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I can't stand her voice.
She can be good when she's bloody trying, but on their latest album Del Adel is awful. Then again everything about 'The Unforgiven' is awful, right down to th title and the half-assed Underworld ripoff of a story. As it stands right now Delain's the only gothic metal band that I think has any substantial musical credibility left to their name with which to grace future releases.
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She can be good when she's bloody trying' date=' but on their latest album Del Adel is awful. Then again [i']everything about 'The Unforgiven' is awful, right down to th title and the half-assed Underworld ripoff of a story. As it stands right now Delain's the only gothic metal band that I think has any substantial musical credibility left to their name with which to grace future releases.
I think I didn't like Delain but I0ll check again... I can listen to Del Adel when she sings in lover notes, but her high tones irritate me. And from all the songs I heard, there wasn't one that really amazed me.
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Re: Female Fronted Band Recommendations

She can be good when she's bloody trying' date=' but on their latest album Del Adel is awful. Then again [i']everything about 'The Unforgiven' is awful, right down to th title and the half-assed Underworld ripoff of a story. As it stands right now Delain's the only gothic metal band that I think has any substantial musical credibility left to their name with which to grace future releases.
You should hear Lycanthia's latest album Oligarchy, it's excellent gothic/doom metal. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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please check out french metal band called "ETHS" WITH CANDICE!! They recently got a new singer who is great, but she is no candice, candice growls give me chills=) I would say for starters try the song "crucifere." It is one of my favorites, I also really like Naocl and Samantha. Please tell me what you think afterwards=)

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please check out french metal band called "ETHS" WITH CANDICE!! They recently got a new singer who is great' date=' but she is no candice, candice growls give me chills=) I would say for starters try the song "crucifere." It is one of my favorites, I also really like Naocl and Samantha. Please tell me what you think afterwards=)[/quote'] For me the music with Opera IX was alright. The vocals were a no. As far as the rest of your recommendations go, the last 60 secs of Naocl pretty much sums it up. Was def not my thing but thanks for sharing!
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For me the music with Opera IX was alright. The vocals were a no. As far as the rest of your recommendations go, the last 60 secs of Naocl pretty much sums it up. Was def not my thing but thanks for sharing!
Yes I would say both bands are not for everyone=P And I usually skip the last 60 seconds of naocl. haha. I just really love her vocal technique.
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Cloudkicker, Conquering Dystopia (and Jeff Loomis solo stuff), Pelican, Behold... The Arctopus, Animals As Leaders, Russian Circles, Exvivious... there are plenty more, but that's who comes to mind right now. I don't really like most of these groups, but you might. Two non-metal instrumental groups I like are Explosions In The Sky (very atmospheric) and Zu (the Carboniferous album). Really, just do a Google or YouTube search for "instrumental metal" or (I hate this term) "instrumetal".

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