Apocalyptic Metal

Bardiel13 · Post by **Bardiel13** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:56 pm

I've been listening to nothing but O Fortuna and metal for the past week. I require a blend of the two! Can someone reccomend a powerful sounding heavy metal song with an epic, apocalyptic, O Fortuna-esque chorus?

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:44 pm

I know I've heard tons, but none are coming to mind. Within Temptation has some choruses like that, too, but I can't remember which songs. Maybe "Dark Wings," and some others. Listen to Kamelot's "Memento Mori" and tell me what you think of that. I could probably recommend a lot similar to it, probably with more emphasis on dramatic choir, once I give it some thought.

Iamshadowkiller · Post by **Iamshadowkiller** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:20 pm

there must be thousands, and in my hardrive alone, but to pick, well since I'm a little pressed for time right now, if you're in to Gothic Metal, definitely most if not all by Sirenia and Tristania, more specifically right off the top of my head

Tristania-Beyond The Veil, Angina
Sirenia-At Sixes and Sevens, On The Wane, Euphoria

but hell even in power metal you'll find them, just earlier I was listening to 'prophet of the last eclipse' from luca turilli and was amazed at the choir work on that song, which is btw, now my favorite song from them..just thought I'd throw that in there...but for now I must leave...oh and and...there's 'Voyage Of Gurdjieff (The Fourth Way)' and 'lemuria' from therion but...

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str1ngheese · Post by **str1ngheese** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:04 am

Dissection makes some awesome Anti-Cosmic metal....But I dont if thats what your looking for....

requiett · Post by **requiett** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:03 pm

Blind Guardian - Battlefield
Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse

katharsisBR · Post by **katharsisBR** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:24 pm

Therion covered O Fortuna on their Deggial album... however they got some problems with copyright which ended up in a lawsuit and re-release of the album without the cover... You can find this song on the net easily though

You might wanna hear My Dying Bride... besides being a doom/death metal its not hard to get into since most of the vocals are clean... try listening to the album Songs of Darkness Words of Light first... its got this dark epic feeling all over it with powerful and apocalyptic sounding keyboards which gives it a perfect atmosphere.