Symphonic Metal Albums - Page 2

Haven connects Kamelot’s dark symphonic-metal atmosphere, detailed guitar work, melancholy melody and dramatic vocal expression.

Endless Forms Most Beautiful overlays Nightwish’s symphonic-metal grandeur with a gaze toward nature, life and science.

The second original full album, first sold at M3-2015 Spring on 26 April 2015 and put into national distribution by Disk Union on 13 May. Its songs are titled in German and French and its subject is the vampire. The CD holds six tracks, the streaming release five.

The band's first original single, sold at Comic Market 88 on 14 August 2015. Five tracks: the song itself and four versions of it with the vocal, the guitar, the bass and the drums taken out in turn. Disk Union put it into national distribution on 31 March 2018.

The Quantum Enigma joins Epica’s orchestral scale, heavy guitar riffs and dramatic vocals with meticulous control.

Beyond fills Freedom Call’s world with light-catching melodies, fast rhythms and choruses made for collective singing.

The first original full album, sold at Comic Market 86 on 16 August 2014 and put into national distribution by Disk Union on 22 October. After six years of Touhou Project arrangement records it was the first Unlucky Morpheus album made entirely of their own songs. Seven tracks.

Hydra places Within Temptation’s large symphonic-rock framework around varied voices and contrasting textures.

The Mystery of Time uses multiple vocalists, thick choirs and symphonic arrangement to tell a large-scale rock-opera story.

The Bonding combines weighty orchestration, transparent vocals and lyrical guitar to create grand symphonic metal.

The Q-Music Sessions, born of a Dutch radio project, has WITHIN TEMPTATION recasting pop and rock hits in grand style around Sharon den Adel's voice.

Cradle of Filth's tenth studio album, from October 2012 and the only one made by the band as a three-piece.

Requiem for the Indifferent uses orchestral weight, heavy guitars and the contrast between clean and harsh vocals to frame social concerns on a large scale.

Land of the Crimson Dawn opens Freedom Call’s bright melodies, brisk speed and fantasy-colored world to the fullest.

Silverthorn introduces a new vocalist while reconnecting Kamelot’s heavy riffs, symphonic decoration and dark storytelling.

El Dorado Hotel layers Lana Lane’s clear vocals, keyboard-born fantasy colors and dramatic guitar work.

DRAGONLAND's fifth album, released in 2011 after a five-year gap since Astronomy. The third chapter of The Dragonland Chronicles saga, it completes the story of the first two albums and was released by AFM Records; many regard it as the band's masterpiece.

The third album by Tunisia's Myrath, from October 2011, built on Arabic scales and melody inside progressive metal.

Imaginaerum layers Nightwish’s orchestra, choir, heavy guitar and Anette Olzon’s voice into a fantasy narrative about dreams and memory.

The eighth Septicflesh album, from April 2011, recorded with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Unforgiving builds on a narrative concept with Sharon den Adel’s clear voice, heavy guitar and electronic accents.

7th Symphony joins Apocalyptica’s weighty cello sound to metal riffing while making room for guest vocals and electronic color.

Angel of Babylon expands Avantasia’s metal-opera appeal through varied guest voices and symphonic arrangements.

The Wicked Symphony polishes Avantasia’s grand rock-opera feel with huge choruses, emotional melody and multiple vocal personalities.

Cradle of Filth's ninth studio album, from November 2010, a concept record about Lilith.

Solitaire connects Edenbridge’s symphonic breadth, clear vocals and power-metal momentum.

Legend of the Shadowking collects Freedom Call’s bright, fast melody, singalong choruses and fantasy-world atmosphere in a concept-minded record.

Poetry for the Poisoned layers Kamelot’s shadowed melodies, symphonic breadth and dramatic choruses into a dark, theatrical world.

Design Your Universe layers orchestra, choir and metal riffs with great precision, creating an immense sonic space for Epica.

The Scarecrow brings together Tobias Sammet’s cast of singers with heavy metal and theatrical storytelling.

Cradle of Filth's eighth studio album, from October 2008, a concept record following the life of the fifteenth-century French baron Gilles de Rais.

MyEarthDream pairs Sabine Edelsbacher’s clear voice with Lanvall’s guitar and orchestration to create an expansive fantasy world.

Rethroned brings several notable Finnish vocalists together to recast familiar songs as heavy, symphonic metal.

Worlds Collide connects the low resonance of cello to metal’s riff-driven force through more open songwriting.

The Divine Conspiracy layers Simone Simons’s clear voice, Mark Jansen’s growl, and orchestral sweep into a richly multi-level sound.

Dimensions pours bright melody, fast beats, and stacked choruses into a thoroughly celebratory power-metal record.

Ghost Opera combines heavy guitar, classical keyboard color, and Roy Khan’s shadowed voice on a grand scale.

Red Planet Boulevard uses rich keyboards, fluid guitar, and Lana Lane’s soaring voice to sketch a cosmic sense of space.

Dark Passion Play connects Nightwish’s metal drive and full-orchestra sweep to a more ambitious narrative world.

Reborn uses several distinctive voices and weighty arrangements to remake pop and rock favorites as symphonic metal.

Turisas's second album, issued by Century Media in 2007. It is a concept album following a party down the river routes of medieval Rus to the Eastern Roman Empire.

The Heart of Everything joins heavy guitar and cinematic orchestration to Sharon den Adel’s clear voice.