 | Oceanborn by Nightwish
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £11.39 Tarja has to be my Goddess in this genre, her operatic voice makes this album work wonders! I love the songs, Passion of the Opera, Gethsemane and Sleeping Sun. A must for opera metal fans!
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 | Once by Nightwish
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £7.49 Again, great operatic vocals from Tarja. I fell in love with the whole genre of opera/epic metal when I heard Ghost Love Score and Planet Hell - they my favourite tracks on this album.
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 | Century Child by Nightwish
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £33.41 End of all Hope, Phantom of the Opera and Ever Dream are great tracks - again opera/metal kind of thing, brilliant!
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 | Wishmaster by Nightwish
Buy new: £8.78 / Used from: £6.40 Tarja is certainly the Wishmaster of my opera metal needs! She is My Sin, Two For Tragedy and Wishmaster are simply great!
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 | Angels Fall First by Nightwish
Buy new: £8.78 / Used from: £7.72 Nightwish's first album, good stuff, not as good as their more recent things. Still operatic - Beauty and the Beast, Angels Fall First - great tracks!
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 | My Winter Storm (Special UK Edition) by Tarja
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £5.98 Tarja's career has gone from strength to strength! This solo album is a must for operatic (metalish) needs, Minor Heaven and I Walk Alone are great tracks!
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 | Dark Passion Play: Special Edition by Nightwish
Buy new: £12.98 / Used from: £9.00 Although this Nightwish album is not really opera metal, Anette still makes the Nightwish symphonic spirit live on - Amaranth and Sahara are good.
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 | Lux Noctis by Coronatus
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £13.96 This Cd is worth getting to sate opera metal needs. This band need more recognition - they're great!
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 | The Divine Conspiracy by Epica
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £9.02 Not quite as operatic as others I've listed but worth getting anyway if you like female fronted symphonic metal.
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 | Consign to Oblivion by Epica
Buy used from: £88.33 Another Epica album worth getting.
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 | The Phantom Agony by Epica
Very worth getting, I love Run For A Fall despite the grunts.
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 | Mea Culpa by After Forever
This is a bargain compilation! Forlorn Hope, Beyond Me, Come and Life's Vortex sate all my opera metal needs! A worthy investment!
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 | After Forever by After Forever
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £9.36 Sweet, more opera metal! Withering Time, Energize Me and Envision are brilliant tracks. Opera metal forever!
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 | Invisible Circles by After Forever
Buy new: £10.99 / Used from: £9.34 Beautiful Emptiness and Blind Pain are so worth getting this CD for. Opera/symphonic metal at its best.
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 | The Silent Force by Within Temptation
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £5.00 More soprano than opera is Sharon's voice. Still worth getting, Angels, Jillian and Aquarius are haunting but brilliant tracks!
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 | Mother Earth by Within Temptation
Buy new: £7.38 / Used from: £15.47 Another masterpiece by WT. Ice Queen and Mother Earth do it for for symphonic metal!
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 | The Heart of Everything by Within Temptation
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £5.25 A spine chilling collection of songs by WT, The Howling, Forgiven and Our Solemn Hour stand out for me the most.
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 | The Edge of Infinity by Lunatica
Buy used from: £23.75 An album worth getting. Not really soprano or operatic vocals but symphonic metal, baby! Edge of Infinity, Who You Are and Together are tracks to reach you on a personal level.
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 | FABLES & DREAMS by Lunatica
Buy used from: £12.99 A similar collection of symphonic/dramatic metal kind of thing. Avalon, Neverending Story and Hymn are worth listening to.
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 | Here Lies One Whose Name Was W by Aesma Daeva
Buy used from: £26.67 Operatic symphonic metal done justice by this band. Disdain and Darkness are the best tracks. The album, Dawn Of New Athens is worth finding somewhere - their best!
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