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I've been a big fan of what I have known to melodic metal for quite some time. However, no one else has been able to suggest a song or artist to me that fit my idea of what melodic metal was.
Nightwish is operatic metal. The songs "Gethsemane" "Over the Hills and Far Away" and "Phantom of the Opera" are amoung my favorites. The singer in this band has a great voice. She was at one time an opera singer.
Also, check out Dimmu Borgir's "Hybrid Stigmata - The Apostasy" and "Puritania" and The Kovenant's "New World Order," "Jihad" and "The Human Abstract" These two bands both make use of melodies very well IMO.
Also try looking into Apocalyptica, they are also known as the 4 Chellos. They basicly play metal on Chello. Their best song IMO is "The Hall of the Mountain King." Apocalyptica rarely has any singing, so their music needs to be full of melody.
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