Always loved Epica me ever since their first album. Ive always been a massive fan of The Gathering, Within Temptation, After Forever and Orphanage. I used to goto the Dynamo Festival every year. I saw Epica meet and greet the last time they toured with Stream of Passion.
I'm well into helloween and within temptation I buy all there cd's and also saw helloween at hard rock hell afew years ago.Helloween have a new cd coming also does anyone know where I can get a preview of the songs
I found an interesting band called "Satan's Host" their last three albums are in a black metal style but with clean vocals. The album by them By the Hand of the Devil is one of my favorite albums of the last 10years. Another good band that a lot of people have never heard of is Chthonic, they are a more traditional newer Black Metal band from Taiwan, with some dashes of melodic stuff. And for all the SLAYER lovers out there (which is all of us because who doesn't love SLAYER!!!??? \m/ ) I give to you thrash band Korzus, they have a very slayer feel to them.