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It is very common for bands, especially female fronted bands to perform operatic vocals.

Those bands are referred to as Operatic symphonic metal for example Nightwish ( Tarja Turunen ), Epica, Haggard, Therion, Operatika, Dremora, Dol Ammad, Visions of Atlantis, Aesma Daeva, Almora.

Operatic style is not exclusively tied to symphonic metal, it appears also in avant-garde metal, progressive metal, gothic metal and melodic metal.