The vocals don't do that faux-opera thing and the hooks are pure pop. There's no trace of the usual goth aesthetic either. It might resemble some symphonic metal in some minor ways, but that's not what it is. I've listened to a lot of symphonic metal albums and none of them sound much like this band.
The riffs in Amaranthe are even more inspired by modern stuff like djent than anything from the symphonic metal playbook, which was more of a power metal and 90's goth metal thing, musically.
But yeah, in some sense, there are similarities. I just don't really find them to be that big.
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