Genre
Symphonic Metal
Symphonic metal layers orchestras, choirs, and operatic vocals over heavy guitar foundations. Nightwish, Within Temptation, and Epica built the style's European stronghold, where classical grandeur and metal force amplify each other.
Symphonic Metal on Riffiter: 79 albums from artists including Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica, ranked by popularity and community ratings.
Key artists
Albums
Human. :II: Nature.
Nightwish · 2020
Imaginaerum
Nightwish · 2011
Nymphetamine
Cradle of Filth · 2004
Midian
Cradle of Filth · 2000
Bleed Out
Within Temptation · 2023
The Unforgiving
Within Temptation · 2011
Dusk and Her Embrace
Cradle of Filth · 1996
Decades
Nightwish · 2018
The Silent Force
Within Temptation · 2004
Once
Nightwish · 2004
Lovecraft & Witch Hearts
Cradle of Filth · 2002
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
Cradle of Filth · 1994
The Holographic Principle
Epica · 2016
The Quantum Enigma
Epica · 2014
The Heart of Everything
Within Temptation · 2007
The Divine Conspiracy
Epica · 2007
Damnation and a Day
Cradle of Filth · 2003
Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs
Epica · 2017
Design Your Universe
Epica · 2009
Thornography
Cradle of Filth · 2006
Existence Is Futile
Cradle of Filth · 2021
Requiem for the Indifferent
Epica · 2012
Aspiral
Epica · 2025
The Phantom Agony
Epica · 2003
Hydra
Within Temptation · 2014
Black Symphony
Within Temptation · 2008
Dark Passion Play
Nightwish · 2007
Bitter Suites to Succubi
Cradle of Filth · 2001
Enter
Within Temptation · 1997
The Solace System
Epica · 2017
Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay
Cradle of Filth · 2017
Imaginaerum (The Score)
Nightwish · 2012
Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa
Cradle of Filth · 2010
Hammer of the Witches
Cradle of Filth · 2015
Consign to Oblivion
Epica · 2005
Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Nightwish · 2015
The Q-Music Sessions
Within Temptation · 2013
Midnight in the Labyrinth
Cradle of Filth · 2012
Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
Nightwish · 2011
An Acoustic Night at the Theatre
Within Temptation · 2009
Wishmaster
Nightwish · 2000
Made in Hong Kong (and in Various Other Places)
Nightwish · 2009
Century Child
Nightwish · 2002
Oceanborn
Nightwish · 1998
Evermore Darkly…
Cradle of Filth · 2011
Eleven Burial Masses
Cradle of Filth · 2007
The Siren
Nightwish · 2005
Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish
Nightwish · 2005
Over the Hills and Far Away
Nightwish · 2001
The Manticore and Other Horrors
Cradle of Filth · 2012
From Wishes to Eternity: Live
Nightwish · 2001
This is the Time
Epica · 2010
The Dance
Within Temptation · 1998
Mother Earth
Within Temptation · 2000
Angels Fall First
Nightwish · 1997
The Alchemy Project
Epica · 2022
Paradise (What About Us?)
Within Temptation · 2013
Ωmega
Epica · 2021
Resist
Within Temptation · 2019
Vehicle of Spirit
Nightwish · 2016
