Tristania and early Theatre of Tragedy by very faaar..!

Tristania are one of my fav band because i like their style and i think Vibeke has a great voice

Other. I think The Sins Of Thy Beloved from Norway are (were?) the best gothic metal band. I enjoy the symphonic element of their music, the erratic violin and the general gothic atmosphere they create. The lyrics may be bad and I don't approve of the female orgasms on Perpetual Desolation but the rest is just gold. A paradigm of gothic metal in my humble opinion.

i like theatre of tragedy
i like the first lineup when LivKristine is still the vocalist of the band

At the moment - After Forever , Their latest album is amazing.
The best gothic metal album of all time - TRISTANIA-Beyond The Veil

i voted for OTHERs ... coz i thing the most powerful band in gothic metal is MOONSPELL ...

Widow's Weeds is my favourite gothic metal album (and one of my all-time 5 fav albums of any genre), and Beyond The Veil isn't far behind, so Tristania get my vote by far. Second is possibly Draconian, and I believe they're still improving as a band - whereas so many others are going downhill (Sirenia, for example).
Trail of Tears also - Existentia is superb. And a somewhat different style but no less excellent, Virgin Black. Also love Sirenia, Moonspell, TSotB and many many others... but Tristania is definitely #1 for me.

Hey i thought Theatre of Tragedy was Death Melodic Metal or also called Atmospheric
never knew they were tagged as a gothic band

I selected Tristania, but I'm just talking about the older albums... It's sad that they were getting worse with each new album they made... Nad now, that Verbeke's gone, I don't think they'd still call Tristania ...

Written by Oracle on 24.02.2007 at 03:26

Tristania are one of my fav band because i like their style and i think Vibeke has a great voice

I agree with that

Moi dix mois - Japanese band try it!!!

I'm not that much into Gothic Metal, but there is one band I like, in the scene. That one band is Epica. Their music is simply amazing, and the voice of Simone Simons is absolutely great! Too bad she isn't single anymore .

In this list After forever, great voice and music. But the best is Epica, greater voice and greater voice. I've seen Epica live and about 2 months i gonna see them again.

I voted for Other. Moonspell are the best gothic band by far.

I voted 69 Eyes (other)...mostly because I dont listen to any other goth bands....even though the eyes have gone from punk n roll to goth rock to straight up glam rock.

From the list above, I went for After Forever.. Jansen's vocals are enough to vote for them

Though, I like the older stuff but the new are also still v.good to me..

the vision bleak is the best gothic metal.I love all bands of markus stock.and especial thisa one.

I voted for The Gathering, although I dont consider them gothic metal.... Ok this is one of the best bands of that kind, I like both their early death/doom work and latter with Anneke, IMO their live album Sleepy Buildings is something that everyone should hear.

Other, Tiamat is my fav, with Pocket Sized Sun being one of the best songs recorded. ever.

I didn't vote, I don't really like any of those bands. I'm not sure whicn one os the best, but my favourite is Within Temptation... If you consider them gothic metal

The Sins Of Thy Beloved. I like them best, at least until I find something I like more.

From the poll, I guess Tristania's Widow's Weeds beats anything else, but my favorite goth band is Dreadful Shadows. Christian Death is an awesome goth band too, but Dreadful Shadows made the album, Estrangement, and it rules so hard. Sven is one of my favorite vocalists in metal.

Sentenced are like the only sort ov Gothic band i listen to soooo, that would explain why they get my vote

moonspell , tiamat . u know these are best

most of those bands aren't gothic metal.

Written by Bad English on 06.11.2006 at 14:36

Written by +{Jonas}+ on 06.11.2006 at 05:27

Paradise Lost ovipously. They invented gothic metal.

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man you make me lafing all day Paradise Lost was first band who play death/doom metal and Systers of mercy play faster how PL and there are no criteries who say that PL invated Gothic Metal

ToT was first band who use female vocalist in metal, also CoF can inveted it, so

gahahahhahahaha --> I still lafing

WTF?... The album "Ghotic" By PL gave a fucking meaning to the whole gothic metal scene...
And Theatre of Tragedy being the VERY first band with growls and female vocals?.. NOW I'm laughing...
Maybe Gothic didn't use a lot of female vocals.. but they still did it in some songs of that album.. and it was for about 4 years before ToT...

PL didn't invented gothic metal.. that's right... but they created the roots.
I will vote Other... because I like so many bands from the gothic scene...

Written by X-Ray Rod on 20.04.2008 at 21:41

Written by Bad English on 06.11.2006 at 14:36

Written by +{Jonas}+ on 06.11.2006 at 05:27

Paradise Lost ovipously. They invented gothic metal.

Ghahahhahhahaahahahahahahahahahhaahaha X100 Ghahahahahahhahaahahahaha

Hahahahhaha

man you make me lafing all day Paradise Lost was first band who play death/doom metal and Systers of mercy play faster how PL and there are no criteries who say that PL invated Gothic Metal

ToT was first band who use female vocalist in metal, also CoF can inveted it, so

gahahahhahahaha --> I still lafing

WTF?... The album "Ghotic" By PL gave a fucking meaning to the whole gothic metal scene...
And Theatre of Tragedy being the VERY first band with growls and female vocals?.. NOW I'm laughing...
Maybe Gothic didn't use a lot of female vocals.. but they still did it in some songs of that album.. and it was for about 4 years before ToT...

PL didn't invented gothic metal.. that's right... but they created the roots.
I will vote Other... because I like so many bands from the gothic scene...

Paradise Lost - death/doom firts 4+1 album

Written by Bad English on 20.04.2008 at 23:20

Written by X-Ray Rod on 20.04.2008 at 21:41

Written by Bad English on 06.11.2006 at 14:36

Written by +{Jonas}+ on 06.11.2006 at 05:27

Paradise Lost ovipously. They invented gothic metal.

Ghahahhahhahaahahahahahahahahahhaahaha X100 Ghahahahahahhahaahahahaha

Hahahahhaha

man you make me lafing all day Paradise Lost was first band who play death/doom metal and Systers of mercy play faster how PL and there are no criteries who say that PL invated Gothic Metal

ToT was first band who use female vocalist in metal, also CoF can inveted it, so

gahahahhahahaha --> I still lafing

WTF?... The album "Ghotic" By PL gave a fucking meaning to the whole gothic metal scene...
And Theatre of Tragedy being the VERY first band with growls and female vocals?.. NOW I'm laughing...
Maybe Gothic didn't use a lot of female vocals.. but they still did it in some songs of that album.. and it was for about 4 years before ToT...

PL didn't invented gothic metal.. that's right... but they created the roots.
I will vote Other... because I like so many bands from the gothic scene...

Paradise Lost - death/doom firts 4+1 album

and that doesn't mean that they couln't influence and created the roots of gothic [roots doesn't mean the whoooooole thing]

I know but stull modern gothic are overated sorry flowing tears n withered flowers are AWSOME butflowing tears sucks, i love mid 90ties gothic

Written by Bad English on 20.04.2008 at 23:30

I know but stull modern gothic are overated sorry flowing tears n withered flowers are AWSOME butflowing tears sucks, i love mid 90ties gothic

In that case we're not so different.
I don't like nowdays gothic.. it's a bit... "plastic"? kinda commercxial I guees and there are soooooooooo many "gothic" bands that sounds really happy... and that's not gothic.. LOL
Old gothic kick so much ass...
I think that the most recent gothic that I stand is Virgin Black and Lacrimosa [ I don't really know if I can label it to gothic... but what the hell...]