Gothic metal
Gothic metal is a heavy metal genre. It is fusion of gothic rock, doom metal and death metal.
Notable bands
Gothic Metal Media
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Paradise Lost's 1991 album Gothic inspired the name of the genre.
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Gothic metal band Tristania
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Lead female vocalists are a common presence in the gothic metal genre. One of the earliest was Anneke van Giersbergen of the Gathering, depicted above.
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The Italian gothic, black metal band Theatres des Vampires manifests a deep interest in the vampire myth, a common staple of gothic horror fiction.
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Gothic rock band Christian Death performing live at Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig, Germany, in 2014
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Nick Holmes is the vocalist of the pioneering Paradise Lost. The group is known to have influenced many subsequent bands in the genre.
Aaron Stainthorpe of My Dying Bride credits Dead Can Dance, Swans and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds as inspirations.
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Type O Negative, performing at the Columbiahalle in Berlin, Germany, was one of the earliest gothic metal bands.
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Liv Kristine helped to pioneer the beauty and the beast approach.
