Symphonic Metal Heaven

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Inspired by Cristi's Progressive Metal polls, Symphonic Metal Heaven is back by unpopular demand.  Now, I just need to find the Symphonic Metal poll that goes with it.

Edited by Cristi - February 08 2022 at 03:57

A-Z of Symphonic Metal (fully updated with 100+ artists & 500+ albums)

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 14 2022 at 10:35

^ Thanks for your valued input, Cristi, as you're far more knowledgeable about Progressive Metal than I am. There'd be little point in me just copying lists from Metal Archives  I compiled these lists between 2013 & 2015 entirely independently of ProgArchives & MetalArchives.  To be honest, I've listed Progressive Metal & Symphonic Metal together here, just so I could include two of my favourite Prog Metal bands: Ayreon & Dream Theater.  I'm using your Progressive Metal poll list as a helpful guide too with a little help from Wikipedia. 

Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^ Thanks for your valued input, Cristi, as you're far more knowledgeable about Progressive Metal than I am. There'd be little point in me just copying lists from Metal Archives  I compiled these lists between 2013 & 2015 entirely independently of ProgArchives & MetalArchives.  To be honest, I've listed Progressive Metal & Symphonic Metal together here, just so I could include two of my favourite Prog Metal bands: Ayreon & Dream Theater.  I'm using your Progressive Metal poll list as a helpful guide too with a little help from Wikipedia.  If you say you are using my list of bands, first I say try and listen to a few songs from each band if you want to see what's it all about, see what you like or what you dislike (and i believe you would like some and dislike some).  Also metal archives and metalmusicarchives are two different sites.  lso have look at this: https://metalstorm.net/bands/index.php That's good advice. I've been gradually working my way through listening to the debut albums in my Symphonic Metal poll, and so far, I like Aesma Daeva, After Forever, Amberian Dawn, Delain & Ayreon (obviously!), but I'm not so keen on Apocalyptica and Avantasia, so five out of seven ain't bad - if you'll allow me to paraphrase Meatloaf.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: The Beyond is an obscure progressive metal band, difficult to find, what's it doing here? (proof you're just copying titles, say it isn't so).    I listened to The Beyond for the first time today and it's beyond me why I even added them in the first place as I didn't like them at all, so I've happily deleted them from my listings, making them even more obscure than ever now.

A-Z of Symphonic Metal (fully updated with 100+ artists & 500+ albums)

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 14 2022 at 10:37

Cristi wrote: ^ I've never heard of Coronatus or Crimson Tears(I will look them up), but the other three are not symphonic metal.   So you've chosen to ignore me.  Symphonic metal is not a progressive metal subgenre, associating these two genre is so messy, it's oranges and potatoes. Makes very little sense.

Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: ^ I've never heard of Coronatus or Crimson Tears(I will look them up), but the other three are not symphonic metal.   So you've chosen to ignore me.  Symphonic metal is not a progressive metal subgenre, associating these two genre is so messy, it's oranges and potatoes. Makes very little sense.  I never claimed Circus Maximus and Conception are Symphonic Metal. I found them in your Progressive Metal poll.  I only discovered Coronatus today and they sound pretty good too!  Not what I meant. Symphonic metal and progressive metal are two different things. I thought i made it clear in my previous post. Even within progressive metal, there are different sounds, styles.

^ Combining Progressive Metal & Symphonic Metal together here is a good way for me to discover new music, is it not, just as I "discovered" Dimmu Borgir this morning, although I rather wish I hadn't.

Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^ Combining Progressive Metal & Symphonic Metal together here is a good way for me to discover new music, is it not, just as I "discovered" Dimmu Borgir this morning, although I rather wish I hadn't. but you don't know the difference between them, so how's it gonna work for you?