I realize this is a very old post I am replying to but I just about fell out of my chair when I saw it. I Googled Christian symphonic metal bands and this post came up. You mentioned 2 of my farvorite bands, I have all of Nightwish's albums with Tara Tarunen (I dont really care for thier new singer) and all of Epicas albums. I also have a couple of Kamelot's as well. Have you ever heard of Therion? Right now they are my favorite symphonic metal band, but the problem is they are not Christian. In fact they are very much the opposite and its causing a major struggle for me. I too am very discouraged at not being able to find any Christian symphonic metal bands of the same caliber as some of the secular bands. Its like drinking Guinness and then trying to drink Budwieser. YUCK (Thats my beer analogy, tho I dont drink anymore). Have you had any luck finding any bands? Im checking out the Globus band that was listed on this thread, not sure if they are Christian or not, but I really like their sound. I feel doomed. I went thru a period of two years where I didnt listen to ANYTHING, which was just as maddening. Theres a lot of bands that I like the sound of but I cant stand the cookie montster vocals, I never liked the grunting and I especially cant stand it after listening to opera trained singers like Tara Tarunen and Lori Lewis (Therion). Ive even wondered if they make some kind of software where you could get rid of the lyrics. At least I know now that Im not alone in my frustration! I wonder if God gets mad when I listen to Therion and the like, I go back and forth and back and forth on whether or not I should listen to it. Sometimes I feel guilty sometimes I dont. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know, Im at my wits end with this one. I found some really cool stuff you may like on You Tube its called The Best of Epic Music 2012, its got a bunch of cool stuff on it which led me to find some symphonic metal sounding tracks without any lyrics, which is better but I would still rather find something with Christian lyrics. I was up all night long checking out some of the artists and tracks from the You Tube stuff that I found, if anyone is interested I could list some of them for you. Thanks