Nightwish

Kitee, Finland
Symphonic metal

studio albums:
Angels Fall First (1997) original + 2012 Japan edition
Oceanborn (1998) 2012 Japan edition
Wishmaster (2000) 2012 Japan edition
Century Child (2002) 2012 Japan edition
Once (2005) Argentina Edition
Dark Passion Play (2007) limited edition
Imaginaerum (2011) Japan edition
Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) limited edition
Human. :II: Nature. (2020)

live albums:
From Wishes to Eternity - Live (2001)
End of Innocence (2003)
End of an Era (2006) limited edition
Made in Hong Kong (and in Various Other Places) (2009)
Showtime, Storytime (2013) limited edition
Vehicle of Spirit (2016)
Decades: Live in Buenos Aires (2019)

soundtrack:
Imaginaerum (The Score) (2012) limited edition

compilations:
The Sound of Nightwish Reborn (2008) Rarities

EP's:
Over the Hills and Far Away (2001) 2007 Japan edition
Bless the Child (2002) limited edition 

singles:
Wish I Had an Angel (2004)
Nemo (2004)
Sleeping Sun (2005)
Amaranth (2007)

Rage

formed as: Avenger *
Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Heavy metal, speed metal, power metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal

studio albums:
Prayers of Steel * (1985) original + 2017 remaster
Reign of Fear (1986) original + 2017 remaster
Execution Guaranteed (1987) original + 2017 remaster
Perfect Man (1988)
Secrets in a Weird World (1989)
Reflections of a Shadow (1990)
Trapped! (1992)
The Missing Link (1993)
Ten Years In Rage (1994)
Black in Mind (1995) Japan edition
End of All Days (1996)
Lingua Mortis (1996) with Symphonic Orchestra Prague
XIII (1998) Japan edition
Ghosts (1999)
Welcome to the Other Side (2001) Japan edition
Unity (2002)
Soundchaser (2003)
Speak of the Dead (2006)
Carved in Stone (2008)
Srings to a Web (2010)
21 (2012)
LMO (2013) with Lingua Mortis Orchestra
The Devil Strikes Again (2016) Del.Ed.
Seasons of the Black (2017) Jap.Ed.
Wings of Rage (2020)

live albums:
From the Cradle to the Stage (2004)
Full Moon in St. Petersburg (2007)

compilation albums:
The Soundchaser Archives: 30th Anniversary (2014)
The Refuge Years (2015) box set

EP's:
Beyond the Wall (1992)
Extended Power (1992)
Live from the Vault (1997)
In Vain - Rage in Acoustic (1998)
Gib Dish Nie Auf (2009)
My Way (2016)

singles:
Higher Than the Sky (1996)
In Vain (1998)

appeared on:
A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal (1996)

The Murder of My Sweet

Stockholm, Sweden
Symphonic metal, gothic metal

studio albums:
Divanity (2010)
Bye Bye Lullaby (2012)
Beth Out of Hell (2015)
Echoes of the Aftermath (2017)
Brave Tin World (2019)

singles:
Bleed Me Dry (2009)
Tonight (2010)

Leaves' Eyes

Ludwigsburg, Germany / Stavanger, Norway
Symphonic metal, Gothic metal, folk metal, Viking metal

studio albums:
Lovelorn (2004)
Vinland Saga (2005) limited edition
Njord (2009) limited edition
Meredead (2011) limited edition
Symphonies of the Night (2013) limited edition
King of Kings (2015)
Sign of the Dragonhead (2018)

live albums:
We Came with the Northern Winds: En Saga I Belgia (2009)

EP's:
Elegy (2005)
Legend Land (2006)
My Destiny (2009)
At Heaven's End (2010)
Melusine (2011)
Fires in the North (2016)
Black Butterfly (2019)

singles:
Into Your Light (2004)

The Dark Element

Sweden/Finland
Symphonic metal

A band formed by former Nightwish vocalist Anette Olzon and former Sonata Arctica guitarist Jani Liimatainen.

studio albums:
The Dark Element (2017)
Songs the Night Sings (2019)

Blind Guardian

Formed as: Lucifer's Heritage *

aka: Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra **

Krefeld, Germany
Power metal, speed metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal, thrash metal (early)

studio albums:
Battalions of Fear (1988) original +2007 remaster
Follow the Blind (1989) original +2007 remaster
Tales from the Twilight World (1990) original +2007 remaster
Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) original +2007 remaster
Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) original +2007 remaster
Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) Japan edition + 2007 remaster + 2013 remix / remaster
A Night at the Opera (2002)
A Twist in the Myth (2006) Japan edition
At the Edge of Time (2010) Japan edition
Memories of a Time to Come (2012) deluxe edition
Beyond the Red Mirror (2015) Japan edition
Legacy of the Dark Lands ** (2019)

live albums:
Tokyo Tales (Live in Japan) (1993) original +2007 remaster
Live (2003)
Imaginations Through the Looking Glass (2004)
The Sacred Worlds and Songs Divine Tour (2010)

EP's:
Twilight of the Gods (2014)

singles:
A Past and Future Secret (1995)
Bright Eyes (1995)
Mirror Mirror (1998)
And Then There Was Silence (2001)
The Bard's Song (in the Forest) (2003)
Fly (2006)
Another Stranger Me (2007)
A Voice in the Dark (2010)

compilation albums:
The Forgotten Tales (1996) original +2007 remaster
An Extraordinary Tale (2013) 

demo:
Symphonies of Doom * (1985)
Battalions of Fear * (1987)

appeared on:
A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal Vol. II (1996)

Edenbridge

Linz, Austria
Symphonic metal, power metal, progressive metal

studio albums:
Sunrise in Eden (2000) 2013 reissue
Arcana (2001) 2013 reissue
Aphelion (2003) 2013 reissue
Shine (2004) 2013 Reis.
The Grand Design (2006) 2013 reissue
My Earth Dream (2008)
Solitaire (2010)
The Bonding (2013) limited edition
The Great Momentum (2017) limited edition
Dynamind (2019)

live albums:
A Livetime in Eden (2004)
Live Earth Dream (2009)

Betraying the Martyrs

Paris, France
Deathcore, metalcore, symphonic metal, progressive metal

studio albums:
Breathe in Life (2011)
Phantom (2014)
The Resilient (2017)
Rapture (2019)

live albums:
Live in Paris (2018)

EP's:
The Hurt the Divine the Light (2009)

Sonata Arctica

Kemi, Finland
Power metal, symphonic metal, progressive metal

studio albums:
Ecliptica (1999) Japan edition
Silence (2001) Japan edition
Winterheart's Guild (2003) Japan edition
Reckoning Night (2004) Japan edition
Unia (2007) Japan edition
The Days of Grays (2009) Japan edition
Stone Grow Her Name (2012) Japan edition
Ecliptica - Revisited (2014) 1999 album re-recorded
Pariah's Child (2014) Japan edition
The Ninth Hour (2016)
Talviyö (2019)

live albums:
Songs of Silence - Live in Tokyo (2002) Japan edition
For the Sake of Revenge (2006) Japan edition
Live in Finland (2011)

EPs:
Successor (2000) South America edition
Orientation (2001) Japan edition
Takatalvi (2003) Japan edition
Don't Say a Word (2004) Japan edition

singles:
Replica 2006 (2006)
Christmas Spirits (2015)

appeared on:
The Keepers of Jericho: A Tribute to Helloween (2001)

Elvenking

Sacile, Italy
Folk metal, power metal, symphonic metal

studio albums:
Heathenreel (2001)
Wyrd (2004) limited edition
The Winter Wake (2006) Japan edition
The Scythe (2007)
Two Tragedy Poets and a Caravan of Weird Figures (2008)
Red Silent Tides (2010)
Era (2012) limited edition
The Pagan Manifesto (2014) Japan edition
Secrets of the Magick Grimoire (2017)
Reader of the Runes: Divination (2019)

live albums:
The Night of Nights - Live (2015)

singles:
From Blood to Stone (2008)

Visions of Atlantis

Styria, Austria
Symphonic metal, Power metal

studio albums:
Eternal Endless Infinity (2002)
Cast Away (2004)
Trinity (2007)
Delta (2011)
Ethera (2013)
The Deep & the Dark (2018)
Wanderers (2019)

EP's:
Maria Magdalena (2011)
Old Routes - New Waters (2016)

demo:
Morning in Atlantis (2000)

Tarja

Kitee, Finland
Symphonic metal, symphonic rock

Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born August 17, 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen * or simply Tarja, is a Finnish singer-songwriter. She is a soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves.
Turunen studied singing at Sibelius Academy and Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. She is well known as a professional classical lied singer but best known as the former lead vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, which she founded with Tuomas Holopainen and Emppu Vuorinen in 1996. Their combination of hard and fast guitar riffs with Turunen's dramatic, "operatic" lead vocals quickly achieved critical and commercial popularity. Their symphonic metal style, soon dubbed "opera metal", inspired many other metal bands and performers.

Studio albums:
My Winter Storm (2007) 2009 reissue
What Lies Beneath (2010) deluxe edition
Colours in the Dark (2013)
The Shadow Self (2016)
In the Raw (2019)

Classical albums:
Ave Maria - En Plein Air * (2015)

Christmas albums:
Henkäys ikuisuudesta (2006)
From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas) (2017)

Live albums:
Act I: Live in Rosario (2012)
Beauty & The Beat * (2014) w/Mike Terrana
Luna Park Ride (2015)
Act II (2018)

EP's:
Yhden Enkelin Unelma (2004)
The Seer (2008)
Left in the Dark (2014)
The Brightest Void (2016)

Singles:
You Would Have Loved This (2006)
I Walk Alone (2007) Reissue
Maailman Kauneimmat Joululaulut (2009)
I Feel Immortal (2010)
An Empty Dream (2017)

Twilight Force

Twilight Force
Falun/Borlänge, Sweden
Power metal, symphonic metal

Tales of Ancient Prophecies (2014) Jap.Ed.
Heroes of Mighty Magic (2016) Ltd.Ed.
Dawn of the Dragonstar (2019)

Bad Omens

Bad Omens
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative metal, symphonic metal

Bad Omens (2016)

Finding God Before God Finds Me (2019) deluxe edition (download - regular edition)

Finsterforst

Finsterforst
Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Folk metal, pagan metal, black metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal

Weltenkraft (2007)
Zum Tode Hin (2009)
Rastlos (2012)
Mach Dich Frei (2015) limited edition
Zerfall (2019) (download)

EP's:
Wiege Der Finsternis (2006)
#YØLØ (2016)

Skillet

Skillet
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Christian rock, Christian metal, hard rock, alternative rock, nu metal, symphonic metal, CCM

studio albums: Skillet (1996) Hey You, I Love Your Soul (1998) Invincible (2000) Alien Youth (2001) Collide (2004) limited edition Comatose (2007) deluxe edition Awake (2009) deluxe edition Rise (2013) deluxe edition Unleashed (2016) Victorious (2019)

live albums: Ardent Worship: Live (2000) Comatose Comes Alive (2008) deluxe edition EP's: Rare Cuts (2001) limited edition iTunes Session (2010) Awake and Remixed (2011)

Gyze

Gyze
formed as: Suicide Heaven *
Hokkaido, Japan
Melodic death metal, power metal, symphonic metal

...Future Ages * (2010) Demo
Fascinating Violence (2013) Jap.Ed.
Black Bride (2015)
Northern Hell Song (2017) Jap.Ed.
Asian Chaos (2019)

Luca Turilli

Luca Turilli
Trieste, Italy
Power metal, neo-classical metal, symphonic metal

Luca Turilli (born 5 March 1972) is an Italian musician (primarily a guitarist) and songwriter. He is one of the founders of the symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. He also worked on a trilogy of solo albums as Luca Turilli, and released one album under the name of Luca Turilli's Dreamquest, a project he worked on alongside Dominique Leurquin. In 2008, Luca began an online guitar course titled Luca Turilli's Neoclassical Revelation. The course takes its name from his neoclassical playing style.

King of the Nordic Twlight (1999)
The Ancient Forest of Elves (1999) Single
Demonheart (2002) EP
Prophet of the Last Eclipse (2002)
The Infinite Wonders of Creation (2006)

Luca Turilli's Dreamquest:
Lost Horizons (2006)
Virus (2006) Single

Luca Turilli's Rhapsody:
Ascending to Infinity (2012)
Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus (2015) Ltd.Ed.

Turilli / Lione Rhapsody:
Zero Gravity: Rebirth and Evolution (2019)

appeared on:
The Keepers of Jericho: A Tribute to Helloween (2001)

Majestica

Majestica
formed as ReinXeed *
Boden, Sweden
Symphonic metal, power metal

The Light * (2008)
Higher * (2009)
Majestic * (2010)
Swedish Hitz Goes Metal * (2011) Covers
1912 * (2011)
Welcome to the Theater * (2012)
A New World * (2013)
Swedish Hitz Goes Metal II * (2013) Covers
Above the Sky (2019)

Fleshgod Apocalypse

Fleshgod Apocalypse
Perugia, Italy
Technical death metal, symphonic metal

Promo '07 (2007)
Oracles (2009)
Mafia (2010) EP
Agony (2011) Jap.Ed.
Labyrinth (2013)
King (2016)
Veleno (2019) Del.Ed.