I am not sure if this band has been mentioned here or not (I did a search and didn't get any results for a topic about them) but anyways, this is a band I just recently discovered. They are called BRAVE and they are from the United States. I was very impressed with their sound and their vocalist (Michelle Loose) is very good. She sings in a more clean (non opera) voice, much like Sharon Adel of Within Temptation. But they are very good and worth checking out. They used to be called ARISE FROM THORNS.

You can check them out at their website...
http://bravemusic.com/index.html

Or you can hear some more on their myspace page...
http://myspace.com/braveband

Jack