Season's End for Prog Metal.

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From Wikipedia.org: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season's_End, "Season's End are a British band based in Hampshire. They describe themselves as playing Progressive symphonic metal, although they are often tagged as a gothic metal band by reviewers and reference sources
The band is fronted by string musician Becki Clark, who provides female vocals which are backed by the male vocals of guitarist David Stanton. The underlying music can be categorised as dark and atmospheric, combining lighter elements (such as clean electric guitars, classical stringed instruments and keyboards) with fast, heavily distorted riffs and powerful drums more commonly associated with heavy metal music. Although many of the band's lyrics contain references to religion, they do not consider themselves a religious band."
I enjoy this band's music immensely - they have been around since 1998, though with several line-up changes since then, have had a full length album out since 2005 ("The Failing Light"), are currently in the process of recording their second, & their website is: http://www.seasons-end.com/, (myspace: http://www.myspace.com/seasonsend). Their first album may not quite have sufficient prog content for the purists on here - female fronted symphonic/goth metal bands tend not to find favour on the whole, but a second album is on the way with a promise of much more in the way of "progginess". The bass player these days with seasons End is Mike Bridge, who now has his own solo project called Acid Empire about to come to fruition (album release due 3rd Oct 2011). They too are being evaluated on here for prog metal (see post: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=81587). Mike wasn't in Season's End when their first album was recorded, and it is undoubtedly his prog influence that has played a big part in shaping their change in direction for the second album which is now in preparation. Despite this, their first release, "The Failing Light" had a fairly positive review in The Dutch Progressive Rock Page (DPRP) "Prog Metal Special" (2004: Vol 65), despite the review copy being an early release version of the album http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200465.html#seasonsend, so there may be an outside chance even based on this first outing. Two more really excellent reviews of the album are here: http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Season%27s_End/The_Failing_Light/48322/

Information for 'The Failing Light' promotion by 1 
Records, 2005:
"Despite being entirely self financed on it’s initial release last Summer, The 
Failing Light was met with universal critical acclaim in the British rock press 
with Metal Hammer hailing the band as “new heroes for the British Goth 
movement”. This was followed by an immensely successful UK tour culminating in a 
triumphant appearance at Bloodstock which was summed up perfectly by metal 
magazine Zero Tolerance; “As a unit they shine brightly – their power, poise and 
precision surely marks them out for bigger things”. Undoubtedly 2004 was the 
year that Season’s End established themselves as a genuine underground 
phenomenon. However, with the release of the re-mixed version of The Failing 
Light scheduled for July alongside an extensive UK tour, a main stage slot at 
Bloodstock and the release of the haunting video for “A Ghost In My Emotion” 
2005 looks set to see Season’s End take their brand of emotionally intense 
gothic metal to a much wider audience".
So how about some samples of the band?

You've got the whole album there! - For more videos (acoustic versions of the tracks, video blogs with snippets of live shows etc.) visit the YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/seasonsendofficial

Also visit the band's really excellent website for lots more info: http://www.seasons-end.com/
And don't forget - the new album is going to be even better... 