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1840:List of symphonic metal bands
1679:, in 2007. The Swedish group
1628:. Jansen would go on to form
1595:Within Temptation's brand of
648:Epica at Wacken Open Air 2018
360:List of symphonic metal bands
1924:"Opera Metal for the Masses"
1646:, over a lush foundation of
1572:. Their second full-length,
1307:Endless Forms Most Beautiful
817:Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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4087:Convergence (goth festival)
3853:List of gothic rock artists
3596:Early Norwegian black metal
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2844:Marcel (13 March 2015).
1351:Legacy of the Dark Lands
1274:Turilli / Lione Rhapsody
1024:band, had released some
849:Electric Light Orchestra
743:operatic symphonic metal
414:Trans-Siberian Orchestra
19:Not to be confused with
3536:Bangladeshi heavy metal
3526:Australian thrash metal
2288:The Heart of Everything
2255:"AMG Within Temptation"
1784:Eternal Tears of Sorrow
1270:Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
1022:progressive death metal
627:styled after operas or
433:Musical characteristics
4077:Lumous Gothic Festival
3848:Fields of the Nephilim
3659:Heavy metal subculture
3571:Indigenous metal music
3546:Brazilian thrash metal
3531:Australian heavy metal
1944:symphonicmetal.mit.edu
1512:Symphonic gothic metal
1462:Symphonic gothic metal
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769:, Operatika, Dremora,
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4305:Dutch styles of music
3611:Teutonic thrash metal
3541:Bay Area thrash metal
3521:Argentine heavy metal
3136:Blackened death metal
2663:. 27 September 2016.
2424:The Divine Conspiracy
2354:Sharpe-Young, Garry.
2182:Sharpe-Young, Garry.
2122:Ariatti, Alessandro.
2062:Ariatti, Alessandro.
1828:Betraying the Martyrs
1804:is a band that mixes
1797:Awaking the Centuries
1760:symphonic death metal
1700:Symphonic death metal
1693:Symphonic death metal
1653:The Divine Conspiracy
1648:symphonic power metal
1611:. Their debut album,
1339:Beyond the Red Mirror
1228:Symphonic power metal
1178:Symphonic power metal
1171:Symphonic power metal
1140:Symphonic black metal
1134:Symphonic black metal
1128:Symphonic black metal
1020:, which started as a
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341:symphonic death metal
337:Symphonic black metal
3823:The Sisters of Mercy
3551:Canadian heavy metal
3041:at Wikimedia Commons
2485:Rivadavia, Eduardo.
2385:Rivadavia, Eduardo.
2319:Rivadavia, Eduardo.
1494:Early to mid 1990s,
1326:A Night at the Opera
1210:Early to mid-1990s,
872:Into the Pandemonium
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4290:Fusion music genres
4184:Film and literature
4082:Whitby Goth Weekend
4067:M'era Luna Festival
4041:Death Guild (1993–)
4031:Batcave (1982–1985)
4014:Notable club nights
3606:Swedish death metal
3561:Florida death metal
3556:Chinese heavy metal
3516:African heavy metal
3314:Neue Deutsche Härte
2821:. 2 November 2016.
2750:. 5 February 2016.
2551:Fulton, Katherine.
2184:"Within Temptation"
2160:on 15 February 2012
1788:melodic death metal
1780:Fleshgod Apocalypse
1758:Bands described as
1720:melodic death metal
1345:The Forgotten Tales
1333:At the Edge of Time
1145:melodic black metal
950:Christofer Johnsson
815:in London with the
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4295:Heavy metal genres
4233:The Goodbye Family
4072:Drop Dead Festival
4062:Wave-Gotik-Treffen
4036:Slimelight (1987–)
4021:F Club (1977–1982)
3969:Wednesday Mourning
3581:Les Légions Noires
3309:Neoclassical metal
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3094:Alternative metal
3037:Media related to
2996:Heaney, Gregory.
2940:New Transcendence
2590:Dark Passion Play
2389:The Phantom Agony
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4155:Edward Gorey
3954:Lisa Gerrard
3909:Dinah Cancer
3874:Peter Murphy
3869:Robert Smith
3818:Joy Division
3476:Shred guitar
3439:Cymbal choke
3401:Viking metal
3389:Thrash metal
3383:
3379:Stoner metal
3369:Sludge metal
3334:Pirate metal
3319:Nintendocore
3277:Kawaii metal
3267:Groove metal
3252:Gothic metal
3225:Celtic metal
3188:Funeral doom
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1528:Liv Kristine
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89:Please help
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4247:The Sandman
4170:Backcombing
4150:Rose Mortem
4140:Lip Service
4133:Health Goth
3985:Camden Town
3919:Lisa Hammer
3750:Gothic rock
3654:Headbanging
3601:Palm Desert
3491:Death growl
3471:Power chord
3466:Palm muting
3461:Guitar solo
3374:Speed metal
3354:Power metal
3329:Pagan metal
3302:Progressive
3282:Latin metal
3205:Drone metal
3156:Death metal
3114:Black metal
3109:Biker metal
3076:Heavy metal
2728:20 November
1818:Lorna Shore
1768:Septicflesh
1743:Netherlands
1715:death metal
1620:Mark Jansen
1520:death metal
1504:Netherlands
1244:heavy metal
1240:Art of Life
1232:power metal
1193:power metal
1114:Aesma Daeva
1070:death metal
918:, no other
853:death metal
803:Deep Purple
779:Aesma Daeva
728:Mark Jansen
683:Mark Jansen
498:heavy metal
494:death metal
490:black metal
486:power metal
426:film scores
410:Lorna Shore
386:opera metal
323:Netherlands
319:Scandinavia
296:power metal
281:Heavy metal
264:Opera metal
259:Other names
4279:Categories
4201:Tim Burton
4196:Literature
3949:Doc Hammer
3939:Carl McCoy
3884:Ian Curtis
3828:The Damned
3755:Gothabilly
3456:Distortion
3434:Blast beat
3344:Post-metal
3339:Pornogrind
3242:Glam metal
3237:Funk metal
3220:Folk metal
3200:Doom metal
3183:Death-doom
3151:Crust punk
3014:9 December
2981:14 October
2950:9 November
2919:9 December
2886:22 January
2829:22 January
2788:22 January
2758:22 January
2702:22 January
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2360:MusicMight
2188:MusicMight
2137:7 November
2107:7 November
2077:7 November
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