i love virgin black. they are an australian goth metal band with symphonic stuff. vocals go between screams, opera clean vocals and choirs...important point: the lead guitarist is a gal. they have really nice tunes and it's a real surprise for me that dunc has heard of them...very interesting.
check out the acoustic song: "museum of iscariot"...just like the solo at the end of "one last goodbye," there are two amazing, moving, touching, tearing-apart solos on there.