You are right, I would have guessed that more of this kind of stuff would come from the Romania area :) Just because of the whole lore and vibe. I am definitely going to have to check some of these out. I really liked Evanescence up to the point that all of their songs started sounding the same.
I like Evanescence too, just listened their live album this afternoon in the car. New material I haven't listened yet so can't say if their music is sounding the same :). But check these bands out, they are, in my opinion, great...