It's not so much that I dislike bands like Nightwish or whatever, it's just I haven't given them much of a chance because the few songs I've heard weren't very interesting to me. That type of symphonic metal with my very limited knowledge tends to be more mediocre to me than plain bad in any case. There's a lot of worse metal out there than the popular symphonic stuff. But some symphonic metal can be great.
Just curious, what do people think of bands like Therion, Phlebotomized, and Xanthochroid? I have a friend who likes the three of them quite a bit, and I've liked the little bit I've heard from Phlebotomized and Xanthochroid. With Therion it's been a little while since I heard their more symphonic material, as far as I can remember I only really liked their less symphonic, more death/doom type stuff.
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