Symphonic Metal · Albums
Top symphonic metal albums
The top-rated symphonic metal album on Riffiter is Mother Earth by Within Temptation, rated 3.8/5 by 2 listeners.
114 symphonic metal albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 16 of 114 symphonic metal albums, averaging 3.1/5, spanning 1994 to 2025.
02 Dusk and Her Embrace
Cradle of Filth · 1996
★ 3.5 · 1
03 The Silent Force
Within Temptation · 2004
★ 3.5 · 1
04 Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Nightwish · 2015
★ 3.5 · 1
05 The Divine Conspiracy
Epica · 2007
★ 3.5 · 2
06 The Manticore and Other Horrors
Cradle of Filth · 2012
★ 3.5 · 2
07 Nymphetamine
Cradle of Filth · 2004
★ 3.0 · 1
08 Once
Nightwish · 2004
★ 3.0 · 1
09 Angels Fall First
Nightwish · 1997
★ 3.0 · 1
10 The Holographic Principle
Epica · 2016
★ 3.3 · 2
11 Decades
Nightwish · 2018
★ 2.5 · 1
12 Lovecraft & Witch Hearts
Cradle of Filth · 2002
★ 2.5 · 1
13 The Quantum Enigma
Epica · 2014
★ 2.5 · 1
14 Damnation and a Day
Cradle of Filth · 2003
★ 2.5 · 1
15 Imaginaerum
Nightwish · 2011
★ 2.8 · 2
16 Human. :II: Nature.
Nightwish · 2020
★ 3.0 · 4
17 Midian
Cradle of Filth · 2000
18 Bleed Out
Within Temptation · 2023
19 The Unforgiving
Within Temptation · 2011
20 Cell-0
Apocalyptica · 2020
21 Inquisition Symphony
Apocalyptica · 1998
22 The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
Cradle of Filth · 1994
23 The Shadow Self
Tarja · 2016
24 The Heart of Everything
Within Temptation · 2007
25 My Winter Storm
Tarja · 2007
26 Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs
Epica · 2017
27 Design Your Universe
Epica · 2009
28 Thornography
Cradle of Filth · 2006
29 The Brightest Void
Tarja · 2016
30 Requiem for the Indifferent
Epica · 2012
31 Existence Is Futile
Cradle of Filth · 2021
32 Aspiral
Epica · 2025
33 The Phantom Agony
Epica · 2003
34 Hydra
Within Temptation · 2014
35 Black Symphony
Within Temptation · 2008
36 Enter
Within Temptation · 1997
37 Dark Passion Play
Nightwish · 2007
38 Bitter Suites to Succubi
Cradle of Filth · 2001
39 The Solace System
Epica · 2017
40 Imaginaerum (The Score)
Nightwish · 2012
41 Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay
Cradle of Filth · 2017
42 Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa
Cradle of Filth · 2010
43 Act II
Tarja · 2018
44 Worlds Collide
Apocalyptica · 2007
45 Consign to Oblivion
Epica · 2005
46 Hammer of the Witches
Cradle of Filth · 2015
47 The Q-Music Sessions
Within Temptation · 2013
48 An Acoustic Night at the Theatre
Within Temptation · 2009
49 Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
Nightwish · 2011
50 Wishmaster
Nightwish · 2000
51 Midnight in the Labyrinth
Cradle of Filth · 2012
52 Apocalyptica
Apocalyptica · 2005
53 Cult
Apocalyptica · 2000
54 7th Symphony
Apocalyptica · 2010
55 Plays Metallica by Four Cellos
Apocalyptica · 1996
56 Made in Hong Kong (and in Various Other Places)
Nightwish · 2009
57 Century Child
Nightwish · 2002
58 Oceanborn
Nightwish · 1998
59 The Siren
Nightwish · 2005
60 Evermore Darkly…
Cradle of Filth · 2011
61 Eleven Burial Masses
Cradle of Filth · 2007
62 Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish
Nightwish · 2005
63 Over the Hills and Far Away
Nightwish · 2001
64 Amplified: A Decade of Reinventing the Cello
Apocalyptica · 2006
65 From Wishes to Eternity: Live
Nightwish · 2001
66 Silence
Sonata Arctica · 2002
67 Reckoning Night
Sonata Arctica · 2004
68 This is the Time
Epica · 2010
69 The Dance
Within Temptation · 1998
70 Winterheart's Guild
Sonata Arctica · 2002
71 The Days of Grays
Sonata Arctica · 2009
72 Unia
Sonata Arctica · 2007
73 The Ninth Hour
Sonata Arctica · 2016
74 Pariah's Child
Sonata Arctica · 2014
75 Stones Grow Her Name
Sonata Arctica · 2012
76 The Seer EP
Tarja · 2008
77 The Alchemy Project
Epica · 2022
78 Talviyö
Sonata Arctica · 2019
79 Colours in the Dark
Tarja · 2013
80 Paradise (What About Us?)
Within Temptation · 2013
81 Henkäys ikuisuudesta
Tarja · 2006
82 Ave Maria - en Plein Air
Tarja · 2015
83 Shadowmaker
Apocalyptica · 2015
84 Wagner Reloaded: Live in Leipzig
Apocalyptica · 2013
85 I Feel Immortal
Tarja · 2010
86 Ecliptica - Revisited
Sonata Arctica · 2014
87 Songs of Silence: Live in Tokyo
Sonata Arctica · 2002
88 Ecliptica
Sonata Arctica · 1999
89 Act I
Tarja · 2012
90 What Lies Beneath
Tarja · 2010
91 The Best of Apocalyptica
Apocalyptica · 2002
92 Reflections
Apocalyptica · 2003
93 Ωmega
Epica · 2021
94 Retrospect
Epica · 2013
95 The Classical Conspiracy: Live in Miskolc, Hungary
Epica · 2009
96 The Road to Paradiso
Epica · 2006
97 The Score: An Epic Journey
Epica · 2005
98 We Will Take You With Us: 2 Meter Sessies
Epica · 2004
99 Destroyed
Within Temptation · 2008
100 Resist
Within Temptation · 2019
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