XANDRIA

with vocalist Lisa Schaphaus-Middelhauve


with former vocalist Kerstin Bischoff


Genre(s): symhonic gothic metal
Origin: Germany (Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia)
Formed: 1997

Current Line-Up:
guitars, vocals, keyboards– Marco Heubaum
guitars – Philip Restermeier - (2001-)
bass - Nils Middelhauve (2004-) (Mind Masque, Avelon, Visible Touch)
drums- Gerit Lamm (2000-)

Live members:
vocals - Lisa Schaphaus-Middelhauve (1999-2008, also piano)


Former Members:
vocals:
Nicole Tobien (on “Xandria” demo)

Kerstin Bischoff (2009-2010)

guitars:
Manuel Vinke (na “Xandria” deme)
Jens Becker (1999-2000)
Andreas Maske (2000-2001)

bass:
Holger Klein (na “Xandria” deme)
Holger Vester (1997)
Daniel Joenriskes (1997-1999)
Roland Krueger (1999-2004)

drums:
Niki Weltz (na “Xandria” deme)

keyboard:
Andreas Litschel (on “Xandria” demo)


Albums:

Full-Length:
Kill the Sun (2003)
Ravenheart (2004)
India (2005)
Salomé - The Seventh Veil (2007)

Singles:
Kill The Sun (2003)
Ravenheart (2004)
Eversleeping (2004)
In Love With The Darkness (2005)
Save My Life (2007)
Sisters of the Light (Vs. Jesus On Extasy) (2007)

Best Of / Compilations:
Now And Forever (2008)

Demos:
Xandria (1997)
Kill The Sun (2001)

Recommended Songs:
In Love With The Darkness
Now & Forever
Ravenheart

Recommended Album:
Ravenheart (2004)


MYSPACE


VIDEOS:
FIRE OF UNIVERSE
NOW AND FOREVER (Live)


DOWNLOAD ALBUMS:
KILL THE SUN
RAVENHEART
INDIA
SALOMÉ - THE SEVENTH VEIL

WITHIN TEMPTATION

Genre(s): Melodic/Symphonic/Gothic Metal
Origin: Netherlands (Waddinxveen north Netherlands )-
Formed: 1996

Current Line-Up:
vocals – Sharon Den Adel (1996-)
guitars, vocals / growling (1. album) – Robert Westerholt (1996-) (The Circle)
guitars – Ruud Jolie (2001-)
bass - Jeroen Van Veen (1996-) (Voyage (Hol), The Circle, Spina Bifida (Hol), Barton Dean)
keyboards - Martijn Spierenburg (2001-) (Voyage (Hol), The Circle)
drums - Stephen van Haestregt (2002-) (Ambeon, Paralysis (Hol),Orphanage)

Former Members:
guitars:
Michiel Papenhove (1996-2001) (Voyage (Hol), Project: Lynchpin, Barton Dean)
Jelle Bakker (2001) (Frozen Sun (Hol), Donor (Hol))

keyboard:
Martijn Westerholt (1996-2001) (Delain, Infernorama)

drums:
Richard Willemse (1996) (Ejaculate, Abscess (Hol), Barton Dean, Boneztorm, Near Dark, Rather Not, Still No)
Dennis Leeflang (1996) (Carthago (Hol), The Saturnine, Sun Caged,Aerik Von Band)
Ivar De Graaf (1996-1998, 1999-2001) (Les Faidits, Kingfisher Sky)
Ciro Palma (1998-1999) (Dissect (Hol), Xenomorph (Hol))


Albums:

Full-Length:
Enter (1997)
Mother Earth (2000)
The Silent Force (2004)
The Heart of Everything (2007)

EP:
The Dance (1997)
The Howling EP (2007)
All I Need (2007)

Singles:
Restless (1997)
Our Farewell (2001)
Ice Queen (2001)
Mother Earth (2002)
Never Ending Story (2003)
Running Up That Hill (2004)
Stand My Ground (2004)
Jillian (I’d Give My Heart) (2005)
Memories (2005)
Angels (2005)
What Have You Done (2007)
Frozen (2007)
Forgiven (2008)

Concerts:
Black Symphony (2008)

DVDs:
Mother Earth: Limited Edition DVD (2002)
Mother Earth Tour (2003)
Stand My Ground (2004)
The Silent Force Tour (2005)
Black Symphony (2008)

Demos:
Demo (1996)
Enter (1996)

Recommended Songs:
Ice Queen
The Promise
Angels

Recommended Album:
The Heart of Everything (2007)

Note:
Melodic is only album The Heart of Everything.


MYSPACE


VIDEOS:
ANGELS
FROZEN (Live)
THE HEART OF EVERYTHING
FiNAL DESTINATION (with slides from movie The Last of the Mohicans)
ICE QUEEN


DOWNLOAD ALBUMS:

Studio Albums:
ENTER
MOTHER EARTH
SILENT FORCE
THE HEART OF EVERYTHING

Live Albums:
MOTHER EARTH TOUR
THE SILENT FORCE TOUR
BLACK SYMPHONY


EP:
THE DANCE

THE GATHERING

with vocalist Silje Wergeland



with former vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen



Genre(s): death / doom metal (before), rock / gothic metal (then before), atmospheric rock (now)
Origin: Netherlands (Oss, North Brabant / Nijmegen, Gelderland)
Formed: 1989

Current Line-Up:
vocals – Silje Wergeland (2009-) (Octavia Sperati)
guitars – René Rutten
bass - Marjolein Kooijman (2004-)
keyboards- Frank Boeijen
drums- Hans Rutten


Former Members:
vocals:
Bart Smits (1989-1992) (Wish)
Niels Duffhues (1992-1994)
Marike Groot (1992) (Little Mary Big, Wonderlust)
Martine Van Loon (1992-1994) (Lords of the Stone, Orphanage)
Anneke van Giersbergen (1994-2007) (Agua de Annique)

guitars:
Jelmer Wiersma (1989-1998)

bass:
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs (1989-2003)

keyboards:
Henk van Koeverden


Albums:

Full-Length:
Always (1992)
Almost A Dance (1993)
Mandylion (1995)
Nighttime Birds (1997)
How To Measure A Planet? (1998)
if_then_else (2000)
Souvenirs (2003)
Passenger in Time - The Musical History Tour (2005)
Home (2006)
The West Pole (2009)

EP:
Black Light District (2002)
City from Above (2009)

Singles:
Strange Machines (1995)
Adrenaline/Leaves (1996)
The May Song (1997)
Kevin’s Telescope (1997)
Liberty Bell (1998)
Amity (2000)
Rollercoaster (2000)
You Learn About It (2003)
Monsters (2003)

Concerts:
Superheat (2000)
Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
A Noise Severe (2007)

DVDs:
In Motion (2002)
A Sound Relief (2005)
A Noise Severe (2007)

Boxet:
Sand & Mercury (2008)

Best Of / Compilations:
Downfall: the Early Years (2001)
Accessories - Rarities And B-Sides (2005)

Split Albums:
Sziget Festival (2008)

Demos:
An Imaginary Symphony (1990)
Moonlight Archer (1991)

Recommended Songs:
Leaves
Strange Machines
Nighttime Birds

Recommended Album:
Nighttime Birds (1997)


MYSPACE


VIDEOS:
LEAVES
STRANGE MACHINES
STRANGE MACHINES (Live)


DOWNLOAD ALBUMS:
ALWAYS
ALMOST A DANCE
MANDYLION
NIGHTTIME BIRDS
HOW MEASURE A PLANET?
IF_THEN_ELSE
SOUVENIRS
THE MUSICAL HISTORY TOUR - PASSENGERS IN TIME
HOME
THE WEST POLE

WE ARE THE FALLEN

Genre(s): alternative rock
Origin: USA
Formed: 2009

Current Line-Up:
vocals – Carly Smithson
guitars – Ben Moody
guitars – John LeCompt
bass - Marty O’Brien
drums– Rocky Gray


Albums:
Full-Length:
Tear the World Down (2010)

Singles:
Bury me alive (2009)


Note:
Band consists from former members of Evanescence and new vocalist.


MYSPACE


VIDEO:
BURY ME ALIVE

DOWNLOAD ALBUMS:
TEAR THE WORLD DOWN

TO-MERA

Genre(s): progressive metal
Origin: United Kingdom (UK) (Surbiton/Surrey)
Formed: 2005

Current Line-Up:
vocals – Julie Kiss (Without Face)
guitars – Tom MacLean (Bass in Haken)
guitars, keyboards– Richard “Hen” Henshall (Haken)
bass - Mark Harrington - Bass (Demagogue, Lost Legion)
-
drums- Paul Westwood - Drums (De Profundis (UK))
Former Members:
drums- Akos Pirisi
keyboards- Hugo Sheppard
bass - Lee Barrett (Extreme Noise Terror)


Albums:
Full-Length:
Transcendental (2006)
Delusions (2008)

Demos:
Demo 2005 (2005)


Recommended Songs:
Blood

Note:
For me they are too very progressive. Guitars sound chaotically for me and most time they are non melodic tuned.


MYSPACE


VIDEO:
BLOOD


DOWNLOAD ALBUMS:
TRANSCENDENTAL
DELUSIONS

THEATRE OF TRAGEDY

photo with contemporary vocalist Nell Sigland


photo with former vocalist Liv Kristine



Genre(s): gothic/doom/death metal (before),
industrial/electronica, gothic metal / rock
(later)
Origin: Norway
Formed: 1993
Type: pair, beauty and the beast, trinity, female

Current Line-Up:
vocals – Nell Sigland (2004-) (The Covent/The Crest)
vocals (growling and later also clean vocals), programming - Raymond István Rohonyi (1993-)
guitars – Vegard K. Thorsen (1999-)
guitars – Frank Claussen (1997-) (Malpractice (Nor))
keyboards, piano - Lorentz Aspen (1993-) (Therion (Swe))
drums - Hein Frode Hansen (1993-) (Phobia (Nor), Serpent (Nor))

Former Members:
vocals - Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull (1993-2003) (Leaves’ Eyes)

guitars –
Tommy Olsson (1997-1999) (Elusive, Morendoes)
Pål Bjåstad (1993-1995)
Geir Flikkeid (1995-1997)
Tommy Lindal (1993-1997) (Imperium (Nor), ...in Deviltry, Scars of Lis)

bass - -Eirik T. Saltrø (1993-2000)


Albums:

Full-Length:
Theatre of Tragedy (1995)
Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996)
Aégis (1998)
Musique (2000)
Assembly (2002)
Storm (2006)
Forever is the World (2009)

EP:
A Rose for the Dead (1997)
Virago (1999)
Inperspective (2000)
Storm (2006)

Singles:
Der Tanz der Schatten (1996)
Cassandra (1998)
Image (2000)
Machine (2001)
Envision (2002)
Let You Down (2002)
Deadland (2009)

Best Of / Compilations:
Universal Race (2002)
Fragments

Concerts:
closure:live (2001)
Boxet sety:
Two Originals (2005)

Demos:
Demo 1994 (1994)

Recommended album:
Aégis (1998) (- more atmospheric gothic metal)

Recommended Songs:
(album Aégis):
Poppæa
Lorelei
Siren


MYSPACE

VIDEOS:
with Liv
LORELEI (Live)
VENUS (with interesting slides)

with Nell
DEADLAND


DOWNLOAD ALBUMS:
THEATRE OF TRAGEDY
VELVET DARKNESS THEY FEAR
AEGIS
MUSIQUE
ASSEMBLY
STORM
FOREVER IS THE WORLD