There is a sort of majestic feel to those albums (primarily due to the choir - the band and guests chanting - and the cello, flute, piano and other keyboards. The metal element is there for sure, but there are many acoustic passages in which the piano or cello give the general feel and the vocals complement with their anguish tone and the appropriate lyrics. Somber, extremely dark to the point of being depressive, mostly slow and heavy (although there are faster and more energetic parts) those describe well the mood of their two full length releases - Sombre Romantic and Elegant.
This is even more true when you look at their upcoming Requiem release in which one is a full blown orchestral piece without any modern instruments within it. They have surpassed this and are creating an original sound which metal is one attribute in it, but not necessarily the main one. But those latter ones are misleading as they miss the true spirit of this band, which is beyond being simply a metal band. Weird, quirky, left-field, out-there, avant-garde, experimental all of these are some of the descriptions that Virgin Black has received alongside with doom-metal, gothic-metal. (Taken From Music and spirit of the band: Virgin Black (ver-jin blak) : An anomalous harmony between the juxtapositions of purity and humanity's darkness.
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