Original sentence: While their first two albums - Always (1992) and Almost a Dance (1993) were played a part in the formation of gothic metal, which were recorded with two different vocalists, their following Mandylion (1995) on which Anneke van Giersbergen sang for the first time, was a dark, haunting and emotional piece of music
Edited sentence: While their first two albums - Always (1992) and Almost a Dance (1993) were quite typical gothic metal albums, which were recorded with two different vocalists, their following Mandylion (1995) on which Anneke van Giersbergen sang for the first time, was a beautifully written, dark, haunting and emotional piece of music