not this video. Thank you very very much!! Thumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs Up


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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

This album's a real Beauty! Smile
 
4 stars 2001: Aesma Daeva - The Eros of Frigid Beauty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvYIr94fNg

Aall riight, Paul!! now you got me pleased. You surely know, I agree about this album, and this video is a treatment. I didn't imagine AD was so appealing live, as I've only seen a very nerdy photo of them and certainly not this video. Thank you very very much!! Thumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs Up
My pleasure! Not only is Aesma Daeva's second album a beauty, but their singer Melissa Ferlaak is a real beauty too. Heart


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

My pleasure! Not only is Aesma Daeva's second album a beauty, but their singer Melissa Ferlaak is a real beauty too. Heart

That's what I reckoned you think after having seen the video and in fact, just seeing you write:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

This album's a real Beauty! Smile
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3 stars 2001: After Forever - Decipher - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44BNkccoluU
 
This could have easily been a 4-star album if it wasn't for the annoying cookie monster growling throughout the album, so for added Emphasis, let's hope we don't have to wait until after forever to finally say goodbye to the cookie monster growler on After Forever's albums! Dead
 

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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

[QUOTE=Psychedelic Paul]This album's a real Beauty! Smile
 
4 stars 2001: Aesma Daeva - The Eros of Frigid Beauty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvYIr94fNg

I'd say that the last song on this video is most representative for this album as a whole while the first song is not a part of the album. Smile
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

[QUOTE=Psychedelic Paul]This album's a real Beauty! Smile
 
4 stars 2001: Aesma Daeva - The Eros of Frigid Beauty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzvYIr94fNg

I'd say that the last song on this video is most representative for this album as a whole while the first song is not a part of the album. Smile

As with all of Aesma Daeva's distinctive albums, there's a stark contrast between their gentle melodic side and their heavy metal side, and that's part of the reason I like them - as well as the delightful charms of their beautiful singer of course. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

As with all of Aesma Daeva's distinctive albums, there's a stark contrast between their gentle melodic side and their heavy metal side, and that's part of the reason I like them - as well as the delightful charms of their beautiful singer of course. Smile

As I see it, The Eros of Frigid Beauty, is much more complex than that, and not particularly heavy, as the sound over all is quite synthetic/electronic - it's not as heavy as this live video suggest. Smile 
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

As with all of Aesma Daeva's distinctive albums, there's a stark contrast between their gentle melodic side and their heavy metal side, and that's part of the reason I like them - as well as the delightful charms of their beautiful singer of course. Smile

As I see it, The Eros of Frigid Beauty, is much more complex than that, and not particularly heavy, as the sound over all is quite synthetic/electronic - it's not as heavy as this live video suggest. Smile 

Yes, the endless complexities of Aesma Daeva's albums sound like no other Symphonic Metal band I've ever heard before and I noticed that especially on their third album: The New Athens Ethos, which starts off heavily but later contains some beautiful melodic passages with the heavenly siren-song of soprano Melissa Ferlaak, who hails from Minnesota, USA, despite her Dutch name. Smile 


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Yes, the endless complexities of Aesma Daeva's albums sound like no other Symphonic Metal band I've ever heard before and I noticed that especially on their third album: The New Athens Ethos, which starts off heavily but later contains some beautiful melodic passages with the heavenly siren-song of Melissa Ferlaak, who hails from Minnesota, USA, despite her Dutch name. Smile 

Okay, now you made me curious about their third album, even I can imagine, as the cover suggests, that AD had moved there in a more mainstream Symph Metal direction.
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And thanks for the information about Melissa Ferlaak's name. Actually, I've been thinking about the origins of her last name,
and was wondering if it was Dutch.
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4 stars 2009: Amberian Dawn - The Clouds of Northland Thunder - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nQ726xdOUSabZk8YjqxiYY-hzEd-RJPag
 
You have to be up early in the morning to hear the sound of Amberian Dawn and they're loud enough to drown out the early morning chorus. Are they Finnish? No, they've barely begun, as this is their second of nine studio albums. Smile
 


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3 stars 1998: Apocalyptica - Inquisition Symphony - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nC4-uF__MNnfoGKWrQ61FN0CoxLUeYRTs
 
More Heavy Metal Cellos! Smile
 

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