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The Ultimate Gothic Metal Albums


A list of the ultimate releases in gothic metal. Suggestions are welcome.

Created by: CyberSymphony | 06.03.2010



1. After Forever - Prison Of Desire
2000 - The Netherlands
2. Artrosis - Ukryty Wymiar
1997 - Poland
3. Ava Inferi - Onyx
2011 - Portugal
4. Avrigus - The Secret Kingdom
2001 - Australia
5. Before The Dawn - Deadlight
2007 - Finland
6. Beseech - Sunless Days
2005 - Sweden
7. Charon - Songs For The Sinners
2005 - Finland
8. Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace
1996 - United Kingdom
9. Cradle Of Filth - Midian
2000 - United Kingdom
10. Darzamat - Solfernus' Path
2009 - Poland
11. Dawn Of Solace - The Darkness
2006 - Finland
12. Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
2005 - Sweden
13. Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn
2003 - Sweden
14. Evereve - Stormbirds
1998 - Germany
15. Fields Of The Nephilim - Elizium
1990 - United Kingdom
16. Flowing Tears - Thy Kingdom Gone
2008 - Germany
17. Forest Stream - Tears Of Mortal Solitude
2003 - Russia
18. For My Pain - Fallen
2003 - Finland
19. Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece
2011 - Portugal
20. Helevorn - Compassion Forlorn
2014 - Spain
21. How Like A Winter - ...Beyond My Grey Wake
2003 - Italy
22. Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
2003 - Sweden
23. Lacrimas Profundere - Memorandum
1999 - Germany
24. Lacuna Coil - Comalies
2002 - Italy
25. Lacrimosa - Elodia
1999 - Germany
26. Lake Of Tears - Forever Autumn
1999 - Sweden
27. Mandragora Scream - Madhouse
2006- Germany
28. Moonspell - Wolfheart
1995 - Portugal
29. My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours
2001 - United Kingdom
30. Nox Aurea - Via Gnosis
2009 -Sweden
31. Orphanage - By Time Alone
1996 - The Netherlands
32. Paradise Lost - Icon
1993 - United Kingdom
33. Paradise Lost - In Requiem
2007 - United Kingdom
34. Penumbra - Seclusion
2003 - France
35. Rise Of Avernus - L'Appel Du Vide
2013 - Australia
36. Saviour Machine - Saviour Machine I
1993 - Australia
37. Sentenced - The Cold White Light
2002 - Finland
38. Silentium - Altum
2001 - Finland
39. The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow
1998 - Norway
40. Siebenbürgen - Delictum
2000 - Sweden
41. Sirenia - At Sixes And Sevens
2002 - Norway
42. SpiRitual - Pulse
2008 - Germany
43. Tales Of Dark... - Fragile Monuments
2006 - Serbia
44. Tiamat - Wildhoney
1994 - Sweden
45. Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear
1996 - Norway
46. Thee Orakle - Smooth Comforts False
2012 - Portugal
47. The 69 Eyes - Blessed Be
2000 - Finland
48. The Foreshadowing - Days Of Nothing
2007 - Italy
49. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
1993 - USA
50. Trail Of Tears - A New Dimension Of Might
2002 - Norway
51. Tristania - Beyond The Veil
1999 - Norway
52. Tristania - Widow's Weeds
1998 - Norway
53. Via Mistica - Fallen Angels
2004 - Poland
54. Virgin Black - Sombre Romantic
2002 - Australia
55. Virgin Black - Requiem - Mezzo Forte
2007 - Australia
56. The Vision Bleak - Carpathia - A Dramatic Poem
2005 - Germany
57. Within Temptation - Enter
1996 - The Netherlands



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26.08.2011 - 21:47
AnGina--
Dark Phoenix
#1 for sure. I don't think I could ever find a goth metal album I will praise and adore as much as Beyond The Veil. Pure perfection.
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24.01.2012 - 18:13
ravendeath

Hmm... this is top 9 as I see.
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24.01.2012 - 20:25
CyberSymphony
Ollie
Written by ravendeath on 24.01.2012 at 18:13

Hmm... this is top 9 as I see.

Oh, I never noticed. I will get another one up there.
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25.02.2013 - 21:17
Erik M.

Well, I thumbed up this list a while ago, since it's the best gothic list I've seen on this site BUT I have a few "complaints" as well as suggestions.

First of all, I don't think Cradle Of Filth belongs in this list, but that's just me. Same goes for the albums of My Dying Bride that are in this list (especially Turn Loose The Swans, which is death/doom and not really gothic). The "gothic" albums of MDB are: The Angel and the Dark River (brilliant album), Like Gods of the Sun (awesome album and probably the most "gothic" album they ever released) and For Lies I Sire (their worst album by far and the only one that I don't like, so don't put it in this list! ).

Now that we got the complaints out of the way, here are a few suggestions:
- Evereve - Seasons
- Evereve - Stormbirds
- The Gathering - Mandylion
- The Gathering - Nighttime Birds

These are the only suggestions I can give you because your list is already full with great albums that I know. All four albums are atmospheric gothic metal and amazing to say the least. Definitely give them a try, you won't be disappointed.
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25.02.2013 - 21:44
CyberSymphony
Ollie
Written by Erik M. on 25.02.2013 at 21:17

Well, I thumbed up this list a while ago, since it's the best gothic list I've seen on this site BUT I have a few "complaints" as well as suggestions.

First of all, I don't think Cradle Of Filth belongs in this list, but that's just me. Same goes for the albums of My Dying Bride that are in this list (especially Turn Loose The Swans, which is death/doom and not really gothic). The "gothic" albums of MDB are: The Angel and the Dark River (brilliant album), Like Gods of the Sun (awesome album and probably the most "gothic" album they ever released) and For Lies I Sire (their worst album by far and the only one that I don't like, so don't put it in this list! ).

Now that we got the complaints out of the way, here are a few suggestions:
- Evereve - Seasons
- Evereve - Stormbirds
- The Gathering - Mandylion
- The Gathering - Nighttime Birds

These are the only suggestions I can give you because your list is already full with great albums that I know. All four albums are atmospheric gothic metal and amazing to say the least. Definitely give them a try, you won't be disappointed.

Hi, and thanks for the suggestions. I kinda disagree with you with CoF not being a gothic band as they haven't really been anything else since other than their black metal demos and debut album. Their other/more recent albums could be classified 'extreme gothic/symphonic' band with a slight influence in black metal. Sorry, but I'm keeping them.
MDB is most definitely a death/doom band. I do hear alot of gothic elements in their music and alot more than most bands claiming to be gothic. You have your opinion and I have mine.

Now your suggestions:
I have heard of Evereve, and I might consider adding them. So thanks
The Gathering... maybe not. Both Mandylion and Nighttime Birds don't feel very gothic to me. Highly atmospheric as they are, but not so gothic.
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25.02.2013 - 22:37
Erik M.

Written by CyberSymphony on 25.02.2013 at 21:44

Hi, and thanks for the suggestions. I kinda disagree with you with CoF not being a gothic band as they haven't really been anything else since other than their black metal demos and debut album. Their other/more recent albums could be classified 'extreme gothic/symphonic' band with a slight influence in black metal. Sorry, but I'm keeping them.
MDB is most definitely a death/doom band. I do hear alot of gothic elements in their music and alot more than most bands claiming to be gothic. You have your opinion and I have mine.

Now your suggestions:
I have heard of Evereve, and I might consider adding them. So thanks
The Gathering... maybe not. Both Mandylion and Nighttime Birds don't feel very gothic to me. Highly atmospheric as they are, but not so gothic.


Ah, I always felt CoF to be more black than gothic... but since I don't care for them anymore, I'm not sure and you could be right after all. It's your list after all, and those are probably CoF's best albums anyway!

About MDB... to me they've always seemed death/doom with gothic elements, aside from the few albums I mentioned, which are more gothic/doom for sure. If you listened to all of MDB's albums (which I have ) you'll know Like Gods of the Sun is easily their most gothic album to date, followed up by The Angel and the Dark River. Personally I think those two belong in this list way more than Turn Loose the Swans and The Dreadful Hours (both brilliant death/doom albums in my opinion), but again: it's your list!

I think you'll like Evereve a lot, judging by your musical taste. Their first two albums are all I've heard by them, but those two seem to be the best ones by a long shot. Like Mandylion (Nighttime Birds not so much, though it's still a great album), I think both are great candidates for this list!
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26.02.2013 - 23:05
Erik M.

Nice to see you put Evereve - Stormsbirds on it. It's definitely good enough for this list!
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06.03.2013 - 23:14
Rhiannon
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Good list, I saw many of my favourites there (Tristania, Estatic Fear, Sirenia). I have a few suggestions too:

Autumn - Summer's End
Autumn - My New Time (gothic rock/metal)
Beseech - Black Emotions
Flowing Tears - Thy Kingdom Gone
Madder Mortem - Desiderata (with jazz influences, quite dissonant)
Madder Mortem - Eight Ways
Nemesea - Mana (very similar to After Forever)
Stream Of Passion - Embrace The Storm (Arjen Lucassen's project, symphonic/progressive, but i hear some gothic elements too)
Todesbonden - Sleep Now, Quiet Forest (atmospheric doom/gothic)

if you already knew these, just disregard my comment
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07.03.2013 - 15:56
CyberSymphony
Ollie
Written by Guest on 06.03.2013 at 23:14

Good list, I saw many of my favourites there (Tristania, Estatic Fear, Sirenia). I have a few suggestions too:

Autumn - Summer's End
Autumn - My New Time (gothic rock/metal)
Beseech - Black Emotions
Flowing Tears - Thy Kingdom Gone
Madder Mortem - Desiderata (with jazz influences, quite dissonant)
Madder Mortem - Eight Ways
Nemesea - Mana (very similar to After Forever)
Stream Of Passion - Embrace The Storm (Arjen Lucassen's project, symphonic/progressive, but i hear some gothic elements too)
Todesbonden - Sleep Now, Quiet Forest (atmospheric doom/gothic)

if you already knew these, just disregard my comment

Thanks for the suggestions. I have listened to most of these albums so I will think before adding.
Todesbonden is definitely gothic, so I will look into that one.
Stream of Passion, I will say no, but thanks for suggesting it.
Nemesea and Autumn, both have gothic elements, but I have doubts with them as I didn't like much of their music.
Flowing Tears and Madder Morten, interest me the most, so I will check out their albums before adding.
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23.09.2013 - 21:22
Erik M.

Still an awesome list and probably your best one if you ask me (along with the atmopheric list ). I know we've been over this, but having those two My Dying Bride albums (both being clearly mainly death doom metal) on here seriously doesn't make sense. Again I would suggest having The Angel and the Dark River and Like Gods of the Sun as MDB albums on this list instead of those.

I checked my own gothic list (mainly gothic, anyway) and it seems you covered pretty much every essential gothic metal album. However, I would suggest Lycanthia - Oligarchy and To Cast a Shadow - In Memory Of (strangely enough I liked this one a lot, while I didn't really like the debut ). Oh, also After Forever - Decipher is arguably better than Prison of Desire (even though Black Tomb is my favourite AF song).
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23.09.2013 - 21:28
CyberSymphony
Ollie
Written by Erik M. on 23.09.2013 at 21:22

Still an awesome list and probably your best one if you ask me (along with the atmopheric list ). I know we've been over this, but having those two My Dying Bride albums (both being clearly mainly death doom metal) on here seriously doesn't make sense. Again I would suggest having The Angel and the Dark River and Like Gods of the Sun as MDB albums on this list instead of those.

I checked my own gothic list (mainly gothic, anyway) and it seems you covered pretty much every essential gothic metal album. However, I would suggest Lycanthia - Oligarchy and To Cast a Shadow - In Memory Of (strangely enough I liked this one a lot, while I didn't really like the debut ). Oh, also After Forever - Decipher is arguably better than Prison of Desire (even though Black Tomb is my favourite AF song).

Yes Yes Yes, MDB are mainly death/doom but also lots of gothic in them too. I think I did say that to you before
Thanks for the suggestions of Lycanthia and To Cast a Shadow I'll check them out soon.
I already have Decipher in the symphonic list, I feel their Prison of Desire is more gothic while Decipher is more symphonic.
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