Gothic metal

Gothic metal (also called Goth metal) is a crossover between heavy metal music and gothic music itself; although the term 'metal' is debated by those who say it is mainly gothic music. It developed in the early 1990s in Europe and the United States. Gothic metal has proven somewhat difficult to categorise. Some fans and musicians have a firm concept of genre and subgenre, but others reject such categorisation as limiting or useless. There is often significant crossover from one category to another, and often the influence of non-metal music.

List of Gothic metal bands

• Aesma Daeva (USA) - Official Band web site
• After Forever (Netherlands)
• AraPacis (Canada)
• Ashes You Leave (Croatia)
• Charon (Finland)
• Demons And Wizards
• Dreams of Sanity (Austria) - BNR summary
• Darkwell (Austria) http://www.darkwell.org
• Edenbridge (Austria)
• Elis (Liechtenstein)
• Entwine (Finland)
• Epica (Netherlands)
• For My Pain
• Haggard (Germany) - BNR summary
• In Grey (Sweden) - Official Band Web Site
• Killing Miranda (UK)
• Lacrimas Profundere
• Lacrimosa (Germany)
• Lacuna Coil (Italy) - BNR summary
• Lake of Tears (Sweden)
• Leicohtica (Australia) - http://www.leicohtica.net/
• Leaves' Eyes
• (USA) - Official Band web site
• Moi Dix Mois (Japan)
• Moonspell (Portugal)
• More (Italy)
• My Dying Bride (UK)
• Myriads (Norway)
• Nightwish (Finland)
• Paradise Lost (UK)
• Poema Arcanus (Chile)
• Rotting Christ (Greece) - BNR summary
• Saviour Machine (USA) - Official Band Website
• Septic Flesh (Greece)
• Sirenia (Norway) - BNR summary
• Skeptical Minds (Belgium)
• Theatre of Tragedy (Norway) - BNR Summary
• The Gathering (Netherlands)
• The Sins Of Thy Beloved (Norway)
• Tiamat (Germany) (formerly Sweden)
• Trail of Tears (Norway) - BNR summary
• Tristania (Norway) - BNR summary
• Type O Negative (USA)
• Xandria (Germany)
• Within Temptation (Netherlands)
• Without Face (Hungary)
• Velvetcut (Finland)