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title: "How Like a Winter"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/how-like-a-winter"
genre: "Gothic Metal"
country: "Italy"
formed: 1995
disbanded: 2013
---

# How Like a Winter

**How Like a Winter** is a gothic metal band, from Italy, active 1995 to 2013.

How Like a Winter is a gothic doom metal band from Italy that was formed in the mid-1990s, although their first recording was not until much later. The band's music, which can be described as atmospheric and melancholy, is composed using violins, various classical, acoustic and electric guitars, and features male and female vocalists; the band members all use evocative pseudonyms. Male vocals are both clean and growled, whereas the female duo of Tragedy and Misery are invariably clean. Delicate violins mingle with heavy guitar riffs and are complemented by acoustic guitar solos. The band's music has been likened to that of Paradise Lost, Celestial Season, Novembers Doom, Shape of Despair, and My Dying Bride. Guitarist Mist lists My Dying Bride as a great inspiration, along with Opeth and Katatonia among others.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Like_a_Winter

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | How Like a Winter |
| Genre | Gothic Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Campobasso, Italy |
| Formed | 1995 |
| Disbanded | 2013 |
| Releases in catalog | 1 |

## Genres

[Gothic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/gothic-metal) · [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Marco Benevento](https://themetalnet.com/musician/marco-benevento) | Lead vocals |  | Current |
| [Agony](https://themetalnet.com/musician/agony) | Violin |  | Current |
| [Emiliano Santoro](https://themetalnet.com/musician/emiliano-santoro) | Guitar |  | Current |
| [Massimiliano Volpe](https://themetalnet.com/musician/massimiliano-volpe) | Bass guitar |  | Current |
| [Misery](https://themetalnet.com/musician/misery-d13acef9) | Other vocals |  | Current |
| [Tragedy](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tragedy) | Other vocals |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2003 | […Beyond My Grey Wake](https://themetalnet.com/album/1d36d390-e5c0-3bd4-a318-576d51680d32) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Novembers Doom](https://themetalnet.com/band/novembers-doom) (listened together)
- [Estatic Fear](https://themetalnet.com/band/estatic-fear) (listened together)
- [The Morningside](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-morningside) (listened together)
- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)
- [The Foreshadowing](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-foreshadowing) (listened together)
- [The Fall of Every Season](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-fall-of-every-season) (listened together)
- [On Thorns I Lay](https://themetalnet.com/band/on-thorns-i-lay) (listened together)
- [Within Temptation](https://themetalnet.com/band/within-temptation) (listened together)
- [Doom:vs](https://themetalnet.com/band/doom-vs) (listened together)
- [The Old Dead Tree](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-old-dead-tree) (listened together)
- [Silentium](https://themetalnet.com/band/silentium) (listened together)
- [Amorphis](https://themetalnet.com/band/amorphis) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/How_like_a_Winter/6671
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/1269326
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5sZcJk6PP5Exr8oLT5oVt8
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howlikeawinterband

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/how-like-a-winter](https://themetalnet.com/band/how-like-a-winter). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt