List of gothic metal bands

List of gothic metal bands

This is a list of gothic metal bands. Gothic metal is a subgenre 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 early 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of death/doom, a fusion of death metal and doom metal. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music. Lyrics are generally melodramatic and mournful with inspiration from gothic fiction as well as personal experiences.

Like other genres of music labelled "gothic", fans are often at odds with one another as to "which bands are, or most definitely are "not", authentically Gothic." [Baddeley 2002, p. 271] In the gothic metal genre, members from such groups as After Forever, [cite web |author=McCormack, John |title=Interview with Joost Van Den Broeck of After Forever |url=http://www.metalmonk.co.uk/bands/features/AfterForever_interview.html
publisher=Metalmonk.co.uk |accessdate=2008-05-07 ] HIM [cite web |author=Haack, Melanie |title=Interview with Ville Valo of HIM |url=http://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/interview.php?interview_id=134&page=&message_id= |publisher=Metalstorm.ee |accessdate=2008-05-07 ] and some members of Nightwish [cite web |author=Hall of Metal |title=Interview with Tuomas Holopainen and Anette Olzon of Nightwish |url=http://hallofmetal.com/ver_entrevista.php?id=34&leng=en |publisher=Hallofmetal.com |accessdate=2008-03-16 ] have downplayed or dismissed the gothic label from their music. The issue is obscured even further by bands that have since move away from gothic metal or even heavy metal music altogether, as is the case for Anathema [cite web |author=Florez, Joe |title="A Natural Disaster" review |publisher=The Metal Observer |url=http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=5247 |accessdate=2008-04-25 ] and The Gathering. [cite web |author=Köninger, Rainer |title="if_then_else" review |publisher=The Metal Observer |url=http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=2772 |accessdate=2008-04-25 ] cite web |author=Smit, Bas |title="Souvenirs" review |url=http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showreview.php?id=1758&lang=en |publisher=Lordsofmetal.nl |accessdate=2008-03-30 ]

List of bands

See also

*Gothic metal
*List of heavy metal bands

Notes

References

* citation |last=Baddeley |first=Gavin |title=Gothic Chic: A Connoisseur's Guide to Dark Culture |publisher=Plexus Publishing Limited |date=2002 |location=London |isbn=0859653080

External links

* [http://heavymetal.about.com/od/gothicmetal/Gothic_Metal.htm List of gothic metal bands] on About.com
* [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=5&a=ls&s=3 List of gothic metal bands] on The Metal Observer


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