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    Top 100 Gothic metal albums

    1 Lord Of The Lost
    Thornstar (2018)
    8.95
    22
    2 Tiamat
    Wildhoney (1994)
    8.94
    772
    3 Green Carnation
    Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness (2001)
    8.92
    537
    4 Paradise Lost
    Draconian Times (1995)
    8.89
    965
    5 The Gathering
    Mandylion (1995)
    8.87
    633
    6 Artrosis
    Hidden Dimension (1998)
    8.86
    22
    7 Lake Of Tears
    Forever Autumn (1999)
    8.82
    328
    8 Tristania
    Beyond The Veil (1999)
    8.77
    531
    9 Evereve
    Stormbirds (1998)
    8.76
    82
    10 Theatre Of Tragedy
    Aégis (1998)
    8.76
    446
    11 Betray My Secrets
    Betray My Secrets (1999)
    8.75
    48
    12 Tristania
    Widow's Weeds (1998)
    8.74
    446
    13 The Sins Of Thy Beloved
    Lake Of Sorrow (1998)
    8.72
    226
    14 Virgin Black
    Requiem - Mezzo Forte (2007)
    8.71
    221
    15 Theatre Of Tragedy
    Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996)
    8.7
    404
    16 Paradise Lost
    Icon (1993)
    8.69
    762
    17 Moonspell
    Irreligious (1996)
    8.69
    719
    18 Lacrimosa
    Elodia (1999)
    8.68
    274
    19 Type O Negative
    October Rust (1996)
    8.67
    491
    20 The Gathering
    Nighttime Birds (1997)
    8.66
    432
    21 SpiRitual
    Pulse (2006)
    8.66
    68
    22 The Foreshadowing
    Days Of Nothing (2007)
    8.65
    187
    23 Lacrimas Profundere
    Memorandum (1999)
    8.64
    146
    24 Type O Negative
    Bloody Kisses (1993)
    8.64
    537
    25 Blackthorn
    Codex Archaos (2011)
    8.64
    25
    26 Lacrimosa
    Stille (1997)
    8.63
    190
    27 Cradle Of Filth
    Cruelty And The Beast (1998)
    8.6
    825
    28 The Old Dead Tree
    The Nameless Disease (2003)
    8.6
    89
    29 Heavenwood
    Diva (1996)
    8.59
    110
    30 Saviour Machine
    Saviour Machine I (1993)
    8.59
    85
    31 Sirenia
    At Sixes And Sevens (2002)
    8.59
    376
    32 Rotting Christ
    Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers (1996)
    8.58
    368
    33 Lacrimas Profundere
    Burning: A Wish (2001)
    8.57
    133
    34 Virgin Black
    Sombre Romantic (2001)
    8.57
    178
    35 Yearning
    Merging Into Landscapes (2007)
    8.57
    51
    36 Penumbra
    Seclusion (2003)
    8.57
    109
    37 Yearning
    Evershade (2003)
    8.56
    68
    38 To Cast A Shadow
    All Alone (2007)
    8.55
    22
    39 Lacrimosa
    Inferno (1995)
    8.55
    141
    40 After Forever
    Decipher (2001)
    8.54
    335
    41 Lake Of Tears
    Headstones (1995)
    8.54
    201
    42 Moonspell
    Night Eternal (2008)
    8.54
    777
    43 ShamRain
    Someplace Else (2005)
    8.53
    47
    44 Paradise Lost
    Obsidian (2020)
    8.53
    593
    45 Virgin Black
    Elegant... And Dying (2003)
    8.52
    173
    46 Heavenwood
    Swallow (1998)
    8.52
    86
    47 Lacrimosa
    Lichtgestalt (2005)
    8.52
    147
    48 Triptykon
    Eparistera Daimones (2010)
    8.51
    341
    49 Mortal Love
    I Have Lost... (2005)
    8.51
    43
    50 Virgin Black
    Requiem - Fortissimo (2008)
    8.51
    182
    51 The Vision Bleak
    The Deathship Has A New Captain (2004)
    8.5
    114
    52 Catafalque
    Unique (2005)
    8.5
    22
    53 Theatre Of Tragedy
    Theatre Of Tragedy (1995)
    8.49
    272
    54 Lake Of Tears
    A Crimson Cosmos (1997)
    8.49
    167
    55 Green Carnation
    The Acoustic Verses (2006)
    8.49
    280
    56 Lacrimas Profundere
    La Naissance D'Un Rêve (1997)
    8.48
    87
    57 Before The Dawn
    My Darkness (2003)
    8.47
    139
    58 Cradle Of Filth
    Midian (2000)
    8.46
    837
    59 Paradise Lost
    The Plague Within (2015)
    8.46
    654
    60 The 69 Eyes
    Blessed Be (2000)
    8.45
    104
    61 The Foreshadowing
    Second World (2012)
    8.45
    206
    62 ShamRain
    Goodbye To All That (2007)
    8.44
    39
    63 Trail Of Tears
    A New Dimension Of Might (2002)
    8.44
    101
    64 Before The Dawn
    Deadlight (2007)
    8.44
    191
    65 The Vision Bleak
    Carpathia - A Dramatic Poem (2005)
    8.44
    114
    66 Opera Diabolicus
    1614 (2012)
    8.44
    25
    67 Weeping Silence
    For The Unsung (2012)
    8.42
    26
    68 Weeping Silence
    Opus IV Oblivion (2015)
    8.42
    69
    69 Lilitu
    The Delores Lesion (2004)
    8.41
    22
    70 Graveworm
    Engraved In Black (2003)
    8.41
    201
    71 The Vision Bleak
    The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey (2007)
    8.41
    103
    72 Penumbra
    The Last Bewitchment (2002)
    8.41
    82
    73 Evereve
    Seasons (1996)
    8.41
    56
    74 Moonspell
    Extinct (2015)
    8.4
    573
    75 On Thorns I Lay
    Orama (1997)
    8.39
    67
    76 The Foreshadowing
    Oionos (2010)
    8.39
    171
    77 Fields Of The Nephilim
    Mourning Sun (2005)
    8.38
    87
    78 Darkseed
    Diving Into Darkness (2000)
    8.38
    79
    79 The Wounded
    Atlantic (2004)
    8.38
    32
    80 Dawn Of Solace
    The Darkness (2006)
    8.38
    90
    81 Paradise Lost
    Gothic (1991)
    8.36
    551
    82 Weeping Silence
    End Of An Era (2008)
    8.36
    22
    83 Warrel Dane
    Praises To The War Machine (2008)
    8.36
    196
    84 Tristania
    World Of Glass (2001)
    8.35
    359
    85 Throes Of Dawn
    Quicksilver Clouds (2004)
    8.35
    65
    86 Rotting Christ
    A Dead Poem (1997)
    8.33
    346
    87 Deathstars
    Termination Bliss (2006)
    8.33
    181
    88 Paradise Lost
    Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009)
    8.33
    622
    89 Tribulation
    The Children Of The Night (2015)
    8.32
    253
    90 Triptykon
    Melana Chasmata (2014)
    8.31
    391
    91 On Thorns I Lay
    Threnos (2020)
    8.31
    237
    92 Trail Of Tears
    Bloodstained Endurance (2009)
    8.31
    113
    93 Within Temptation
    Mother Earth (2000)
    8.31
    585
    94 Moonspell
    The Antidote (2003)
    8.3
    489
    95 Green Carnation
    A Blessing In Disguise (2003)
    8.3
    210
    96 Cradle Of Filth
    Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay (2017)
    8.3
    394
    97 Artrosis
    Ukryty Wymiar (1997)
    8.3
    27
    98 Paradise Lost
    In Requiem (2007)
    8.3
    616
    99 After Forever
    Prison Of Desire (2000)
    8.3
    283
    100 Heavenwood
    Redemption (2008)
    8.29
    78