| Top 55 Gothic metal albums |
| 55 |  | Lake of Tears
Forever Autumn |
| 54 |  | Peccatum
Lost in Reverie
An experimental mash up of electronics, industrial black metal and gothic |
| 53 |  | Trees of Eternity
Hour Of The Nightingale
Ethereal wave goth |
| 52 |  | Lullacry
Crucify My Heart
Not the smartest songwriting ever but damn, it's fucking caychy |
| 51 |  | Mortal love
I Have Lost
A nice use of fragile female vocals over heavy sound |
| 50 |  | On Thorns I Lay
Crystal Tears
The orchestral elements are the highlight of the albums |
| 49 |  | Omit
Repose
Long heavy doom tracks with a desolate atmosphere and fragile female vocals that makes a great contrast |
| 48 |  | The Foreshadowing
Days of Nothing
Catchy and sombre at the same time |
| 47 |  | To Cast a Shadow
In Memory Of
Camilla's vocals are awesome |
| 46 |  | The wounded
Atlantic
Have you ever wandered how smells like teen spirit would spund as a goth metal song? Here's the answer |
| 45 |  | Sirenia
At Sixes And Sevens
Symphonic element combined to epic vibes and great duets |
| 44 |  | Cemetary
Godless Beauty
Angry swedes that combined a melodic guitar style to a rawer sound |
| 43 |  | Evanescence
Evanescence
Ok, BMTL is so overplayed that if i hear it again i will pour boiling oil in my ear, some lyrics are pretty edgy and it's not pure goth, more like alternative with goth influences. Amy Lee is truly talented though, she's an awesome pianist, singer and a good songwriter |
| 42 |  | Cradle of Filth
Dusk and Her Embrace
While i'm not a huge fan of COF, but their first works contains some great vampiresque atmospheres and quality storitelling. |
| 41 |  | Heavenwood
Diva
Underrated portugese Death/goth |
| 40 |  | Entwine
Gone
A better version of Him, even catchier |
| 39 |  | The 3rd and the Mortal
Tears Laid in Earth
It's like listening to a dark fable |
| 38 |  | Crematory
Believe
Death metal elements nicely combined to a melodic Gothic style |
| 37 |  | Dark Sanctuary
Les Mèmoires Blessèes
Ok, this is not properly metal, guitars and drums are barely there, but this orchestral majestic work contains some of the most cinematic vibes ever and influences from the gothic metal atmospheres |
| 36 |  | Elis
Dark Clouds In A Perfect Sky
Sabine died too soon. Black angel is one pf the best songs in the subgenre |
| 35 |  | Yearning
Evershade
Progressive goth with melodic and yet gritty sound |
| 34 |  | After Forever
Decipher
I think i could describe this as opera metal |
| 33 |  | Dawn of Solace
The Darkness
Post/goth metal with dark atmosphere |
| 32 |  | The Birthday Massacre
Walking With Strangers
Synth pop combined to the first 2000s goth trend. Edgy but still awesome, they created their own style. |
| 31 |  | Sirrah
Acme
Experimental and never trivial unknown work |
| 30 |  | Green Carnation
Light of Day, Day of Darkness
A 1 hour prog song that sounds like an elegant sombre fairytale |
| 29 |  | Lacuna Coil
Comalies
While i'm not a huge fan of their recent stuff, the older ones are undoubtedly iconic and well structured |
| 28 |  | Rapture
Futile
Melodeath with a claustrophobic atmosphere |
| 27 |  | Lilitu
The Delores Lesion
One of the rare cases where fast melodeath combines very well with goth cues. There's a short wonderful acoustic piece too |
| 26 |  | Triptykon
Eparistera Daimones
I bet these guys loves Celtic frost. A nice blending of thrash, death, goth, doom and even some industrial. Maybe one of the heaviest albums on this lisy |
| 25 |  | Eternal Tears of Sorrow
A Virgin and A Whore
Basically Cradle of filth if they were melodeath (and imo better) the keyboards sounds fantastic |
| 24 |  | Lacrimosa
Elodia
A german Symphonic opera with romantic features |
| 23 |  | Tristania
Widow's Weeds
The archetype of goth with black influences, beautifully sad |
| 22 |  | Theatre Of Tragedy
Velvet Darkness They Fear
The most appropriate band name ever, it describes perfectly what you will find here. |
| 21 |  | The Gathering
Nighttime Birds
Proggy and ethereal, Anneke's lyrics are wonderful too |
| 20 |  | Saviour Machine
Saviour Machine I
I'm not too much into, well, Jesus lyrics. But damn, this works! A goth/prog masterwork with apocalyptic vibes, technical musicianship and surprisingly good lyrics |
| 19 |  | Draconian
Arcane Rain Fell
Death, come near me is monumental. |
| 18 |  | Slumber
Fallout
This short melodeath goth lp will make you feel isolated and melancholic |
| 17 |  | Before The Dawn
Deadlight
Another melodeath epic work, the vocals fits perfectly with the combination of the genres |
| 16 |  | The Old Dead Tree
The Nameless Disease
Why is this so unknown? One of the most original works in these years |
| 15 |  | Estatic Fear
A Sombre Dance
Melancholic, nostalgic, beautiful solitude |
| 14 |  | Rotting Christ
Triarchy of The Lost Lovers
These Greeks created their own sound blending melodic black metal with gothic creating an apocalyptical triumphant masterpiece |
| 13 |  | My Dying Bride
Turn Loose the Swans
I don't think many other bands could depicts sorrow and loneliness better than these doom death masters |
| 12 |  | Celtic Frost
Monotheist
This album is not easy to classify, i'll go with avant-garde doom death with gothic elements. One of the most evil and demonic sounding albums ever, obscured is like a soundtrack to the apocalypse |
| 11 |  | Lacrimas Profundere
Burning: A Wish
Another underrated work with everything that makes gothic metal great. A nice vocalist, catchy riffs, a perfect use of keyboards and that sadness vibes all around |
| 10 |  | Within Temptation
The Unforgiving
Maybe some people could think this is too high due to it's change of style and commercial approach but damn, i remembered every single track after listening to this just once. There are no fillers an Sharon's vocals are beyond awesome, the symphonic elements makes this even more epic |
| 9 |  | Moonspell
Irreligious
Mystic and esoteric, irreligious features some of the most original gothic stuff ever, The female vocals in Raven claws are perfect and the magical aura that every song gives will make you listen to this over and over |
| 8 |  | Evereve
Stormbirds
The pinnacle of unknown Gothic stuff! Opeth influences and melodic approach contrasting an heavy yet elegant sound makes this one of the most underrated albums.in metal. That waltz is insane too |
| 7 |  | Tiamat
Wildhoney
No one ever created a sound similar to this, a perfect combination of dark romantic themes, dreamlike atmospheres and an overall sensation that will make you comfortable |
| 6 |  | Sentenced
The Cold White Light
Every single song is gold. The lyrics switch from dark humour to deep and meaningful, every member shines and the bass production is perfect. |
| 5 |  | Katatonia
Brave Murder Day
Death doom pioneers that influenced dark Gothic metal with its gloomy, sombre and hopeless style. Brave is one of the best tracks in doom/goth, Akerfeldt vocals are darkest dan ever and the unexpected change of style in the dreamy "day" is delightful |
| 4 |  | Anathema
Alternative 4
One of the most depressing and hopeless albums ever, the anxious lyrics is contrasting to the ethereal atmosphere, but the touching piano and lyrics makes this wonderful. They even transformed a Bad religion song in a depressive piano piece |
| 3 |  | Saturnus
Veronika Decides to Die
Even more depressing than Alternative 4, if not the saddest album ever, at least to me. The melodeath guitar style, the deep growls alternated to talking monologues, the mainly slow doomy tempos, the acoustic and piano parts, the emotionally struggling lyrics, all combined in one unique masterpiece |
| 2 |  | Paradise Lost
Icon
While draconian times is still their masterpiece and one of my favorites albums, i think this fits more with the list, it's the perfect definition of Gothic metal, the archetype of the genre, Christendom is a masterpiece and the guitar work on embers fire is perfect |
| 1 |  | Type O Negative
Bloody Kisses
Peter Steele was a genius. His iconic vocals and bass sound combined to the unique guitar production and the blending of various genres such as punk and doom makes Type o negative one of the best bands ever. The lyrics are ironic (in a dark dark way) but still deep and the way they deal with controversial subjects such as racism, depression, religion and sexuality made their names into history books. |
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