Showing posts with label Xandria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Xandria. Show all posts

17 Apr 2015

The (not so) magical world of symphonic gothic metal

Symphonic gothic metal has always been a love of mine, to the point where I would be obsessed with it and know pretty much every band in and around the genre. With age came less spare time and more need for variety and nowadays I regularly listen only to a select few, but I still throw an eye on the rest of them from time to time. And since Epica and Xandria battled for attention on the 2nd of May and Macbeth decided to come out of whatever hole they were hiding in, I guess it’s time to pay close attention to this genre once more.

Artmania 2013, Sibiu, 9-10.08.13

Day 1
Amaranthe
I used to strongly dislike Elize Ryd, she seemed very stuck up and self centered and vain and cold and unable to interact on stage with anyone else but her hair, but I must admit that she is much more tolerable in Amaranthe than she is with Kamelot. They were surprisingly fun! My favourite was the grunting dude, who's like a little troll in the background coming out to spoil the pretty pretty music of pretty pretty people.