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Top 100 Gothic metal albums


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    Top 100 Gothic metal albums

    1 Tiamat
    Wildhoney (1994)
    8.91
    772
    2 Paradise Lost
    8.86
    981
    3 Green Carnation
    8.86
    536
    4 The Gathering
    Mandylion (1995)
    8.8
    634
    5 Betray My Secrets
    8.7
    46
    6 Lake Of Tears
    8.69
    341
    7 Evereve
    Stormbirds (1998)
    8.66
    82
    8 Theatre Of Tragedy
    Aégis (1998)
    8.65
    468
    9 Paradise Lost
    Icon (1993)
    8.65
    769
    10 Tristania
    8.65
    541
    11 Moonspell
    Irreligious (1996)
    8.64
    716
    12 Theatre Of Tragedy
    8.64
    406
    13 The Gathering
    8.63
    432
    14 Lacrimosa
    Elodia (1999)
    8.62
    274
    15 Type O Negative
    8.62
    546
    16 The Sins Of Thy Beloved
    8.61
    227
    17 Tristania
    8.61
    454
    18 The Foreshadowing
    8.61
    186
    19 Virgin Black
    8.6
    222
    20 Cradle Of Filth
    8.57
    821
    21 Type O Negative
    October Rust (1996)
    8.57
    505
    22 Saviour Machine
    8.56
    88
    23 Lacrimas Profundere
    Memorandum (1999)
    8.56
    146
    24 Heavenwood
    Diva (1996)
    8.55
    111
    25 Lacrimosa
    Stille (1997)
    8.55
    191
    26 Sirenia
    8.53
    378
    27 Rotting Christ
    8.52
    375
    28 The Old Dead Tree
    8.52
    84
    29 Virgin Black
    8.51
    176
    30 SpiRitual
    Pulse (2006)
    8.49
    67
    31 Paradise Lost
    Obsidian (2020)
    8.49
    603
    32 Moonspell
    8.49
    761
    33 Lilitu
    8.48
    23
    34 After Forever
    Decipher (2001)
    8.48
    333
    35 Lacrimas Profundere
    8.47
    130
    36 ShamRain
    8.47
    47
    37 Lacrimosa
    Lichtgestalt (2005)
    8.46
    143
    38 Virgin Black
    8.46
    171
    39 Penumbra
    Seclusion (2003)
    8.45
    109
    40 The Vision Bleak
    8.45
    114
    41 Lake Of Tears
    Headstones (1995)
    8.44
    208
    42 Paradise Lost
    8.44
    664
    43 Triptykon
    8.44
    348
    44 Virgin Black
    8.43
    180
    45 Heavenwood
    Swallow (1998)
    8.43
    84
    46 Cradle Of Filth
    Midian (2000)
    8.42
    833
    47 Theatre Of Tragedy
    8.42
    276
    48 Green Carnation
    8.42
    276
    49 Before The Dawn
    My Darkness (2003)
    8.41
    136
    50 Trail Of Tears
    8.41
    97
    51 Catafalque
    Unique (2005)
    8.41
    22
    52 Lacrimas Profundere
    8.41
    85
    53 Artrosis
    8.41
    22
    54 ShamRain
    8.41
    41
    55 Yearning
    8.4
    52
    56 Mortal Love
    8.4
    40
    57 Lacrimosa
    Inferno (1995)
    8.4
    136
    58 Lake Of Tears
    8.4
    171
    59 Autumnblaze
    8.38
    21
    60 Blackthorn
    8.38
    24
    61 The Wounded
    Atlantic (2004)
    8.38
    32
    62 The Foreshadowing
    Second World (2012)
    8.38
    210
    63 Before The Dawn
    Deadlight (2007)
    8.37
    195
    64 Yearning
    Evershade (2003)
    8.37
    67
    65 The Foreshadowing
    Oionos (2010)
    8.36
    169
    66 Moonspell
    Extinct (2015)
    8.35
    560
    67 Tristania
    8.35
    355
    68 Graveworm
    8.34
    199
    69 The 69 Eyes
    Blessed Be (2000)
    8.34
    107
    70 Weeping Silence
    8.33
    70
    71 To Cast A Shadow
    All Alone (2007)
    8.33
    21
    72 Dawn Of Solace
    The Darkness (2006)
    8.32
    91
    73 Darkseed
    8.32
    76
    74 The Vision Bleak
    8.32
    116
    75 Paradise Lost
    Gothic (1991)
    8.32
    564
    76 Warrel Dane
    8.32
    186
    77 Rotting Christ
    A Dead Poem (1997)
    8.31
    355
    78 Paradise Lost
    8.3
    626
    79 Tribulation
    8.3
    271
    80 Deathstars
    8.29
    177
    81 The Vision Bleak
    8.29
    102
    82 Penumbra
    8.29
    82
    83 Fields Of The Nephilim
    Mourning Sun (2005)
    8.28
    88
    84 Triptykon
    8.27
    390
    85 Evereve
    Seasons (1996)
    8.27
    56
    86 Moonspell
    The Antidote (2003)
    8.26
    482
    87 Within Temptation
    Mother Earth (2000)
    8.26
    586
    88 After Forever
    8.26
    277
    89 Moonspell
    Memorial (2006)
    8.24
    573
    90 Green Carnation
    8.24
    207
    91 To Cast A Shadow
    In Memory Of (2011)
    8.23
    39
    92 On Thorns I Lay
    Threnos (2020)
    8.23
    239
    93 Paradise Lost
    In Requiem (2007)
    8.23
    613
    94 Throes Of Dawn
    8.23
    65
    95 Weeping Silence
    8.22
    27
    96 Darkseed
    8.22
    74
    97 Lacrimosa
    Fassade (2001)
    8.22
    129
    98 Lacuna Coil
    Comalies (2002)
    8.22
    489
    99 Beseech
    8.22
    49
    100 Before The Dawn
    4:17 Am (2004)
    8.22
    133