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Members of metal bands such as After Forever, [1] HIM [2] and Nightwish [3] have downplayed or dismissed the gothic label from their music. The issue is obscured further by bands that have since moved away from gothic metal or even heavy metal music altogether, as is the case for Anathema and The Gathering .
Gothic metal is a varied genre with bands pursuing many different directions, from "slow and crushing variations" to "orchestral and bombastic". The doom metal background of early pioneers like Anathema, [9] Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride has been taken up by groups like Artrosis, [10] Ava Inferi [11] and Draconian. [12]
Sirenia is a Norwegian gothic metal band from Stavanger, founded in 2001 by Morten Veland. The band uses melodic instrumentals, synthesizers, and distorted guitars with female vocals, male death vocals, clean male vocals, a choir, and violins. The lyrics are concerned with human existence, emotion, and mental states.
Gothic metal is a genre of music that originated in the early 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth from the subgenre of doom metal known as doom-death. The main article for this category is Gothic metal .
Darkseed was a German gothic metal band formed in 1992. Darkseed, beginning as a death metal band, took a more unconventional song writing method that aimed more towards the gothic experimental route. [2] They changed their music to gothic metal on their first studio album Midnight Solemnly Dance.
Unto Others is an American gothic rock/heavy metal band from Portland, Oregon. They formed in 2017 as Idle Hands [ 1 ] but changed their name in 2020. The band has released three studio albums so far.
The album was a success, receiving rave reviews throughout Europe, and was regarded as one of the best symphonic gothic metal albums of the year. [by whom?] After a promotional tour and a few changes in the line-up, Macbeth entered the studio to record their second work Vanitas, which was released in 2001. The album showed a more aggressive ...
Hermitage is the twelfth studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on 26 February 2021. This is their first album without original drummer Miguel "Mike" Gaspar. Drums are performed by new member Hugo Ribeiro (not related to singer Fernando Ribeiro). [7]