Nightwish

Originally posted by RequiemX
Whenever people here ask about other bands, I always post:

Nighwish
After Forever
Therion

After Forver is a lot like Nighwish. And Therion...wow...can you say "choirs?"

Yeah man! You got it down. After Forever is amazing! Anyone reading this right now needs to listen to anything by them. If you have KaZaa or WinMX, try to download the song "Zenith." It's SOOO cool, the first minute has some great growls on it, and the rest of the song alternates between the heavenly female singer and the wicked male. Of course, after you listen to the song a few times, don't forget to delete the song *wink!*

P.S. Therion rox, too!
 
After Forever is an amazing band indeed, you could describe their music as "peogressive gothic metal" but it's kind of difficult to put that into categories. I especially like their latest album "Decipher". It was the first time I heard a band using growls/grunts and it really added to the atmosphere of the music. I usually dont like growls/grunts too much, but After Forever uses them perfectly imo. It's hard to recommend any songs cause they are all great. "Emphasis" or "Estranged" might be a good start though...
 
After Forever are amazing, definitely. And their singer, Floor is even more amazing. But if you listened to After Forever or Star One, you probably already knew that.