I tried Autumn Rain Melancholy, it's a good band but seems too symphonic for me. For female vocal I have a very strict rule: they have to sound really really strong. For example, Angela in Arch Enemy. In addition I also like black metal, not so much with melodic black, but more into bands like Satanic Warmaster, Noenum, some old, raw sound. And I also like some mixture style with both black and death, like Dissection, Hypocrisy. I generally don't listen to brutal death, I rarely feel connection to it, but they do have good album art, which I enjoy a lot. Hmm, seems I appreciate some grind core as well...

I completely agree with you. Small distinction between our tastes is available. Folk mdm has on me no due effect. Certainly this music is beautiful, technical. But I need something bigger. Power + melody = the infernal mix forcing my heart to flare. Sometimes I listen to a folk mdm. Wintersun are familiar to me. As sometimes I listen to Amon Amarth. Besides MDM I listen to Melodic Black Metal. If it is possible, I would like to advise you one little-known band with very beautiful pure female vocal. They wrote down only one album 10 years ago. The further destiny is unknown. Besides a female vocal there is a man's scream. They sing in Russian in Doom/Dark/Melodic Black Metal style. They are called as Autumn Rain Melancholy. If you don't manage to find them, tell me, I will try to help you. Sometimes, when I have a bad mood, I listen Brutal Death Metal. But it happens very seldom.

Melodic death is also my favorite, but it seems our taste is a bit different. I like bands such as Windir, Wintersun. Many people think melodic death is just power metal with harsh vocal. For some bands that's true, but not for all melodic death bands. It seems now I'm more and more into technical death by the way. Recently I found a nice Russian Pagan band Arkona, which has a wonderful female vocalist. I love how Russian sounds by her. Except that I listen to some German neofolk, and some Scandinavian folk songs. Occasionally I listen to some classic and post-rock music. Plus: I'm not able to appreciate rap, any kind of rap.