I’ve been wanting to write a post about my favorite bands and songs for a long time, but since this kind of music is not related to otome games or Japan at all, I always ended up changing my mind and avoiding the topic.
But who knows, maybe some of my readers are willing to try out new genres and bands they’ve never heard before, and it could be a nice chance to find your next favorite song, so why not?
First of all: in my life I’ve listened to many bands from different countries, enjoying music in different languages, from english, to italian, japanese, korean and even finnish.
I’ve been through many genres, but my favorite has always been symphonic metal, mostly with operatic vocals. It’s obviously a niche and I perfectly understand it may be not everyone’s cup of tea, but if you’re curious, here some of my favorite bands and songs!
LEAVES’ EYES: Solemn Sea
I’ve adored Liv Kristine since Theater of Tragedy, her ethereal voice and beauty made me feel emotional. The band has a new singer now (and she’s very talented!), but for me Liv is the only Leave’s eyes singer.
EPICA: Utopia
I’ve been a fan of this great band since they’ve debuted, even if I mostly prefer their old songs.
NIGHTWISH: Ghost love score
I guess this is their most famous song now, since I’ve seen many people on youtube reacting to this amazing live; I’ve loved Nightwish since Tarja’s era, back in 2004, but I adore Floor’s voice.
AMBERIAN DAWN: River of Tuoni
Heidi is hands down one of my favorite singers, her voice is amazing!
XANDRIA: Call of destiny
I wish Xandria could just choose a singer and stick with her, but if I had to choose (they were all very talented) Dianne was on another level, simply a goddess!
Well, I guess I should stop here for now, it’s enough for a start!
Do you enjoy this kind of music posts? If someone is interested, I’d gladly share other bands or some of my favorite singers and songs, since I have so many I could literally write a book about it!
I even thought multiple times about making a separate music blog, but I love this place and I prefer to just stay here. Tell me your opinion!
Mahlenneth
Nice 😀
Some of them I haven’t listened to yet.
Nightwish *___* best band ever!!
I love Within Temptation.
Epica has great songs too.
otomeland
I’m glad you enjoy this kind of posts too, I was a bit worried since it’s not even related to Japan (I’d make a post about Arashi, but their PVs are not even on youtube and it’s difficult), but I love sharing music so I’ll be writing a new post very soon! And Within Temptation will be part of it for sure, I love them too! I hope I can help you find new bands you’d love, we have similar tastes 😉