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Posted: January 06 2023 at 11:26

Really cool. And the arranger is Χρήστος Αντωνίου, the guy from Septicflesh. Pretty insane release.

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Posted: January 06 2023 at 09:41

I just found these guys, Odious. I think you'll like them:

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Posted: December 27 2022 at 05:13

Not very prominent, but some subtle symphonic elements all over this one; for example, in the second track:

I'm looking after their 2023 release.

French people make the most adventurous music for some reason.

This, from the USA, also deserves a mention:

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Posted: December 04 2022 at 04:10

Maybe two or three songs of Savatage - Dead Winter Dead (USA/1995).

And I will try to find more bands from my "progressive" symphonic metal collection. Wink

-Dreams Of Sanity: Masquerade (Austria).

-Orphaned Land: Mabool ... (Israel).

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Posted: December 03 2022 at 09:13

By the way; Nathanael Larochette, the mastermind behind Musk Ox, which is a band I love and I listen regularly when studying, has a project that does kind of a symphonic, folk metal. The sound is very unique and peculiar, you may be interested in listening to it:

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Posted: December 03 2022 at 08:33

I was listening to Symphony X a couple of days ago.

This is very peculiar. Like Bubblemath doing metal:

The symphonic elements appear more in the form of vocal harmonies than orchestral instrumentation.

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Posted: December 03 2022 at 04:24

Okay here's a classic. It may not be atmospheric or deathy/blacky for which you seem to be looking, and it's clearly an early 2000s MIDI program instead of a "true" symphony, but here's:

Symphony X - The Odyssey

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Posted: November 26 2022 at 03:25

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Cristi wrote:

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This is much better than Ice Fleet. Which I listened to the other day.

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Posted: November 26 2022 at 03:02

Cristi wrote:

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This is much better than Ice Fleet. Which I listened to the other day.

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Posted: November 25 2022 at 09:02

One of the tracks has the same name as my old band:

Again and sadly, brickwalled; but the music is certainly brutal and fresh.

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Posted: November 25 2022 at 04:35

Djent is some kind of abhorrent plague for metal, but this is kind of cool.

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Posted: November 23 2022 at 01:02

Very cheesy. But it is good cheese, I promise.

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Posted: November 20 2022 at 11:08

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I love Ne Obliviscaris. Particularly the first and the second album. From Lör I remember listening Edge of Eternity, and I thought that it was kind of not that interesting. This one, though, it is pretty amazing, maybe I should give another chance to the other one. They kind of remind me to this: https://iomair.bandcamp.com/album/fishing-for-an-apparition

That last thing rocks hard. I was listening to Epica's Omega the other day, but it wasn't my thing particularly. I will listen the rest. I already listened to Imperial Circus Dead Decadence when you posted it in the other thread, but I don't remember them.

Well Iomair was going to be my next recommendation anyway. In Forgotten is a lot more interesting than Edge of Eternity, honestly, I think.

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Posted: November 20 2022 at 09:39

I love Ne Obliviscaris. Particularly the first and the second album. From Lör I remember listening Edge of Eternity, and I thought that it was kind of not that interesting. This one, though, it is pretty amazing, maybe I should give another chance to the other one. They kind of remind me to this: https://iomair.bandcamp.com/album/fishing-for-an-apparition

This is very unique and peculiar. Maybe it is debatable whether they are symphonic or not, but they are surely operistic.

The production is, sadly, incredibly muddy and lacking range and subtlety. Which seems to be a given with metal albums.

Analyzed: Schizoid Lloyd / The Last Note In God's Magnum Opus

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DR Peak RMS Duration Track

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DR6 0.00 dB -8.44 dB 5:28 01-Suicide Penguin

DR6 0.00 dB -8.29 dB 2:59 02-Christmas Devil

DR6 0.00 dB -8.34 dB 4:35 03-Avalanche Riders

DR6 0.00 dB -9.03 dB 7:39 04-Misanthrope Puppet

DR10 0.00 dB -14.78 dB 4:18 05-Film Noir Hero

DR6 0.00 dB -8.42 dB 5:11 06-Amphibian Seer

DR7 0.00 dB -8.42 dB 3:47 07-Cave Painter

DR6 0.00 dB -9.34 dB 7:43 08-Chicken Wing Swans

DR7 0.00 dB -10.65 dB 9:58 09-Citizen Herd

DR10 0.00 dB -13.79 dB 5:44 10-Prodigal Son

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Number of tracks: 10

Official DR value: DR7

Completely idiotic production.

This sound more amateur and less clear, it was probably done with way less resources, but compare the dynamic range:

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Analyzed: Nachtreich / The Quivering Lights (1-3)

Spectral Lore / The Quivering Lights (4-6)

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DR Peak RMS Duration Track

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DR9 0.00 dB -14.63 dB 6:42 01-Lights

DR14 -2.90 dB -22.31 dB 5:37 03-Greyness

DR9 0.00 dB -12.26 dB 6:57 01-Ghost Lights

DR11 0.00 dB -14.74 dB 8:17 02-Quivering

DR11 0.00 dB -14.28 dB 11:30 02-Vanishing

DR15 -0.77 dB -20.73 dB 6:29 03-Reflection

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Number of tracks: 6

Official DR value: DR12

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Posted: November 20 2022 at 00:40

Okay first of all, I'm a native English speaker and the last title was better. Maybe "truly symphonic metal," or" metal that is actually symphonic" would be better -- it's tounge-in-cheek. It's fine.

It seems, however, that you're not looking for "truly symphonic metal," rather "epic progressive metal that is not cheesy," which I think is the best title

Let's put this to the test... What do you think of Lör:
https://halloflor.bandcamp.com/album/in-forgotten-sleep

or Ne Obliscaris:
https://neobliviscaris.bandcamp.com/album/portal-of-i

They're not symphonic per say (hence why I didn't embed it) but I think you'll love it anyway.

If you like this, well, let's just say we're going to have a field day my friend. You and I.

Regarding the production of Aeternam, yeah I hate it. It's hard to listen to the last song because it's so noisy. Really bad with there imo. But it still beats Fledhgod Apocalypse's (FGA) brickwall. Imo, Wilderun's Epigone is poorly produced, too. It seems this genre is very hard to produce well, unfortunately. Hopefully it gets better as it becomes more popular.

In any case, for some more "truly symphonic metal" that is not "epic progressive metal that is not cheesy," I'm going to embed a single from Epica's newest album. It's a collab with FGA:

Ignoring Simone's melodic operatic, and rather boring soprano vocals on here, this is what FGA would sound like (kind of) if they didn't f**king brickwall their music. See how awesome it is when you can actually make out what's going on? The song "Death is not the End" is good, too. Epica's newest album Omega is pretty good, too this regard, if you don't mind the pop-rock approach as they usually take (it seems that's why you don't like "operatic metal"). Give the first three tracks a listen on that one

I don't think you'll like it, but let's try Ex Libris's Anastasia Romanov, as well. It's more "Epican," but much more progressive. This is part of a trilogy of EPs along with Anne Boleyn and Anne Frank, the latter of which is also really symphonic and good, but the former... not so much:

I also posted this in your "maximalist" post from earlier, but it's totally relevant here, too:

I don't know how much you like doom metal but here is The Otolith. They're more "truly orchestral metal" than "truly symphonic metal," but I think they're great:

I'll give more "Epic Progressive Metal that is not Cheesy" later on if you like Lör and Ne Oblivisvaris

and I'll try to keep them, too

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Posted: November 19 2022 at 00:26

This is one of the craziest, most avant-garde, creative things I have ever listened to.

And this is not far behind:

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Posted: November 18 2022 at 14:26

Thanks, bardberic, AEternam or Fleshgod Apocalypse are the two things I'm enjoying the most. Although I would like for metal to have more dynamic productions!

Cristi wrote:

You might enjoy this

https://lunametal.bandcamp.com/music

Great compositions, and totally in line with what I'm looking for. But the orchestration is a little bit too MIDI for my tastes.

PD: I edited the OP to more clearly show what kind of music I'm after.

Edited by edefakiel - November 18 2022 at 14:48

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