Best Symphonic Death Metal Bands
Septicflesh are a Greek symphonic death metal band from Athens, founded in 1990. They released their first full-length album Mystic Places of Dawn in April 1994. Now, listen. Fleshgod Apocalypse is great and is popular for a reason, but Septicflesh make music that is purely suspenseful and awesome. They are, to me, what Symphonic Death Metal should be. Some of their albums sound like film scores infused with Death Metal.
SepticFlesh surpasses every other band in any genre and it is an understatement to label them as just Symphonic Death Metal even though that is what in essence they are. It's just the most Artistic, Philosophical, Magnifiscent, Dark, Morbid and Brutally Crushing music you will ever hear with 'Anubis' being their biggest masterpiece in Metal or Music history in general. No band can compare to these Greek Titans.
They are really awesome! I don't need to describe them because words aren't enough
Fleshgod Apocalypse is an Italian death metal band. Formed in 2007, the group resides in Perugia and are currently signed to Willowtip Records and Nuclear Blast. The band is known for their fusion of symphonic metal with technical death metal. The best symphonic death metal I've ever heard. Many classics are there already despite that are just releasing their fifth album. I wish them long time with such a creativity and talent.
Something to give a try if you want to start: The Fool, Sugar, The Violation, Paramour, Gravity - just to name a few exceptional songs. But honestly, I could not call any "bad" track from them, these are really exceptional among the very goods.
Interesting fact: for their album King they released the orchestratic version of the songs, they are just fenomenal on their own too.
Enough of words, go and listen - their videos are pretty good too! (But definitely nothing for the work! :) )
This band is just incredible, with two vocalists, they really got me into this genre, Make Them Suffer's NEVERBLOOM album is kind of similar but only like 30%, not as priceless. I love this band, but I am yet to try the others on this list!
Wintersun is a metal band from Helsinki, Finland and was originally created by guitarist, keyboardist, bassist, songwriter and vocalist Jari Mäenpää as a side project to folk metal band Ensiferum for whom he was lead singer and guitarist.
Not your average death metal band. Great musicians and awesome song writing!
Make Them Suffer is an Australian symphonic deathcore/metalcore band from Perth, currently signed to Rise Records. Insanely good band with massive breakdowns and awesome screams!
Dark Lunacy is an Italian melodic death metal band, often using a string quartet and Red Army choirs. Italian band with a 20year career.Their first three albums are the best.
Amon Amarth is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed in 1992. The band takes its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom.I've never encountered a band quite like them, so epic and futuristic.
Dominia is a Russian melodic death metal band formed in Saint Petersburg in 1999. The band released their first full-length album in 2006. Excel enemy russian band. Just List endless to the first. two albums.
Imperial Circus Dead Decadence (ICDD) is a Japanese metal band with a lot of different influences. The band was formed in 2007 in Fukuoka. They have released 2 EPs and 2 full-length albums so far, which are received well among fans of Japanese extreme metal, especially their second full-length "Kuruoshiku...".
Their style is often described as melodic death metal with many symphonic metal, power metal and black metal influences or simply "symphonic extreme metal".
The current members are:
Hull: Guitars, Bass, Keyboards Programming
Rib:y(uhki): Vocals, Choirs, Narration, Guitars, Bass
Kim: Guitars
Kimiko: Vocals
Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. Its name was inspired by the Celtic Frost album To Mega Therion.
Their Album Skin Age is just amazing!
Best Symphonic Death Metal from mother russia!
Tranvestite garbage would sound more appropriate I believe.
I like their style of both male and female vocals.
Nightwish is a symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and lead singer Tarja Turunen. It's currently formed by Tuomas, Emppu, lead vocalist Floor Jansen, bassist and vocalist Marco Hietala, ...read more.