The only "epic" rec threads so far focus exclusively on black metal, clean vox, and doom/death, respectively, so I figured I'd make one where more or less anything goes. So, if it sounds like it could be the background music for something incredibly big going down, recommend it. Choirs and anything that resembles Russian opera is always a plus, although not required : P
In general it would be cool if people could steer away from black metal; I know much of the symphonic shit could be considered applicable, but there's already a thread for that (right below this one).
Doomy stuff is often good- for example, I can think of a few Virgin Black and Swallow the Sun tracks that fit the descriptor- but I'd prefer to avoid stuff that's been done to death here:
epic doom/death?
Fire away.
Three hours of Russia vs. Polovtsy, very epic. The arias are good, but the dances and marches are where this one shines.
