Symphonic Metal Albums

DRAGONLAND's seventh album, with a release date of 23 October 2026 on Scarlet Records. Produced, mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordström at Studio Fredman, it contains the final recorded contributions of long-time guitarist Olof Mörck (AMARANTHE), who left the band in July 2026.

Set The Dark On Fire finds EDENBRIDGE shaping symphonic-metal fantasy and clear melodic-metal uplift into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

Dark Asylum is a useful way to hear KAMELOT from a different angle within the 2026 catalogue.

The sixth album, released on 3 June 2026 as the companion piece to Gate of Heaven: the band's own announcement calls it the darkest and most chaotic world they have written. It gathers the two songs of the December 2025 single, "Zen'aku no Higan" and "∞", and re-records "affected" and "Get Revenge On The Tyrant" from the 2014 debut. Eleven tracks.

Here Be Dragons finds AVANTASIA shaping rock-opera theatricality and the large uplift of melodic and power metal into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Cradle of Filth's fourteenth studio album, from March 2025 and their first for Napalm Records; the Japanese edition came out the same day.

Aspiral finds EPICA shaping symphonic-metal grandeur, progressive construction and weight rooted in extreme metal into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

The fifth album, released by FABTONE on 26 November 2025 and the first half of a concept pair completed by Gate of Hell in June 2026. Its ten songs include the title tracks of the three singles that preceded it — Sekai Rinne, SAKURA chevalier and Convergent Rays — and close with a re-recording of "Satsuriku no Miseria" from the 2014 debut.

This follow-up revisits the spirit of Apocalyptica’s debut, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, through the sound and experience of the band today.

Silver Romance is a bright, affirmative power-metal record worthy of FREEDOM CALL’s twenty-fifth anniversary.

Yesterwynde is NIGHTWISH’s tenth album, a vast symphonic-metal work shaped around time, memory, and the question of how human beings receive the world.

The Awakening is KAMELOT’s first studio record in five years and brings its symphonic shadows, progressive construction and dramatic melodies into especially clear focus.

A one-track digital single issued on 1 April 2023. The song had been written for the singer Tokoyami Towa under sponsorship by Nissin's Yakisoba U.F.O.; this is Unlucky Morpheus playing it themselves, the band whose Shiren composed it and whose Fuki wrote the words.

Bleed Out overlays WITHIN TEMPTATION’s symphonic beauty with modern-metal weight and electronic tension.

Tobias Sammet assembles a varied cast of singers and builds theatrical storytelling and oversized melody as a sequence of connected scenes.

DRAGONLAND's sixth album, released in 2022, a comeback after eleven years since Under the Grey Banner. A sci-fi concept album set in space and separate from The Dragonland Chronicles saga, it was released by AFM Records; the Japanese edition is on Marquee/Avalon (MICP-11706).

Shangri-La finds Edenbridge building a fantasy world around Sabine Edelsbacher’s clear voice and Lanvall’s grand arrangements.

Neptune Blue, Lana Lane’s long-awaited return, connects progressive structure with melodic accessibility around her expressive, soaring voice.

Lorna Shore's fourth studio album, from October 2022, closing on a title track in three parts.

The fourth album, distributed by Disk Union on 27 April 2022. It carries an album version of "“M” Revolution", the digital single from 2021, and four of its songs — "Amaryllis", "Welcome to Valhalla", "The Black Death Mansion Murders" and "“M” Anthem" — were given music videos. Ten tracks.

Cradle of Filth's thirteenth studio album, from October 2021, an existential record that looks squarely at the end of the species.

Omega expands Epica’s symphonic-metal scale to a grand, carefully controlled level.

Cell-0 places the sound of the cello itself at the center, with Apocalyptica working without a featured vocalist.

Human. :||: Nature. is Nightwish's ninth album, a two-disc story of humanity and nature that pairs a set of songs with an orchestral suite.

An original EP put into national distribution on 29 April 2020, its three songs built around Takiyashahime, the figure held to be the daughter of Taira no Masakado. The CD adds instrumental versions of all three for six tracks; the streaming release carries the three sung songs alone. The title track got a music video and "Tetsuou" a lyric video.

The third album, distributed by Disk Union on 29 July 2020. Six of its nine songs were given official films, more than any other Unlucky Morpheus record, and at Toyosu PIT the following year the band played all nine of them almost in album order.

Moonglow revisits Avantasia’s metal-opera scale with deeper shading, polished melodies and a stronger sense of story.

Dynamind joins Sabine Edelsbacher’s clear, expressive voice to Lanvall’s symphonic writing with unusual precision.

M.E.T.A.L. is Freedom Call’s wholehearted celebration of melodic power metal and the joy of listening to it.

Resist takes Within Temptation’s dramatic foundation into a leaner, more electronic and pop-conscious sound world.

The Shadow Theory combines Kamelot’s symphonic scale with modern guitar hardness around themes of fear and inner duality.

An EP put into national distribution on 28 March 2018. The band's own release list describes it as the EP where reading the score of "CADAVER" backwards gives you "REVADAC" — the two title tracks are one piece of music read in both directions. The third track is a live recording from 14 September 2017.

The second full album, in national distribution from 19 September 2018. Thirteen tracks: the two songs of the March EP CADAVER / REVADAC, plus re-recordings of the 2015 single "Wings" and of "Kyobo no Koibito" from the 2014 debut affected. Music videos were made for "Knight of Sword" and "Kizasi", the latter released in both a flat and a VR version.

Cradle of Filth's twelfth studio album, from September 2017, built on the Victorian fascination with death.

The Great Momentum layers Edenbridge’s symphonic grandeur over the forward force of firm guitar riffs.

Ghostlights gathers guest vocalists, symphonic color, hard-rock accessibility and power-metal velocity into one broad narrative.

The Holographic Principle joins orchestral-style arrangements, choirs and heavy guitar riffs inside large-scale compositions.

Master of Light lets Freedom Call’s bright melody, speed and positive singalongs ring out with particular openness.

Myrath's fourth album, from February 2016, named with the English translation of the band's own name.

An original EP first sold at Comic Market 91 on 29 December 2016 and put into national distribution through Canned music on 18 January 2017. Three tracks. The title song got one of the band's earliest official music videos and has been a fixture of their live set ever since.

Shadowmaker binds Apocalyptica’s signature cello sound tightly to heavy-rock riffs and dark vocals.

Cradle of Filth's eleventh studio album, from July 2015: their first for Nuclear Blast and the first outing for a new line-up.