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Monika Pedersen ( born 21 December 1978 ) is a Danish singer of the band Sinphonia and former vocalist of `` The World State '' and the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia , replacing Henriette Bordvik . She also contributed guest vocals to Mercenary , Effektor , Evil Masquerade , Manticora and Ad Noctum . Manticora is a heavy metal band from Hvidovre , ___MASK8___ formed in 1996 by Lars and Kristian Larsen . Their current label is Nightmare Records . Their lyrical content typically consists of literature , fantasy , and science fiction . Although they are considered to be a progressive power metal band , they do have an essence of a speed metal influence . Their newest album , " Safe " was released in 2010 . Gothic metal ( or goth metal ) is a fusion genre combining the heaviness of heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock . The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music . The genre originated during the early 1990s in Europe originally as an outgrowth of death - doom , a fusion of death metal and doom metal . Lyrics are generally dark and introspective with inspiration from gothic fiction as well as personal experiences . Hvidovre is the main town in Hvidovre Municipality , ___MASK8___ . The town , a suburb of Copenhagen , is about 10 km southwest of the capital ' s center . Speed metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of ___MASK89___ heavy metal ( NWOBHM ) roots . It is described by AllMusic as " extremely fast , abrasive , and technically demanding " music . ___MASK8___ is a Scandinavian country in Europe . The southernmost and smallest of the Nordic countries , it is south - west of Sweden and south of Norway , and bordered to the south by Germany . The Kingdom of ___MASK8___ is the sovereign state that comprises ___MASK8___ proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . ___MASK8___ has a total area of , and a population of 5 . 7 million . The country consists of a peninsula , Jutland , and an archipelago of 443 named islands , with the largest being Zealand and Funen . The islands are characterised by flat , arable land and sandy coasts , low elevation and a temperate climate . Gothic fiction , which is largely known by the subgenre of Gothic horror , is a genre or mode of literature and film that combines fiction and horror , death , and at times romance . Its origin is attributed to English author Horace Walpole , with his 1764 novel " The Castle of Otranto ", subtitled ( in its second edition ) " A Gothic Story ." The effect of Gothic fiction feeds on a pleasing sort of terror , an extension of Romantic literary pleasures that were relatively new at the time of Walpole ' s novel . It originated in ___MASK67___ in the second half of the 18th century and had much success in the 19th , as witnessed by Mary Shelley  s " Frankenstein " and the works of Edgar Allan Poe . Another well known novel in this genre , dating from the late Victorian era , is Bram Stoker  s " Dracula ". The name " Gothic " refers to the ( pseudo )- medieval buildings , emulating Gothic architecture , in which many of these stories take place . This extreme form of romanticism was very popular in ___MASK67___ and Germany . The English Gothic novel also led to new novel types such as the German " Schauerroman " and the French " Georgia ". Doom metal is an extreme style of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos , low - tuned guitars and a much " thicker " or " heavier " sound than other metal genres . Both the music and the lyrics intend to evoke a sense of despair , dread , and impending doom . The genre is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath , who formed a prototype for doom metal with songs such as " Black Sabbath ", " Children of the Grave ", " Electric Funeral " and " Into the Void ". During the first half of the 1980s , a number of bands from ___MASK67___ ( Pagan Altar , Witchfinder General ), the United States ( Pentagram , Saint Vitus , Trouble ) and ___MASK44___ ( Candlemass , Count Raven ) defined doom metal as a distinct genre .