Lullacry - Almost Sentenced....maybe a bit happier....with female vocals. Not bad.
Destruction - A classic German thrash band, with quite a few good albums.
Royal Hunt - Progressive metal, impressive vocalist
I thought Lullacry to be extremely boring and monotonous. I had the debut, listened to it twice in a year, and eventually threw it to the wolves on ebay. It had high recommendations but I couldn't even find one song on Be My God that I liked. Definately overrated.