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Somewhere, off the wind-beaten coast of England, north by the Scotland border, a woman stands alone at the top of a grassy knoll. The North Atlantic wind whips around her, mist billowing in swirling patterns, her white gown flowing. A darkened manor lies in the distance, standing like a solitary sentinel. She turns slowly, a tear in her eye, remembering something, someone who had left so long ago. Her eyes cast again across the horizon, searching for his return.

Occupying the vast territory between the symphonic metal of Nightwish and the gentler, classical-tinged prog of Mostly Autumn, you’ll find Washington D.C.’s Brave in all their glory. Imagine if Emily and Charlotte Bronte had decided to form a heavy metal band, Jane Eyre and the Wurthering Heights, there's no doubt this is what they'd sound like. Deeply atmospheric metal, with traces of goth and hints of classical. Powerful and mournful. As diaphanous as that English mist and as raw as a broken heart.

The best way I can describe them is Romantic Metal.

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