What is Gothic Metal? Everyone seems to have an opinion and more times than not these bands tend to fall within sub-genre of Gothic metal whether it's symphonic gothic, melodic gothic death metal, gothic doom or just Gothic Metal. Generally gothic metal is define as "gothic metal (or goth metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal and gothic rock that combines the heaviness of doom metal or death-doom with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. the music of gothic metal is as diverse iwth bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music.
It is personally one of my favorite genres of music. The vocals tend to be female and the music dark, sometimes haunting. This list represents a very diverse cross-section of bands that tend to blurr the lines of gothic metal. With that I give you 15 of my favorite bands that argueably can be described as gothic metal.
15. Lake of Tears - Forever Autumn
14. The Vision Bleak - Wolfmoon
13. Theater of Tragedy - Venus
12. Orphanage - Five Crystals
11. Epica - Illusive Consensus
10. Sirenia - The Path to Decay
9. Leaves Eyes - Lovelorn
8. Xandria - Nightfall
7. Trail of Tears - Deceptive Mirrors
6. Gothminister - Stonehenge
5. Delain - Sleepwalkers Dream
4. After Forever - Come
3. Within Temptation - Summertime Sadness
2. Nightwish - Nemo
1. Tristania - Deadlocked
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