Best Gothic Metal Bands | page 2

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
51	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #2026 Eternal (2008) #6015 Songs of Requiem (2005) #8106
52	The Vision Bleak Germany Gothic Metal	Witching Hour (2013) #6530 Weird Tales (2024) The Deathship Has a New Captain (2004)
53	For My Pain... 1999, Finland Gothic Metal	Fallen (2003) #1206 Killing Romance (2004) [Single]
54	Novembers Doom 1992, United States Death Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	To Welcome the Fade (2002) #6373 The Knowing (2000) The Pale Haunt Departure (2005) #7685
55	Epica 2003, Netherlands Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	Design Your Universe (2009) #220 Omega (2021) #329 The Quantum Enigma (2014) #460
56	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #7849
57	A Dream of Poe 2005, Portugal Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Mirror of Deliverance (2011) #8521 Lady of Shalott (2010) [EP] An Infinity Emerged (2015) #8775
58	Flowing Tears Germany Gothic Metal	Jade (2000) Razorbliss (2004) Serpentine (2002)
59	Funeral 1991, Norway Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	Tragedies (1995) #2006 Tristese (1994) [Demo] From These Wounds (2006)
60	Gaia Korea Gothic Metal, Folk Metal	Nostalgia (2004) #4431
61	Therion 1988, Sweden Symphonic Metal, Death Metal	Vovin (1998) #111 Secret of the Runes (2001) #416 Theli (1996) #556
62	Darkseed Germany Gothic Metal, Heavy Metal	Spellcraft (1997) #5443 Midnight Solemnly Dance (1996) Give Me Light (1999)
63	Samsas Traum 1996, Germany Gothic Metal, Avant-garde Black Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Darkwave	Tineoidea oder: "Die Folgen einer Nacht" (2003) Utopia (2001) a.Ura und das Schnecken.Haus (2004)
64	Ishtar 2005, Korea Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal	Conquest (2011) #8628 Nothing's Atrocity (2010) [EP] #8797 Rise (2015)
65	Siebenburgen Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Delictum (2000) #5640 Grimjaur (1998) Loreia (1997) #8739
66	Sirrah Poland Death Metal, Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	Did Tomorrow Come... (1997) [Boxed set] Acme (1996) #2387 Did Tomorrow Come... (1997) #2388
67	Heavenwood Portugal Gothic Metal	The Tarot of the Bohemians (2016) Redemption (2008) Swallow (1998)
68	Tarja 2004, Finland Symphonic Metal, Symphonic Rock	Henkäys Ikuisuudesta (2006) In the Raw (2019) Colours in the Dark (2013)
69	Secret Discovery 1989, Germany Dark Rock, Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock	Slave (1997) A question of time (1996) Alternate (2006)
70	Autumnblaze 1996, Germany Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Doom Metal	Every Sun Is Fragile (2013) Mute Boy, Sad Girl (2002) Perdition Diaries (2009)
71	On Thorns I Lay 1995, Greece Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	On Thorns I Lay (2023) #5941 Crystal Tears (1999) #6226 Aegean Sorrow (2018)
72	Deathstars 2000, Sweden Cyber Metal, Industrial Metal	Everything Destroys You (2023) #6967 Termination Bliss (2006) #7919 Death Dies Hard (2009) [Single]
73	UnSun 2006, Poland Gothic Metal	The End of Life (2008) #8104 Clinic for Dolls (2010) #8721
74	Evereve Germany Atmospheric Gothic Metal	Seasons (1996) Stormbirds (1998) Regret (1999)
75	Nightfall 1991, Greece Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	At Night We Prey (2021) Athenian Echoes (1995) Eons Aura (1995) [EP]
76	Coronatus 1999, Germany Gothic Metal, Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal	Porta Obscura (2008) Fabula Magna (2009) Terra Incognita (2011)
77	Evig Natt Norway Gothic Metal	I am Silence (2007) #6235 Darkland (2010) #9016 Evig Natt (2016)
78	Poisonblack 2000, Finland Gothic Metal, Heavy Metal	Escapexstacy (2003) Lust Stained Despair (2006) A Dead Heavy Day (2008)
79	The Bronx Casket Co. 1998, United States Dark Metal, Gothic Metal, Atmospheric Metal	Sweet Home Transylvania (2001) Antihero (2011) The Bronx Casket Co. (1999)
80	Rotting Christ 1987, Greece Melodic Black Metal, Grindcore, Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Their Greatest Spells (2018) [Compilation] Thy Mighty Contract (1993) #1727 Theogonia (2007) #2310
81	Theatres des Vampires 1994, Italy Gothic metal	Anima Noir (2008) Moonlight Waltz (2011) Candyland (2016)
82	ReVamp 2009, Netherlands Symphonic Gothic Metal	ReVamp (2010) #7153 Wild Card (2013) The Anatomy of a Nervous Breakdown: On the Sideline (2013) [Single]
83	Moi dix Mois Japan Gothic Metal	Reprise (2012) Nocturnal Opera (2004) Dix Infernal - Scars of Sabbath (2003) [Video]
84	Oceans of Slumber 2011, United States Progressive Metal	Winter (2016) #4078 Starlight and Ash (2022) Where Gods Fear to Speak (2024)
85	Lullacry 1998, Finland Melodic Heavy Metal, Gothic Metal	Vol.4 (2005) Sweet Desire (1999) Be My God (2001)
86	Delain 2002, Netherlands Symphonic Metal	The Human Contradiction (2014) #2546 Apocalypse & Chill (2020) #3615 Dark Waters (2023) #4112
87	Nemesea 2002, Netherlands Symphonic Metal, Alternative Rock	Mana (2004) #4643 The Quiet Resistance (2011) #7123 Uprise (2016)
88	Ashes You Leave Croatia Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Passage Back to Life (1998) Desperate Existence (1999) The Inheritance of Sin and Shame (2000)
89	Diabulus in Musica 2006, Spain Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Euphonic Entropy (2020) Argia (2014) #4195 The Wanderer (2012) #7933
90	Mortiis 1992, Norway Dungeon Synth, Neoclassical Darkwave, Industrial Rock	The Song of a Long Forgotten Ghost (1993) [Demo] The Stargate (1999) Ånden som gjorde opprør (1995) #9080
91	Abysmal Grief 1996, Italy Doom Metal, Ambient	Strange Rites of Evil (2015) #4231 Abysmal Grief (2007) Blasphema Secta (2018)
92	Mandragora Scream Italy Gothic Metal, Dark Metal	Fairy Tales from Hell's Caves (2001) A Whisper of Dew (2003) Volturna (2009)
93	Elis 2003, Liechtenstein Symphonic Gothic Metal	Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky (2004) #7470 Griefshire (2006) God's Silence, Devil's Temptation (2003)
94	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #428 Codex Omega (2017) #509 Communion (2008) #574
95	Akphaezya 2002, France Avant-garde Metal, Gothic Metal, Progressive Metal	Anthology II: Links from the Dead Trinity (2008) #3916 Anthology IV : the Tragedy of Nerak (2012) #4177 Fell Down the Veil (Anthologies I, III & V) (2024)
96	Diabolique 1995, Sweden Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	The Black Flower (1999) Butterflies (2000) [EP] The Green Goddess (2001)
97	Hanging Garden 2004, Finland Death Doom Metal	The Garden (2023) Inherit the Eden (2007) At Every Door (2013)
98	Haggard 1991, Germany Symphonic Metal	Awaking the Centuries (2000) #870 And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer (1997) #1302 Tales of Ithiria (2008) #1616
99	Dreadful Shadows 1993, Germany Gothic Metal	Buried Again (1996) Beyond the Maze (1998) The Cycle (1999)
100	Orphanage 1993, Netherlands Gothic Metal, Death Metal	By Time Alone (1996) Driven (2004) Inside (2000)

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