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Encyclopedia > Gothic metal
Gothic metal
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins
early 1990s, Europe
Typical instruments
Mainstream popularity Regionwise popularity in Europe since the mid-1990s
Derivative forms Symphonic metal
Regional scenes
England, Finland, Germany
Italy, Norway, The Netherlands
Other topics
Timeline of heavy metal

Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music. It is characterised as a combination of the dark melancholy of gothic rock with the aggression of heavy metal music. The genre originated during the late 1980s/early 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of death/doom, a fusion genre of death metal and doom metal. Death/Doom is a fusion genre, combines the slow tempos and pessimistic mood of doom metal with the guttral vocals and guitar style of death metal. ... Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply goth) is a genre of alternative rock that originated during the late 1970s. ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that sound similar to a classical symphony. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain... This is a timeline of heavy metal and hard rock, from its beginnings in the mid 1960s to the present time. ... Heavy metal redirects here. ... Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply goth) is a genre of alternative rock that originated during the late 1970s. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Death/Doom is a fusion genre, combines the slow tempos and pessimistic mood of doom metal with the guttral vocals and guitar style of death metal. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Doom metal is a form of extreme metal music that emerged as a recognized sub-genre during the first half of the 1980s. ...


The pioneers of gothic metal includes the three bands Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema, all from the north of England. The early contributions of The 3rd and the Mortal, The Gathering and Theatre of Tragedy foreshadowed a rise in the number of female fronted bands in the genre. The genre has since grown to a diverse collection of styles with contemporary bands pursuing many different directions. Paradise Lost are a death/doom and later gothic metal band formed in 1987 in Halifax, England. ... My Dying Bride is a British doom/death metal band formed in 1990. ... Anathema are an English band from the city of Liverpool, which, together with Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride, helped to develop the death/doom sound, a subgenre of doom metal. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The 3rd and the Mortal (alternative spelling The Third and the Mortal) is a norwegian experimental heavy metal-band. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The band Theatre of Tragedy Theatre of Tragedy is a Norwegian band from Stavanger, originally assembled in 1993 and best known for their earlier albums, which provided a great deal of influence to the gothic metal genre. ...

Contents

History

Precursors

The first Black Sabbath album has been identified by some as the first 'Goth-rock' record.
The first Black Sabbath album has been identified by some as the first 'Goth-rock' record.
“ As far as many Goths are concerned, heavy metal is the crass, crude, macho antithesis of everything that their music represents. The term is tantamount to an insult, used to dismiss any aggressive-sounding or guitar based music out of hand. However a few bold souls have identified Black Sabbath’s eponymous 1969 debut album as the first ever 'Goth-rock' record. It's title track describes a satanic rite, complete with driving-rain and tolling bell sound effects, while the cover focuses on a black-cloaked, spectral-looking girl in a graveyard, shot through a sickly pale ochre filter.[1] ”

Formed in 1968, the English band from Birmingham started with the name of Polka Tulk before first changing it into Earth and then later into Black Sabbath.[2] The name was derived from the 1969 Boris Karloff horror film Black Sabbath.[3] As one of the first exponent of the genre, Black Sabbath has had a massive influence on heavy metal music.[4] They have been credited as the pioneers of the doom metal subgenre.[5]. The band has also been described as the "absolute prototype gothic heavies."[6] Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath album cover Used on Wikipedia under fair use guidelines: Low resolution copy of the album cover RedWolf 00:34, Sep 11, 2004 (UTC) This is an album cover. ... Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath album cover Used on Wikipedia under fair use guidelines: Low resolution copy of the album cover RedWolf 00:34, Sep 11, 2004 (UTC) This is an album cover. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Black Sabbath is the self-titled debut album of the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in the UK on Friday 13 February 1970. ... This article is about the British city. ... Boris Karloff (born William Henry Pratt) (November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969) was an English actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Heavy metal redirects here. ...

“ Divorce Black Sabbath from their heavy metallic connotations and you could cull a killer Goth album from their first five LP's, with every future reference point and requirement intact."[7] ”

Other precursors to gothic metal include the "founding fathers of American goth rock" Christian Death. The band went through a major personnel change in 1985 with the departure of the band's leader and founder Rozz Williams.[8] Under the reins of guitarist Valor Kand, Christian Death subsequently pursued a more metal-oriented direction.[8][9] Their 1988 album Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ has been described as "heavy goth-rock bordering on metal."[10] The Sisters of Mercy were another gothic rock act that crossed over into metal with their last album Vision Thing in 1990.[11] Christian Death is an American Deathrock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1979. ... Rozz Williams (November 6, 1963 – April 1, 1998) born Roger Alan Painter, was an American rock vocalist, most famous for fronting the bands Christian Death and Shadow Project, the latter with his then wife; Eva O. Other musical projects he was involved in include: Daucus Karota, Heltir, EXP and Premature... For the religious organisation of this name, see Sisters of Mercy. ... Vision Thing, the third and last album by UK band The Sisters of Mercy was released in 1990 (1990 in music), on bands own label Merciful Release (under distribution contract with EastWest). ...

King Diamond's 1988 album "Them" featured an "extravagant adventure in gothic storytelling."
King Diamond's 1988 album "Them" featured an "extravagant adventure in gothic storytelling."[12]

During the 1980s, the former Misfits frontman Glenn Danzig had also "occupied the no man's land between Goth and heavy metal."[13] With the dissolution of his second band Samhain in 1988 and the creation of his own eponymous act, Danzig went on to combine heavy metal riffs with "a heavily romanticized, brooding, gothic sensibility."[14] For the band, see King Diamond (band). ... Them is an album by King Diamond released in 1988 on Roadrunner Records. ... This article is about the band. ... Glenn Danzig is an American singer, songwriter and musician who is largely considered to be the founding father of the Horror punk genre of music. ... This article is about the horror punk band. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...


The Danish metal band Mercyful Fate had demonstrated "a Gothic obsession with evil and the occult."[15] Frontman King Diamond continued exploring his interest in gothic storytelling after leaving the band for a solo career under his own moniker.[16] Mercyful Fate is an influential Danish heavy metal group who are often cited among the influences in the black metal, thrash metal, power metal, and progressive metal genres. ... For the band, see King Diamond (band). ...


The Swiss group Celtic Frost was another precursor to gothic metal, translating the influence they drew from gothic rock acts Bauhaus and Siouxsie & the Banshees into their own albums.[17] The band's "radical fusion of violent black metal and elements of classical music" was dubbed "avant-garde" and had a huge impact "on the evolution of European heavy metal."[18] Swiss may be: Related to Switzerland: the Swiss Confederation Swiss people Swiss cheese Swiss corporations Switzerland-related topics Named Swiss: Swiss, Missouri Swiss, North Carolina Swiss, West Virginia Swiss, Wisconsin Swiss International Air Lines Swiss Re SWiSS is also used as a disparaging nickname for the Socialist Workers Student Society. ... Celtic Frost are a black metalthrash metal band from Zürich, Switzerland, known for their influence on the extreme metal and gothic metal genres. ... Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply goth) is a genre of alternative rock that originated during the late 1970s. ... Bauhaus are an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978 by Peter Murphy (vocals), Daniel Ash (guitar), Kevin Haskins (drums) and David J (bass). ... Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band that formed in 1976. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... This article is about Western art music from 1000 AD to the present. ... Avant-garde metal or experimental metal is generally regarded as a cross-genre reference to metal bands or more exactly as a stylistic adjunction with specific traits (just like Progressive-, Symphonic-, Viking-, Pagan-, Folk-, Industrial-). It is characterized by large amounts of experimentation and by non-standard sounds, instruments, and...

“ As for the development of the 90's gothic and symphonic wave of bands, I'd say Celtic Frost's Into the Pandemonium had a key role. Neither Therion nor Paradise Lost (two of the pioneers) would have sounded they way we did without Celtic Frost. ”

—Christofer Johnsson of Therion[19] Guitarist in the band Therion. ... Therion is the name the Greeks gave to the constellation the Romans named Lupus. ...

Origins

“ Gothic metal, as a musical style, truly began in the early 1990s in the north of England. Three bands - Anathema, Paradise Lost, and My Dying Bride - represent the core of the movement. All three had roots in frenetically abrasive death metal, but they were also influenced by what Paradise Lost vocalist, Nick Holmes, described as the 'really bleak, dark sound' of Dead Can Dance.[20] ”

Paradise Lost was the first of the three bands to form in 1988 in Halifax, England.[21] Their early albums helped to "define the rules of doom/death metal: grinding, de-tuned anthems of woe topped with death metal-style guttural vocals."[22] Their 1992 album Shades of God was "a transition album" with the follow up 1993 album Icon representing "a turning point" for the band with the experimental use of synthesized strings, timpani, piano and angelic female vocals.[23] By the time of 1995's Draconian Times album, Paradise Lost's music firmly stood "between stark, oppressive goth rock and crunching heavy metal."[24] Nick Holmes (born England, January 7, 1971) is a British singer and current vocalist of band Paradise Lost. ... Dead Can Dance is a band comprised of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. ... Paradise Lost are a death/doom and later gothic metal band formed in 1987 in Halifax, England. ... Death/Doom is a fusion genre, combines the slow tempos and pessimistic mood of doom metal with the guttral vocals and guitar style of death metal. ... Shades of God is the third album by Paradise Lost. ... Icon is a studio album recorded by British band Paradise Lost. ... Draconian Times (1995) is the fifth album released by British metal act Paradise Lost. ...

Aaron Stainthorpe pursued a gothic romantic edge in My Dying Bride.
Aaron Stainthorpe pursued a gothic romantic edge in My Dying Bride.

Also from Halifax, My Dying Bride was formed in 1990.[25] "Gothic strains" had already already appeared on their 1994 death/doom album Turn Loose the Swans.[26] With 1996's The Angel and the Dark River, the band was "setting aside any death metal influences, carefully using violins and keyboards to enhance the group's brooding excursions" into "fauna-wilting gothic doom metal."[27] Aaron Stainthorpe (born November 12, 1968) is My Dying Brides vocalist. ... My Dying Bride is a British doom/death metal band formed in 1990. ... My Dying Bride is a British doom/death metal band formed in 1990. ... Turn Loose the Swans is an album by the British doom metal band My Dying Bride. ... The Angel and the Dark River is an album by My Dying Bride. ...

“ We knew that when Celtic Frost disappeared and turned into a glam rock band, we knew there was a market there for this sort of over-the-top avant-garde band, someone who were doing something a bit weird and unusual. Paradise Lost were doing similar-ish kind of things, but I don't think they had this more romantic edge. We definitely worked for that gothic appeal, and I'm not really sure why. ”

—Aaron Stainthorpe of My Dying Bride[28] Aaron Stainthorpe (born November 12, 1968) is My Dying Brides vocalist. ...

The year 1990 also saw the formation of Anathema from Liverpool, England. Like Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride, they began as a death/doom metal hybrid.[29] With the departure of original vocalist Darren White in 1995, Anathema left "their traditional death metal sound behind" with the release of 1996's album Eternity.[30] Anathema are an English band from the city of Liverpool, which, together with Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride, helped to develop the death/doom sound, a subgenre of doom metal. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... Eternity is an album by the British doom metal band Anathema. ...


Another band that started out as a death/doom hybrid was The Gathering.[31] In 1995, they released the "groundbreaking achievement" Mandylion, their first album with vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen.[32] Their "introspective atmosphere owed a creative debt to Dead Can Dance, and established them as a leading band in their native Holland."[33] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Mandylion is The Gatherings first album with vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen by whom all lyrics for the album were written. ... Anneke van Giersbergen (born March 8, 1973) is the former singer of the Dutch band The Gathering, now involved in a solo project called Agua de Annique. ... This article is about a region in the Netherlands. ...


The Swedish band Tiamat had formed as a death metal act in 1988. Their 1994 release Wildhoney was a breakthrough album, "eliciting effusive praise in metal circles for its brooding, Gothic atmospherics."[34] Their 1999 album Skeleton Skeletron had "critics comparing the vocals of singer-songwriter Johan Edlund with those of Sisters supremo Andrew Eldritch, alongside musical comparisons to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds."[35] Tiamat is a band that formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1988. ... Wildhoney is the critically acclaimed 1994 album by the Swedish band, Tiamat. ... Skeleton Skeletron is the 1999 album release by Swedish band Tiamat. ... The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy (RSM) is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland in 1831. ... A closeup of Eldritch at a concert in Portland, OR, in March of 2006. ... Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a successful rock band with international personnel. ...

Type O Negative, performing at the Columbiahalle in Berlin, Germany, were one of the first gothic metal bands.
Type O Negative, performing at the Columbiahalle in Berlin, Germany, were one of the first gothic metal bands.

Across the Atlantic ocean, Peter Steele had formed Type O Negative in 1990 out of the remnants of his former thrash metal band Carnivore.[36] The New York based outfit pursued a "melodramatic goth rock style" that "encompasses long songs built on simple riffs, theatrical shouting vocals, churchy-sounding organ and vocal-harmony passages, and the odd mechanical noise."[37] 1993 saw the release of their Bloody Kisses album with a ""twistedly affectionate send-up of goth rock conventions" and lyrics that "gleefully wallow in goth clichés - sex, death, Christianity, vampires, more sex, and death."[38] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the band. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... Peter Steele (born Peter Ratajczyk on January 4, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York) is the lead singer, bassist, and composer for the gothic-doom band Type O Negative. ... This article is about the band. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... Carnivore in 1985 Carnivore was a thrash metal band formed by Peter Steele (later of Type O Negative fame), and was formed out of the ruins of the Brooklyn hard rock group Fallout. ... This article is about the state. ... Bloody Kisses is the third album by Brooklyn band Type O Negative. ...

“ Before Type O Negative, there was really no such thing as goth metal.[39] ”

Beauty and the Beast

As far back as 1985, Celtic Frost had used operatic female vocals for some songs on their To Mega Therion album.[40] Paradise Lost began making use of female vocals from their very first album Lost Paradise[22] The Gathering had also featured female vocals on their 1992 debut album Always... with Marike Groot accompanying main vocalist Bart Smits. The following year saw the release of their second album Almost a Dance with main vocalist Niels Duffhues and female vocals by Martine van Loon. With their 1995 album Mandylion, they dropped the use of male vocals and instead brought in a lead female vocalist, Anneke van Giersbergen.[31] Along with The Gathering, the Norwegian act The 3rd and the Mortal has been credited as a precursor to the subsequent rise of female fronted bands in the genre,[41] despite not being gothic but an atmospheric doom metal band instead.[42] They were founded in 1993 by Kari Rueslåtten with a debut album Tears Laid in Earth released in 1994.[43] To Mega Therion is the 1986 release by the Swiss death/thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ... Lost Paradise is the debut album of the heavy metal band Paradise Lost. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Always. ... Marike Groot is a Dutch singer. ... Bart Smits is a Dutch heavy metal singer. ... Almost a Dance is the second studio album of the Dutch band The Gathering, released in 1993 by Foundation 2000. ... Niels Duffhuës (born January 8, 1973 in Oss) is a Dutch multi-instrumentalist, composer and writer. ... Martine van Loon is a Dutch singer. ... The 3rd and the Mortal (alternative spelling The Third and the Mortal) is a norwegian experimental heavy metal-band. ... Image:Kari Rueslatten. ... Tears Laid in Earth is the first album by doom metal band The 3rd and the Mortal. ...

Liv Kristine helped to pioneer the beauty and the beast vocal style.
Liv Kristine helped to pioneer the beauty and the beast vocal style.

Also from Norway, the band Theatre of Tragedy had released in 1995 their self-titled debut album featuring the juxtaposition of guttural death growls delivered by Raymond Rohonyi and soprano vocals by Liv Kristine.[44] This vocal contrast has since been referred to as the "beauty and the beast" vocals style.[45] Theatre of Tragedy has since been cited as one of the pioneers of the genre and "a frequent influence and yardstick for similar bands."[45] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 588 KB) The 2048 x 1536 image is being uploaded (direct link). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 588 KB) The 2048 x 1536 image is being uploaded (direct link). ... Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull (born February 14, 1976 in Stavanger, Norway), better known as Liv Kristine, is the former vocalist for the band Theatre of Tragedy and current vocalist for the band Leaves Eyes. ... The band Theatre of Tragedy Theatre of Tragedy is a Norwegian band from Stavanger, originally assembled in 1993 and best known for their earlier albums, which provided a great deal of influence to the gothic metal genre. ... This article is about Theatre of Tragedys self-titled album. ... Death growl, also known as growled vocals, harsh vocals, death vocals, pig vocals, throating, death grunts, unclean vocals, Cookie Monster vocals[1], or simply growling, is a vocalization style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal music genre, but also used in a variety of other heavy metal subgenres. ... Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull (born February 14, 1976 in Stavanger, Norway), better known as Liv Kristine, is the former vocalist for the band Theatre of Tragedy and current vocalist for the band Leaves Eyes. ...

“ As we started to mix female voices with those doom and gothic elements, it was not brutal enough for thrash metal or evil enough for black metal, and there was a woman instead of man. It was different from everything else. ”

—Liv Kristine, former vocalist for Theatre of Tragedy[46]

Other bands combining death grunts with female operatic vocals began to emerge in the following years. Trail of Tears had formed in 1994 while Tristania and The Sins of Thy Beloved were formed in 1996.[47] All three Norwegian groups released their debut albums in 1998.[47] With eight members in their line-up, The Sins of Thy Beloved expanded on the traditional instrumentation of the genre with a full fledge violinist in Pete Johansen.[48] Tristania also stood apart with three distinct vocal styles from the "operatic soprano Vibeke Stene, clean-singing counter-tenor Østen Bergøy, and harsh, black metal-style shrieker Morten Veland."[49] Trail of Tears was a Norwegian gothic metal band originally formed in 1994 under the name of Natt. ... Tristania is a gothic metal band from Norway, formed in the end of 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson. ... The Sins of Thy Beloved is a Gothic-doom metal band from Norway. ... Vibeke Stene ( said VIH-BEH-KIE) (born August 17, 1978) was a vocalist in the Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ... Østen Bergøy is one of the singers in the gothic metal band, Tristania. ... Morten Veland (born December 4, 1977) was one of the founding members of the Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ...

Cristina Scabbia fronts the commercially successful gothic metal band Lacuna Coil.
Cristina Scabbia fronts the commercially successful gothic metal band Lacuna Coil.

The Italian sextet Lacuna Coil also employ both a female and a male vocalist in Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro. Formed in Milan in 1994, they released a demo tape in 1996 strongly influenced by Paradise Lost and Type O Negative.[50] A self-titled EP followed in 1998 with their debut album In a Reverie released in 1999.[51] The group has since developed into a "premier act of the genre," breaking the sales record of their label Century Media with the release of their 2005 album Comalies.[52] While the genre of gothic metal has remained a largely European phenomenon, Lacuna Coil has been successful in receiving airplay in the United States.[53] Cristina Adriana Chiara Scabbia[1] (born June 6, 1972 in Milan, Italy) is one of the two vocalists in the Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. ... Lacuna Coil are a gothic metal band from Milan, Italy. ... Cristina Adriana Chiara Scabbia[1] (born June 6, 1972 in Milan, Italy) is one of the two vocalists in the Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. ... Andrea Ferro (born August 19, 1973) is the male vocalist of Italian gothic metal/nu metal band Lacuna Coil. ... Type Anti-tank Nationality Joint France/Germany Era Cold War, modern Launch platform Individual, Vehicle Target Vehicle, Fortification History Builder MBDA, Bharat Dynamics (under license) Date of design 70s Production period since 1972 Service duration since 1972 Operators 41 countries Variants MILAN 1, MILAN 2, MILAN 2T, MILAN 3, MILAN... Lacuna Coil is an EP by the Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released on April 7, 1998, by Century Media. ... In A Reverie, released 1999, is the first album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. ... Century Media Records is an independant metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ... Comalies is an album by the Gothic metal band Lacuna Coil originally released October 8, 2002 on Century Media. ...


While Lacuna Coil and the Norwegian groups featured a male vocalist delivering death growls, other metal bands emerging in this period relied entirely on female vocals. The Austrian act Dreams of Sanity had formed in 1991 with a debut album Komödia released in 1997, featuring two lead female vocalists in Sandra Schleret and Martina Hornbacher in a musical style that "straddled the worlds of gothic rock and heavy metal."[54] Dreams of Sanity was a symphonic metal band from Austria. ... Sandra Schleret (born June 26, 1976), is the lead singer of the German bands Siegfried and Elis post-Sabine Dünsers death. ... M. Astner Martina Astner (née Hornbacher) is an Austrian vocalist known for contribution with bands Therion, Alas, Dreams of Sanity and Korova. ...


Within Temptation was founded in 1996 with Sharon den Adel as their main vocalist.[55] With influences that include Paradise Lost, Anathema, and My Dying Bride,[56] their brand of gothic metal married "the guitar-driven force of hard rock with the sweep and grandeur of symphonic music," turning them into one of the most popular bands in their native Netherlands.[57] Within Temptation is a Symphonic Metal band from the Netherlands. ... Sharon Janny den Adel (born in Waddinxveen, near Gouda, South Holland, on July 12, 1974) is the lead singer and one of the songwriters in the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. ...


Contemporary Success

Fernando Ribeiro is the vocalist for one of the major gothic metal bands Moonspell.
Fernando Ribeiro is the vocalist for one of the major gothic metal bands Moonspell.

In the new millennium, many exponents of gothic metal have found critical and commercial success. Moonspell won the "Best Portuguese Act" Award at the 2006 MTV European Music Awards.[58] The music of Moonspell has "always flirted between Metal music and Darkwave and Gothic" with influences including goth rock acts Mission U.K., The Sisters of Mercy, and "especially" Fields of the Nephilim.[59] The band's first album Wolfheart was released in 1995 and within a matter of years, they had "quickly evolved into one of the major players of the European goth-metal scene."[60] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 578 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2024 × 2100 pixel, file size: 489 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 578 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2024 × 2100 pixel, file size: 489 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic-doom metal band, formed in 1992 and released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before of the release of their first album Wolfheart. ... Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic-doom metal band, formed in 1992 and released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before of the release of their first album Wolfheart. ... The 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards will be presented on November 2 simultaneously at Bella Center and Rådhuspladsen, in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... The Mission, known as The Mission UK in the United States because of a naming clash with a Philadelphia R&B band, is a Gothic rock band formed in 1986 by Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams (both of The Sisters of Mercy), soon adding Mick Brown (of Red Lorry Yellow... For the religious organisation of this name, see Sisters of Mercy. ... Fields of the Nephilim is a gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire in 1984. ... Wolfheart is the first full-length album by gothic metal band Moonspell. ...


The year after Moonspell received their MTV award, Within Temptation was rewarded with the "Best Dutch & Belgian Act" Award at the 2007 MTV European Music Awards.[61] They also received recognition as their country's best selling artist at the 2007 World Music Awards.[62] Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil and Nightwish are all bands that have experienced impressive album sales.[63] The host Snoop Dog The MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 took place on November 1, 2007 in Munich, Germany at the Olympiahalle. ... The World Music Awards (founded in 1989) is an international awards show that annually honors recording artists based on their worldwide sales figures, which are provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). ...


In 2003, the rock group Evanescence from Arkansas, United States also found commercial success with the release of their debut album Fallen.[64] While they have been compared to gothic metal acts such as Within Temptation and Lacuna Coil,[65] Evanescence are not always regarded as a metal band. Adrien Begrand of PopMatters has described the band as a "pop-oriented, dumbed down variation" of gothic metal[66] while Cammila Albertson of Allmusic locates Evanescence as one step further from gothic metal, offering the description of the band as "a pop version of an already diluted brand of metal."[67] Fernando Ribeiro of the leading gothic metal act Moonspell has also assessed Evanescence as a non-metal band.[68] While they might not be in the same genre of music, the success of Evanescence has nonetheless been recognized as opening "new grounds" for gothic metal bands to "explore and conquer."[69] Evanescence is a Grammy Award-winning American alternative rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1998 by singer Amy Lee and former guitarist Ben Moody. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... Singles from Fallen Released: April 22, 2003 Released: September 9, 2003 Released: December 8, 2003 Released: June 7, 2004 Released: 2004 as a radio-only single in Spain Fallen is the first full-length album by alternative rock band Evanescence on the Wind-up Records label, and their first album... PopMatters is an international magazine of cultural criticism. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ...


Characteristics

Music

Gothic metal is a fusion of "the bleak, icy atmospherics of goth rock with the loud guitars and aggression of heavy metal."[70] The genre has also been described as "a combination of the darkness and melancholy of goth rock with heavy metal."[71] Characteristics of the genre including "dreary and melancholy riffs," "ambient keyboards" and "demonic chorales."[72]


While the early pioneers as like Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and The Gathering were rooted in a doom/death style, many gothic metal bands have since pursued different directions. Some groups such as Graveworm and Samsas Traum have followed in the footsteps of Cradle of Filth in blending gothic metal with black metal[73] while other bands such as Trail of Tears have combined gothic metal with death metal.[74] The Swedish group Draconian performs in a style combining gothic metal with doom metal[75] while the Dutch bands After Forever and Epica have steered towards power metal.[76] The German-Norwegian groups Leaves' Eyes and Midnattsol have blended the genre with folk metal.[77] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Graveworm is a Gothic/Melodic Black Metal band with members from Italy and Germany formed in 1992. ... Samsas Traum is a Industrial, black metal goth band from Germany, fronted by Alexander Kaschte. ... Cradle of Filth are a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Draconian is a Swedish Gothic-doom metal band formed in 1994 who create songs with atmospheric, melodic and emotive characteristics. ... After Forever is a symphonic metal band from the Netherlands, which relies on the use of both soprano vocals and death grunts. ... Epica may refer to: EPICA , the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica Epica (album), an album by the power metal band Kamelot Epica (band), a Dutch symphonic metal band Epica (RAID series), a series of storage arrays developed by Proware Technology Corporation Chevrolet Epica, one of the brand names... This article is about the sub-genre of heavy metal music. ... Leaves Eyes is a gothic metal band with folk metal elements from Norway/Germany assembled in 2003, shortly before singer Liv Kristine was fired from Theatre of Tragedy. ... Midnattsol is a folk metal band from Germany. ... Folk metal is a diverse collection of music, encompassing a wide variety of different styles and approaches. ...


There is a diverse range of vocal styles in gothic metal. Male singers in the genre range from the "the piercing shrieks and guttural growls" of Dani Filth from Cradle of Filth[78] to the clean counter-tenor vocals of Østen Bergøy from Tristania[49] and the baritone range of Fernando Ribeiro from Moonspell.[60] For the female singers, the different vocal styles includes the screams and growls of Cadaveria,[79] the "poppy" vocals of Tanja Lainio from Lullacry[80] and the operatic soprano style of Vibeke Stene from Tristania.[49] While female vocals are commonplace in gothic metal, they are neither necessary nor synonymous with the genre. Liv Kristine of Theatre of Tragedy and Leaves' Eyes notes that the gothic tag is often misinterpreted and points out that "not every band with female vocals is a gothic band."[81] Dani Filth (born Daniel Lloyd Davey on July 25, 1973 in Hertford, England) is the lyricist, vocalist and founding member of the British extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. ... Cover of The Shadows Madame Symphonic Horror Metal band Cadaveria was born in April 2001, forged by the erstwhile Opera IX personnel Cadaveria and Flegias, (a. ... The band Lullacry: Sami, Sauli, Tanja, Jukka and Heavy Lullacry is a melodic metal band with goth influences that hails from Helsinki, Finland. ...


Lyrics

The lyrics of gothic metal are known to be "epic and melodramatic."[71] For the three English bands that helped to pioneer the genre, their sorrowful and depressive lyrics reflect their background in doom metal.[82] The music of My Dying Bride has been noted as "dripping with treachery and pain" from a "lyrical fascination with deceit and transgressions of every variety."[26] Lyrics that focus on suicide and the meaningless of life can be found in Anathema.[30] Paradise Lost too has "never lost their depressive edge."[83]


Gothic fiction, a literary genre that blends horror and romance, has been a source of inspiration for the lyrics of many gothic metal bands. Einar Moen of Tristania has identified the lyrics of his band as concerning "the basic tragic romance thing - it's what the gothic rock and gothic scene has always been about."[84] For My Dying Bride, the subjects of "death and misery and lost love and romance" has been approached repeatedly from different angles.[85] The common gothic theme of lost love[86] is a subject that has been tackled by gothic metal bands such as Theatre of Tragedy, Draconian and Leaves' Eyes.[87] Strawberry Hill, an English villa in the Gothic revival style, built by seminal Gothic writer Horace Walpole Gothic fiction is an important genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. ... “Horror story” redirects here. ... As a literary genre, romance or chivalric romance refers to a style of heroic prose and verse narrative current in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. ... Einar Moen (July 4th, 1977) is one of the founding members of Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania. ...


Horror themes inspired by the gothic novel can also be found among bands that blend gothic metal with extreme black metal music. The English act Cradle of Filth operates in "majestic, obviously Gothic inspired realms, laced with vampyric 'Hammer horror' imagery."[88] The "overall theme" of the band's lyrics "originates from the 19th century literature written in England."[89] Horror literature is also cited as an inspiration for the lyrics of the Italian gothic black metal groups Cadaveria and Theatres des Vampires.[90] New company logo as introduced in May 2007 A poster for Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966). ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S... Theatres des Vampires is an Italian symphonic black/gothic metal band, most noted for the strong theme of vampirism within their lyrics. ...


Lyrics based on personal experiences is another common feature of many gothic metal bands, including Anathema, Elis, Tiamat and The Old Dead Tree.[91]. The Italian gothic black metal group Graveworm moved away from fantasy stories in favor of personal lyrics after finding them more suitable for their style of music.[92] The lyrics of fellow Italians Lacuna Coil also do not feature any "fantasy stuff or something that you cannot find in reality." Their co-vocalist Cristina Scabbia finds it desirable that people can relate themselves to her band's lyrics.[93] Similarly, the band Lullacry features lyrics on the subjects of "love, hate, passion and pain" because a person "can easily connect to a song" with lyrics "about human relationships."[94] The gothic folk metal outfit Midnattsol combines lyrics that are "really private and intimate" alongside such topics as fantasy and nature that are common in folk metal.[95] This article, image, template or category should belong in one or more categories. ... The Old Dead Tree are a French metal band from the city of Paris. ...


Related Styles

Symphonic metal

“ Take one traditional metal band, add a keyboard player with a love for church organs and large choral arrangements, blend with a female vocalist (male vocalist optional) and spice liberally with massive gothic overtones - you've got yourself a "symphonic metal" band.[96] ”
Christofer Johnsson leads the influential symphonic metal act Therion.
Christofer Johnsson leads the influential symphonic metal act Therion.

Since the mid 1990s, the early contributions of Haggard and Therion has led to a crossover between gothic metal and symphonic metal. The Swedish outfit Therion had formed in 1988 as a death metal act with a debut album Of Darkness... released in 1990.[97] They added a soprano and bass-baritone for some songs on their 1995 album Lepaca Kliffoth.[97] With the release of Theli in 1996, they discarded the concept of having a permanent lead singer in the band, relying instead on the use of an ever changing choir line up supplemented with hired musicians on classical instruments.[98] In the years since, they have employed "some of the most esteemed female vocalists in the Metal world," including Sarah Jezebel Deva, Kimberly Goss and the aforementioned Martina Hornbacher Astner.[99] With a "gothic flair for the dramatic,"[100] Therion has been "lauded the world over, just about, for their wildly influential and experimental symphonic heavy metal."[101] Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that sound similar to a classical symphony. ... Guitarist in the band Therion. ... Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. ... Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. ... Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that sound similar to a classical symphony. ... Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. ... Of Darkness is the first full-length album by Swedish band Therion. ... Lepaca Kliffoth (1995) is the eighth album released by Swedish symphonic/death metal band Therion. ... Theli is an album recorded by the symphonic metal band Therion. ... Sarah Jezebel Deva ( born February 25 , 1977 in Forest Gate , East London , England) is a backing vocalist in Cradle of Filth. ... Kimberly Goss (born February 15, 1978, Los Angeles, California) is the vocalist and founding member of the Finnish-based heavy metal band Sinergy. ...


The German ensemble Haggard also began life as a death metal in 1991 but eventually evolved into a full blown orchestra with 16 members.[102] They released their debut album And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer in 1997, featuring a musical fusion of "doom, goth, pure classical, death and folk" with "sweet soprano crooning and doom-filled passages of melodic death/doom."[103] While Therion's symphonic edge leaned towards progressive rock and romantic classical music, Haggard's focus has been on early baroque and medieval music.[104] Haggard is a German symphonic metal band founded in 1991. ... And Thou Shall Trust. ... This article is about Western art music from 1000 AD to the present. ... Folk song redirects here. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... The expression romantic music and the homophone phrase Romantic music have two essentially different meanings. ... Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 and 1750. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


The Finnish quintet Nightwish has also been "walking the line between symphonic and metallic."[105] They had formed in 1996 with a line up featuring the soprano Tarja Turunen as their lead vocalist.[106] The band's overall style of music has been described as "symphony-enhanced power metal"[107] while songs such as "Wish I Had An Angel" from their fifth studio album Once have been described as gothic.[108] Their bassist and second vocalist Marco Hietala has described Nightwish as performing "a kind of melodic symphonic gothic metal."[109] Regardless of the description, the band has developed into "the biggest success story in the history of Finnish heavy metal."[107] Nightwish are a Finnish symphonic power metal musical group, formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee, in eastern Finland. ... Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli (born August 17, 1977, in Kitee, Finland), is a Finnish singer. ... Wish I Had an Angel is the second single from the Once album by Nightwish. ... Once North American album cover Once is the fifth studio album by Nightwish, released June 7, 2004 by Nuclear Blast Records. ... Marko Marco Tapani Hietala (born January 14, 1966 in Tervo, Finland) is the male vocalist, bassist and songwriter of the Finnish heavy metal band Tarot and bassist and the male vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish and is easily noticed for his unusual facial hair. ...


The symphonic debut albums of Haggard, Nightwish and Within Temptation were all released in 1997, a year after the release of Therion's Theli in 1996. Other groups have since emerged with their own blend of the gothic and the symphonic. Tristania's "lush, symphonically enhanced goth metal" was unveiled with a debut album in 1998.[110] The same year saw the debut album of symphonic gothic metal act The Sins Of Thy Beloved.[111] Some later symphonic acts such as After Forever have subsequently dropped the gothic edge of these earlier bands,[112] while other acts such as Epica prefers to describe their style of music as simply symphonic metal.[113] After Forever is a symphonic metal band from the Netherlands, which relies on the use of both soprano vocals and death grunts. ... Epica may refer to: EPICA , the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica Epica (album), an album by the power metal band Kamelot Epica (band), a Dutch symphonic metal band Epica (RAID series), a series of storage arrays developed by Proware Technology Corporation Chevrolet Epica, one of the brand names...


See also

This is a list of gothic metal bands. ... A number of overlapping heavy metal genres have developed since the emergence of heavy metal (often shortened to metal) in the late 1960s. ... Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that sound similar to a classical symphony. ...

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  • Hoskyns, Barney (2004), Into the Void: Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, London: Omnibus Press, ISBN 1844491501
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  • All Music Guide entry for gothic metal
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Nu metal (also called aggro metal, or nü metal using the traditional heavy metal umlaut) is a musical genre that has origins in the mid 1990s. ... Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal, with roots in progressive rock and industrial music. ... This article is about the sub-genre of heavy metal music. ... Progressive metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music which blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock. ... Rap rock is a hybrid of rap and rock music. ... Sludge metal is a form of heavy metal music that is generally regarded as a fusion of the doom metal and hardcore punk genres, often displaying southern rock influence. ... Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that spawned in the early 1980s and was the direct musical progenitor of thrash metal[1] [2]. 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I was 5 and I had just learned that old saying, "cats always land on their feet" and I threw it up in the air and it landed on it's neck.
Paradise Lost are one of my favorite bands and a perfect example of gothic metal done right.
They aren't entirely a "gothic" band, but one of their first works has "gothic" elements in it and it does work perfectly in a perverse way.
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Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music that originated during the mid 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of doom-death, a fusion genre of doom metal and death metal.
Gothic metal is sometimes considered a broad genre in the way it sounds due to a lack of a centralised ideology in regards to this aspect of the music.
Gothic metal tends to take influence from the doom metal, fl metal, and death metal subgenres of Heavy metal for its composition, heavily synthesizing the styles of their melody and rhythm ideas in its guitar riffs, often causing the music to be aggressive and fast paced.
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