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Poll Question: Which is the best Dutch artist?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote birdwithteeth11 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 May 2010 at 2:52pm
Voted "Other" since Pestilence wasn't mentioned on there. Glad someone brought them up.

Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Other for me - the stunning Exivious. Their debut album was one my personal Top 10 releases for 2009.


Last.fm has been recommending them to me for a few months now. I should probably check them out eventually.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Vobiscum Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Jul 2012 at 7:26am
Certainly "The Gathering" which created a trend from "Mandilyon." The other bands mentioned, I know of, "After Forever" is also very good, although it has released only five studio albums. "Epica" and "WT" lost a little, "Ayreon" never heard.
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Other: Anomaly
Other: Lemur Voice
Other: Sun Caged
Other: Cliffhanger
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote J-Man Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Jul 2012 at 9:31am
Ayreon for me. Pestilence would probably be a close second, but Spheres is their only true masterpiece IMO.
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Phlebotomized for the win

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote LittleBig Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Dec 2015 at 1:08am
I only like The Gathering and Ayreon out of these artists
Voted for The Gathering.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Vim Fuego Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Dec 2015 at 1:25am
Other - Pestilence, but that's probably not a big surprise.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Nightfly Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Dec 2015 at 6:37am
The Gathering overall despite a few patchy albums but the same could apply to Ayreon who would be my 2nd choice.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Vic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Dec 2015 at 9:37am
Pestilence for me but up to Testimony of the Ancients. Not trying to be antagonistic or anything but Spheres is the moment they lost me. Two good songs (Mind Reflections and Spheres) and the rest are an amateur's attempt to fuse death metal and jazz/fusion without really having the skills to do so. Great drumming though. 

It's then Ayreon, Asphyx and then The Gathering.
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Epica is the only one I like out of these.
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Within Temptation for me.

Yeah, I know they aren't really all that heavy, but I really like them for whatever reason.

'Enter' sounds like a demo, maybe a decent-sounding, Goth-y demo. I don't like 'Mother Earth' (which seems to be the fan favorite, go figure). 'The Silent Force' is very good though it should have been heavier, with the guitars more in the forefront. 'The Heart Of Everything' is a great album, 'The Unforgiving' is maybe my album of the year for 2011, and 'Hydra' is maybe my album of the year for 2014.

I've seen them 3 times in concert, and they've put on killer shows all 3 times.


Netherlands bands I have albums from:

After Forever (all their albums)
Ayreon (3 albums)
Delain (all albums)
Epica (all albums)
The Gathering (2 albums, nice voice, meh music)
Kingfisher Sky (1 album, nice voice, meh music)
Lemur Voice (debut album, great band)
Nemesea (3 albums, all very different)
Revamp (Floor Jansen's band)
Stream Of Passion (all albums)
Sun Caged (2 albums, pretty good shreddy prog-metal)
Vandenberg (2 albums on vinyl, remember those guys?)
Within Temptation (all albums/dvds)


As you can see, most of it is female-fronted symphonic metal. No extreme/death/black metal, genres I'm just not into unless the band is pretty progressive as well.


Edited by Jbird - 04 Dec 2015 at 8:37am
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I just thought of one I've got on my computer:

George Baker!LOL

I ripped a couple of CDs for my missus and they ended up in my playlist.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote LittleBig Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Dec 2015 at 6:17am
Originally posted by Vim Fuego Vim Fuego wrote:

I just thought of one I've got on my computer:

George Baker!LOL

I ripped a couple of CDs for my missus and they ended up in my playlist.


is that the guy that sings Una Paloma Blanca? LOL
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Originally posted by LittleBig LittleBig wrote:

Originally posted by Vim Fuego Vim Fuego wrote:

I just thought of one I've got on my computer:

George Baker!LOL

I ripped a couple of CDs for my missus and they ended up in my playlist.


is that the guy that sings Una Paloma Blanca? LOL

That's the one. Also Little Green Bag, which was used here in a Heineken ad.
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Ayreon!
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