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gothic doom metal

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Description

Gothic doom metal merges the crushing weight and glacial pace of doom metal with gothic rock's dark romanticism and theatrical atmosphere. The sound features heavy, downtuned guitars, sorrowful melodies, and often incorporates operatic female vocals alongside harsh male vocals, creating dramatic contrasts. This style evokes medieval darkness, romantic tragedy, and existential despair through its mournful compositions.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
7		1995	Cemetery of Scream	Melancholy	doom metal
72		1995	Sirrah	Acme	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal death doom metal
6		1995-05-22	My Dying Bride	The Angel and the Dark River	doom metal	doom metal # 77
69		1995-07-04	Theatre of Tragedy	Theatre of Tragedy	doom metal gothic metal	doom metal # 31
1		1996	Ashen Mortality	Sleepless Remorse	death doom metal doom metal gothic doom metal
5		1996	Nox Mortis	Im Schatten des Hasses	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal
30		1996	Heaven Grey	Memory River	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal
41		1996	Dominion	Interface	gothic doom metal
76		1996	Estatic Fear	Somnium Obmutum	doom metal
55		1996-08-27	Heavenwood	Diva	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal
59		1996-09-02	The Blood Divine	Awaken	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal metal
23		1996-10	Orphanage	By Time Alone	gothic metal
3		1997	The Equinox Ov The Gods	Fruits And Flowers Of The Spectral Garden	gothic doom metal gothic metal
36		1997	Cultus Sanguine	Shadows' Blood	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal dark metal
39		1997	Paradise Lost	True Belief '97	doom metal gothic doom metal
51		1997	The Sins of Thy Beloved	All Alone	gothic metal
70		1997	Within Temptation	Enter (DEMO)	gothic doom metal
21		1997-04-01	Theatre of Tragedy	A Rose for the Dead	gothic metal	gothic metal # 16
49		1998	Tower	The Swan Princess	death doom metal gothic doom metal doom metal
84		1998	The Sins of Thy Beloved	Lake of Sorrow	gothic metal
18		1998-01-15	Inner Shrine	Nocturnal Rhymes Entangled in Silence	gothic doom metal gothic metal doom metal symphonic metal
61		1998-05-11	Theatre of Tragedy	Aégis	gothic metal	gothic rock # 15 atmospheric doom metal # 52 gothic metal # 65
27		1998-08-19	In Ruins	Four Seasons of Grey	doom metal gothic doom metal melodic death metal
16		1998-10-06	My Dying Bride	34.788%... Complete	doom metal
13		1999	Tower	Mercury	doom metal gothic metal
20		1999	Even Vast	Hear Me Out	doom metal gothic doom metal
22		1999	Cryptal Darkness	They Whispered You Had Risen	doom metal
54		1999	Silentium	Infinita Plango Vulnera	doom metal gothic metal
62		1999	Lacrimas Profundere	Memorandum	doom metal gothic metal
57		1999-06-11	Ashes You Leave	Desperate Existence	gothic doom metal
31		1999-10	Atargatis	Alba Gebraich	gothic doom metal gothic metal
19		2000	Autumn	Черные Крылья	gothic doom metal
28		2000	Cultus Sanguine	The Sum of All Fears	doom metal dark metal gothic doom metal gothic metal
40		2000	Abysmal Grief	Exsequia Occulta	dark metal doom metal gothic doom metal
42		2000	Misericordia	Painful Dream	gothic doom metal
37		2000-03	Love Lies Bleeding	Behold My Vain Sacrifice	gothic doom metal
73		2000-06-20	The Sins of Thy Beloved	Perpetual Desolation	gothic metal
71		2000-09-11	Ashes You Leave	The Inheritance of Sin and Shame	doom metal gothic doom metal
50		2000-12-04	Theatre of Tragedy	Inperspective	gothic metal	atmospheric doom metal # 74
47		2001	Chalice	An Illusion to the Temporary Real	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal progressive metal
83		2001	Avrigus	The Secret Kingdom	gothic metal gothic doom metal
24		2001-05	Paragon of Beauty	Comfort Me, Infinity
33		2002	Atargatis	Accurst From the Deep	gothic doom metal
77		2002	Lacrimas Profundere	La Naissance D'un Reve	doom metal gothic doom metal
80		2002-11-18	Paradise Lost	Erased	gothic doom metal
58		2003	Silentium	Sufferion - Hamartia of Prudence	gothic doom metal
2		2003-05-27	Even Vast	Outsleeping	gothic doom metal gothic metal
89		2003-06-03	How Like a Winter	...Beyond My Grey Wake	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal
91		2003-06	Virgin Black	Elegant... And Dying	gothic doom metal
98		2003-10-20	Draconian	Where Lovers Mourn	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal	gothic metal # 8 doom metal # 76
86		2005	Theatre of Tragedy	Fragments	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal gothic rock industrial metal post-punk
93		2005-01-24	Draconian	Arcane Rain Fell	doom metal	doom metal # 79
4		2005-10-24	My Dying Bride	For Darkest Eyes (Live In Krakow)	gothic doom metal
63		2006-03-13	Distorted	Memorial	gothic doom metal gothic metal melodic death metal
99		2006-09-29	Draconian	The Burning Halo	gothic doom metal doom metal gothic metal
15		2007	The Equinox Ov The Gods	Fragments Of Lust And Decay	gothic doom metal
25		2007	My Silent Wake	The Anatomy of Melancholy	gothic doom metal
35		2007	Judgehydrogen	Atheistic God	black metal dark ambient doom metal gothic doom metal
45		2007	Sabachthani	Miserable Endings	gothic doom metal
43		2007-01-15	Evadne	The 13th Condition	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal
10		2007-04-03	Virgin Black	Requiem - Mezzo Forte	doom metal gothic metal symphonic metal
79		2007-04-27	Autumn Tears	The Hallowing	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal symphonic metal
60		2007-05-17	Ankhagram	Neverending Sorrow	gothic doom metal
11		2007-07	Abysmal Grief	Abysmal Grief	doom metal
17		2007-09-14	Rusko Star	Attention W***e - EP	beatdown hardcore black doom metal black metal blackened death metal brutal death metal brutal deathcore cybergrind death doom metal death metal deathcore deathgrind depressive suicidal black metal doom metal drone metal glam metal glam rock goregrind gothic doom metal gothic metal grindcore grunge hair metal hard rock harsh noise hatecore heavy metal industrial mathcore melodic death metal metalcore moshcore nsbm nu metal porngrind post-grunge power metal powerviolence rac raw black metal real screamo sludge sludge metal sludgecore speed metal speedcore suicidal black metal symphonic metal thrash metal true black metal true metal true norwegian black metal viking metal	cybergrind # 8 suicidal black metal # 9 moshcore # 13 speedcore # 18 real screamo # 27 depressive suicidal black metal # 40 true norwegian black metal # 45 true black metal # 52 sludgecore # 60 black doom metal # 61 true metal # 63 porngrind # 68 hatecore # 69
81		2007-09-14	Rusko Star	Blonde	beatdown hardcore black doom metal black metal blackened death metal brutal death metal brutal deathcore cybergrind death doom metal death metal deathcore deathgrind depressive suicidal black metal doom metal drone metal glam metal glam rock goregrind gothic doom metal gothic metal grindcore grunge hair metal hard rock harsh noise hatecore heavy metal industrial mathcore melodic death metal metalcore moshcore nsbm nu metal porngrind post-grunge power metal powerviolence rac raw black metal real screamo sludge sludge metal sludgecore speed metal speedcore suicidal black metal symphonic metal thrash metal true black metal true metal true norwegian black metal viking metal	speed metal # 10 glam metal # 30 nsbm # 33 blackened death metal # 34 goregrind # 38 hair metal # 40 death doom metal # 41 drone metal # 49 powerviolence # 51 brutal deathcore # 59 beatdown hardcore # 64 suicidal black metal # 68 moshcore # 69 depressive suicidal black metal # 70 deathgrind # 72 cybergrind # 75 rac # 77 harsh noise # 78 real screamo # 80 true norwegian black metal # 82 raw black metal # 83 speedcore # 87 true metal # 90 sludgecore # 91 porngrind # 93 hatecore # 94 black doom metal # 96 true black metal # 97
12		2007-09-17	Depressed Mode	Ghosts of Devotion	doom metal
78		2007-10-22	The Foreshadowing	Days of Nothing	doom metal gothic metal
96		2008-02-29	Draconian	Turning Season Within	doom metal gothic metal gothic doom metal	gothic metal # 44 doom metal # 62
34		2008-05-23	Dakrya	Monumento	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal	atmospheric doom metal # 41
48		2008-10-16	Amederia	Sometimes we have wings	gothic doom metal
66		2009	Trees Of Eternity	Demo	atmospheric doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal metal	atmospheric doom metal # 85
82		2009-05-25	Ava Inferi	Blood of Bacchus	doom metal female fronted metal gothic doom metal gothic metal metal	female fronted metal # 9
53		2009-06-23	Tales Of Dark	Perdition Calls	gothic doom metal
64		2009-08-31	Nox Aurea	Via Gnosis	doom metal gothic doom metal
68		2009-09-01	Insane Clown Posse	Bang! Pow! Boom!	brutal death metal brutal deathcore deathcore deathgrind goregrind moshcore nsbm	hair metal # 4 post-black metal # 6 powerviolence # 19 beatdown hardcore # 43 nsbm # 46 goregrind # 53 raw black metal # 54 suicidal black metal # 54 cybergrind # 61 depressive suicidal black metal # 64 harsh noise # 68 rac # 68 real screamo # 69 brutal deathcore # 69 true norwegian black metal # 74 speedcore # 77 drone metal # 79 moshcore # 79 deathgrind # 85 true metal # 86 sludgecore # 86 true black metal # 86 porngrind # 90 black doom metal # 91 hatecore # 92
29		2009-11-02	Abysmal Grief	Misfortune	doom metal gothic doom metal
100		2009-11-13	Justin Bieber	My World	pop black metal brutal death metal brutal deathcore deathcore deathgrind goregrind moshcore nsbm world	industrial metal # 38 symphonic metal # 50 english # 86 mathcore # 88 nsbm # 88 blackened death metal # 92 goregrind # 94 brutal death metal # 94 black metal # 95 deathcore # 97 deathgrind # 98 world # 99 brutal deathcore # 99 moshcore # 99
67		2010	Anna Blue	So Alone	alt-country alternative country atmospheric black metal black doom metal black metal blackened death metal brutal death metal brutal deathcore chillwave crossover thrash crunkcore cybergrind death doom metal death metal deathcore deathgrind depressive suicidal black metal djent doom metal drone metal emo gabber glam metal glam rock goregrind gothic doom metal gothic metal grindcore grunge hair metal hard rock harsh noise hatecore heavy metal horrorcore indie pop indie rock industrial industrial metal lo-fi mathcore melodic death metal melodic hardcore metalcore nsbm nu metal orthodox black metal pop punk porngrind post-black metal post-grunge post-hardcore power metal powerviolence progressive metalcore queercore rac rap metal rap rock rapcore raw black metal real screamo rock n roll skramz sludge sludge metal sludgecore speed metal speedcore suicidal black metal symphonic metal technical death metal thrash metal true black metal true metal true norwegian black metal underground hip-hop viking metal witch house	goregrind # 3 nsbm # 9 powerviolence # 16 crossover thrash # 28 brutal deathcore # 30 rap metal # 30 queercore # 42 deathgrind # 44 skramz # 47 raw black metal # 48 alternative country # 49 suicidal black metal # 53 cybergrind # 58 gabber # 62 real screamo # 62 depressive suicidal black metal # 63 harsh noise # 65 rac # 66 true norwegian black metal # 72 speedcore # 75 drone metal # 81 crunkcore # 82 true black metal # 83 death n roll # 83 true metal # 85 sludgecore # 85 black doom metal # 87 orthodox black metal # 87 porngrind # 89 hatecore # 91
75		2010-02-26	Helevorn	Forthcoming Displeasures	doom metal gothic doom metal
52		2010-03-22	Justin Bieber	My Worlds	goregrind	beatdown hardcore # 22 post-black metal # 28 suicidal black metal # 37 nsbm # 39 cybergrind # 46 brutal deathcore # 49 harsh noise # 50 real screamo # 52 deathgrind # 56 depressive suicidal black metal # 57 moshcore # 62 true norwegian black metal # 66 raw black metal # 73 rac # 75 true black metal # 75 sludgecore # 76 black doom metal # 79 true metal # 79 goregrind # 81 porngrind # 83 speedcore # 83 hatecore # 86 drone metal # 98
74		2010-04-02	The Foreshadowing	Oionos	gothic metal doom metal gothic doom metal
85		2011-02-14	Ava Inferi	Onyx	atmospheric metal gothic doom metal	atmospheric metal # 96
95		2011-06-24	Draconian	A Rose for the Apocalypse	gothic doom metal doom metal
38		2011-08-01	Symphonian	Incarnation of Reality	gothic doom metal gothic metal
88		2012-01-06	Lethian Dreams	Season of Raven Words	gothic doom metal	atmospheric doom metal # 65
9		2012-04-18	Paradise Lost	Tragic Idol	gothic metal doom metal	gothic metal # 13
44		2012-04-18	Double Take	Hot Problems	alt-country alternative country atmospheric black metal black doom metal black metal blackened death metal brutal death metal brutal deathcore chillwave comedy crossover thrash crunkcore cybergrind death doom metal death metal deathcore deathgrind depressive suicidal black metal djent doom metal drone metal electropop emo gabber glam metal glam rock goregrind gothic doom metal gothic metal grindcore grunge hair metal hard rock harsh noise hatecore heavy metal horrorcore indie pop indie rock industrial industrial metal lo-fi mathcore melodic death metal melodic hardcore metalcore nsbm nu metal orthodox black metal pop punk porngrind post-black metal post-grunge post-hardcore power metal powerviolence progressive metalcore queercore rac rap metal rap rock rapcore raw black metal real screamo rock n roll skramz sludge sludge metal sludgecore speed metal speedcore suicidal black metal symphonic metal technical death metal thrash metal true black metal true metal true norwegian black metal underground hip-hop viking metal witch house	brutal deathcore # 9 deathgrind # 10 rap metal # 13 queercore # 26 skramz # 27 suicidal black metal # 29 alternative country # 32 rac # 37 gabber # 43 cybergrind # 43 real screamo # 47 harsh noise # 48 depressive suicidal black metal # 54 speedcore # 57 true norwegian black metal # 61 true black metal # 70 sludgecore # 73 crunkcore # 73 black doom metal # 75 death n roll # 75 orthodox black metal # 76 true metal # 77 porngrind # 82 hatecore # 85
46		2013-03-13	Abysmal Grief	Feretri	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal
56		2013-03-18	Angellore	Errances	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal
8		2014-09-29	Amederia	Unheard Prayer	gothic doom metal
14		2014-09-29	Plateau Sigma	The True Shape of Eskatos	ambient avant-garde metal gothic doom metal
32		2014-11-10	Within Temptation	Enter / The Dance	gothic doom metal symphonic metal
97		2015-10-30	Draconian	Sovran	doom metal gothic doom metal	doom metal # 11
26		2015-11-02	Abysmal Grief	Strange Rites of Evil	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal
92		2016-11-11	Trees Of Eternity	Hour of the Nightingale	atmospheric doom metal doom metal gothic doom metal	doom metal # 27 atmospheric doom metal # 100
65		2019-01-23	Helevorn	Aamamata	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal metal
90		2019-03-22	Cellar Darling	The Spell	atmospheric doom metal progressive metal gothic doom metal	atmospheric doom metal # 99
87		2020-03-06	My Dying Bride	The Ghost of Orion	doom metal
94		2020-10-30	Draconian	Under A Godless Veil	doom metal gothic doom metal

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