Aesma Daeva
Aesma Daeva is an American symphonic metal band founded by John Prassas and Nick Kopernik in 1998. Their first album Here Lies One Whose Name Was Written in Water was published in 1999 by Accession Records. Soprano Melissa Ferlaak was the band's vocalist between 2001 and 2005. In 2006 she was replaced by Lori Lewis who also sang for the symphonic metal band Therion.
The band's music combines symphonic and operatic elements with metal music|metal] music. They have been compared to Nightwish, with whom they performed in 2004, and Therion.