Underrated bands and musicians

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Sigh.

Ok, moving my post to the third page. Fucking Donald duck has been fucking things up again...

Reviving this topic.

These are some of the bands I found recently. The Japanese really seem to be getting into power/neoclassical metal!

- Alhambra (Japan; already mentioned by Jens, but I thought it would be a good idea to post something here). The amazing Yuhki from Ark Storm and Galneryus plays keyboards. Nice solos on this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf2e0Rc2beM
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=120584

- Area51 (Japan). I like this female singer better than the one from Alhambra. She has a "penetrating" sustained voice with almost no vibrato:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hXNr8gapaU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyXuOCAJalY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-QPKb0tI4E
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=46509

- Balflare (Japan):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub-HmO26aKo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6T5xDRF5eo
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=72160

- Unlimited (Vietnam):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiHHpyGgtO8
Video clip of previous song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kbQYmm4aPo
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=57341

- Crown of Glory (Switzerland):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_E4x4velGg
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=2193

- Emir Hot (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The singer is none other than John West. This band supposedly has an Eastern European theme going on (musically speaking). The album is titled "Sevdah Metal" and, according to a description I found on youtube, "Sevdah is the traditional Bosnian music which expresses pure love and longing emotions":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZiTW7jbfGQ
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3001469/e ... _rhapsody/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBJ4AZlMPr8
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=122315

- Epiclore (Finland). Cute, tranquil metal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFKW4PTcCT4
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6848

- Glory Opera (Brazil) Amazonian-themed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcrL9skpK3w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjHYXYyZopg
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=9753

- HolyHell (U.S.). This band is probably better known than the other ones. I read they are from New York, but I'm sure Maria Breon isn't. She has a southern accent (notice how she pronounces "life", "light", "sky", etc.). Cute accent. :
EDIT: Oh yeah, and the keyboardist is Mexican.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2BwxKvf9YU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWGu4m6KJJs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7I-VjQXb_U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKQg0b--Ne0
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=89870

- Ivory Moon (Italy). Male and female singers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KszeTzbL3MU
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6298

- Katra (Finland):
I love this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcY0El-xqcI
Video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4mKWjrulc8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djGxAi4J7Vs
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=111286

- Kyrie Eleison (Argentina). I'm pretty sure I posted this one before, but whatever. I love the lyrics to the song "Children of Pain". This song talks about poverty among street children in Argentina. It applies well to the current climate of increasing insecurity in the country. Listen to it here:
http://www.myspace.com/kyrieeleisonband
Live in front of 254 billion people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dv_oShx-ik
Lyrics: http://www.k-e.com.ar/lyrics/en_l_children_of_pain.php
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=103615

- Toccata Magna (Brazil). The singer could be better, but I really like the elements borrowed from Andean music, which is actually Bolivian, Peruvian, and Ecuadorian, but I guess Brazil is close enough. . Too bad I could only find one song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVXp7c_f-Ds
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=19282

So far I have resisted the temptation to post bands with Spanish lyrics, but since I have posted bands with Japanese lyrics, I might as well go for it.

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Impellitteri!

[giovannivarius]

well, I'll suggest a mexican band named "psicofonia" maybe you wont like it because of the language but you can't deny the music is very good

Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-yuQdvq9UI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1durOtDK7kM

here is also their myspace http://www.myspace.com/psicofoniaband

hope you like it

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you wont like it because of the language but you can't deny the music is very good

QUIT BOSSING ME!!!!

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MORE Asian bands. It's nice to see that they are becoming more active in the power/neoclassical metal scene now that the genre has left its European glory days behind.

- Versailles (Japan; also known as Versailles Philharmonic Quintet)
They are into Visual Kei stuff.

Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACWmyeaJLAs
Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4grgMaaRIkk
Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzJ6x4z9Cg4&NR=1
The bassist, Jasmine You, died unexpectedly some four months ago. I know that the singer is a man and the guitarist is a woman, but I'm not sure about the rest... The whole Visual Kei androgynous look makes it hard to tell. Apparently, Jasmine was a man, in spite of his stage name and the fact that he wore a corset.

Nice costumes: http://www.rockidentity.de/VersaillesW.jpg
http://media.photobucket.com/image/vers ... illes3.jpg
http://media.photobucket.com/image/vers ... ailles.jpg

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=97986

- Hizaki Grace Project (Japan; Versaille's guitarist)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUeNhz2bh10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpfOq0CzU5w
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=95591

- Zihard (South Korea)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVngI8YKHoE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQslFZD91Bs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnE2dMn_U0Q
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=88025

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I know that the singer is a man and the guitarist is a woman, but I'm not sure about the rest...

Holy shit! As it turns out, Hizaki Grace is a man!!!

He hides it well: http://www.last.fm/music/HIZAKI/+images

EDIT: WTF?!?

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There's a Japanese band called Dragon Guardian. Their latest album is titled "Dragonvarius". Wtf?

http://www.myspace.com/metalpartydragonguardian



I've listened to one song and it's not bad at all.

EDIT: It seems to me like the Japanese are the new Finns.


What about this Italian band? Their first album's cover is awesome.

http://www.myspace.com/trickortreatband

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There's a Japanese band called Dragon Guardian. Their latest album is titled "Dragonvarius". Wtf?

it's quite good actually. Dragonvarius that is FTW

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I guess Stratoween was already taken.