I've been listening to some gothic metal lately

[The Bringer]

And I am wondering if anyone can recommend the best gothic bands out there? I've been listening to Farmer Boys, Within Temptation, After Forever, For My Pain...

That's what I've found so far and I really like it.


If recommendation threads are not allowed, please lock. I don't know the rules.

 

[MasterOLightning]

Farmer Boys? Are you serious? That's the name of a gothic band?

Wow...

Go get Turn Loose the Swans and Songs of Darkness, Words of Light by My Dying Bride.

 

[The Bringer]

Yeah, believe it or not!

Okay, I'll do that. Thanks!

 

[Nico]

Virgin Black

 

[Hammer of Might]

Farmer Boys are gothic? They just sounded shit to me! And I'm not even saying that just to ruin the thread, I'm just surprised they are considered gothic. I've seen a few of their videos on DVD compilations, and they just seem like an awful indie band! But maybe I was so put off by the name that I didn't listen hard enough.

 

[madu]

Nightingale's The Breathing Shadow album, and uh, Ram-Zet might be considered gothic?

 

[Susperia]

Tristania is THE ONLY really great goth/doom band that I've heard that I really love. They keep it heavy and interesting... sometimes a little too catchy. Listen to Beyond the Veil or World of Glass.

 

[CF87]

Theate of Tragedy-Velvet Darkness They Fear,s/t
Leaves' Eyes-Lovelorn

Liv Kristine(now liv krull) sings on all these albums so they are essential. Those two specific theatre of tragedy albums are gothic/doom.

 

[Barking Pumpkin]

Tristania. I have 'Widows Weeds.' It's pretty good.

 

[Vital Remains]

never could get into that gothic metal stuff

 

[Procella]

I like Moonspell very much, Tiamat, Tristania... One of my favourite bands is Fields Of The Nephilim, they are really great. It's classic! And they are realeasing a new album soon...

 

[Erik]

Tiamat

only ever became "gothic" as of 1999

coincidentally, everything theyve released since then has sucked copious amounts of penis

funny how that works out

 

[Mr_Haze]

The Vision Bleak, The Gathering, Penumbra, Nemesea, Mortal Love, Crematory

I'm a newb to the subgenre but this stuff hasn't been added yet.

Edit - Catafalque and Theatre of Tragedy

 

[Perdition's Light]

The Gathering - especially Mandylion
Moonspell - Wolfheart
Samael - Passage
Tristania are alright

I really can't think of anything else that isn't unbearably pretentious and uninteresting in this genre.

 

[Erik]

Samael - Passage

o i c this is gothic metal i must change my list

 

[The Bringer]

I think it can be very hard to understand what exactly is gothic metal.

Does anyone consider Sirenia gothic metal?

 

[Susperia]

Haha yes Sirenia is like the most gothed out goth metal there is.... am I right?

 

[Procella]

Sirenia is gothic metal, but I think Tristania is much better, I like 'World Of Glass". And listen to the first The 3rd And The Mortal album called 'Tears Laid In Earth'.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Passage is hardly goth metal. A few songs are pretty good though.

 

[The Bringer]

Gothic metal or not, I'll check out Passage too.