I've been into the symphonic metal genre for a while now. After Forever, Epica, Kamelot, Nightwish as well as some other Euro groups like Dragonforce (power metal), Elvenking (folk metal), Lacuna Coil, Sonata Arctica. (Kamelot is the only non-European group here, but they're more popular there now).
I had previously downloaded/saved the music videos for some of the Kamelot songs from YouTube, HD ones that were put there by www.icodeteam.com. These would seem to be the "official" video releases by/for the record label SPV.
So, I'm looking at the other vids they have posted there, and found 2 other groups that are pretty frickin' awesome.
Moonspell, from Portugal. Most of their stuff is death/black metal, which isn't normally my thing, but Scorpion Flower is in a different vein for them and more like what I've been into the last couple years. The video, like the Kamelot ones, is very lush and well produced.
Engel, a newer group from Sweden, is like a much harder, heavier version of some of the other "modern" groups that you hear a lot on the radio. Videos for Casket Closing & Next Closed Door.
The other videos from them can be found to the right under the "More From: iCODETEAM" section. Make sure you hit the "HD" button for any of these.
Definitely buying the Engel CD, and at least a couple of the Moonspell ones too.
I had previously downloaded/saved the music videos for some of the Kamelot songs from YouTube, HD ones that were put there by www.icodeteam.com. These would seem to be the "official" video releases by/for the record label SPV.
So, I'm looking at the other vids they have posted there, and found 2 other groups that are pretty frickin' awesome.
Moonspell, from Portugal. Most of their stuff is death/black metal, which isn't normally my thing, but Scorpion Flower is in a different vein for them and more like what I've been into the last couple years. The video, like the Kamelot ones, is very lush and well produced.
Engel, a newer group from Sweden, is like a much harder, heavier version of some of the other "modern" groups that you hear a lot on the radio. Videos for Casket Closing & Next Closed Door.
The other videos from them can be found to the right under the "More From: iCODETEAM" section. Make sure you hit the "HD" button for any of these.
Definitely buying the Engel CD, and at least a couple of the Moonspell ones too.