In light of the recent Nightwish news, I've taken to revisiting the self-titled debut by Floor Jansen's project ReVamp (released May 26, 2010). I remember being excited when this album was announced in 2009, as it was essentially Floor Jansen's attempt to continue After Forever's trajectory after that band's dissolution. When the album was released, it failed to connect with me—Floor Jansen and Joost van den Broek made a good songwriting team, but ReVamp was missing that special sauce that the other members of AF brought to the table. I've never really given ReVamp (stylized like that) its fair shake, and let me tell you I'm really digging it!

It's also a little nostalgic looking back at this time, and a little funny because of how much the musical landscape has changed, and even how the words we use have changed. For example: when ReVamp was first added to the Metal Archives, they were entered under the "symphonic gothic metal" genre tag. As someone who was "in it" at the time, that's how I engaged with this band up until they dropped their second album Wild Card in 2013. Like yeah, this is a progressive symphonic metal band, but that's not how people understood them at all. Interesting how times change.

Oque acham desses dois álbuns ? Para mim o gone é um álbum perfeito que não tem música ruim, ja o time of despair ele também é bom mas não que nem o gone.

Out today: the new album "Homesick" by Shores Of Null. The Italian band continue to deliver their uinque blend of melodeath, doom/death and gothic metal, delivering another great album. I've been a fan for a few years now, and the new album does not disappoint. For fans of Amorphis, Insomnium, Swallow The Sun & Paradise Lost.

I use to be really big into gothic metal back in like 2006-2012 or so. I stopped listening a long time ago but after listening to powerwolf recently, It just sort of hit me....HOLY FUCK! That album from Paradise Lost that I haven't heard in ages called In Requiem.....I fucking LOVE that album! Beneath Black Skies, Fallen Children, Requiem, and a bunch of others, whole album is S Tier.

So, I dug through my collection and found my moonspell, draconian, my dying bride, and lacuna coil albums I had and added back onto my ipod touch. ( I don't use my phone for music and don't do online radios )

What would you guys recommend? I just finished listening to Draconian's Sovran album and the album above I mentioned.

This one is for all the gothic symphonic lovers out there! Blackthorn is from Moscow, Russia. They have been around since 2004, however this first official album came out in 2009. Gossamor Witchcraft was my first introduction to them, albeit pretty recently. It's super fun, it's a little fast, and it's something I definitely recommend. Check them out if you haven't heard of them.

So i love rob zombie and I know the goth community isnt his target audience but im trying to make a Playlist of songs like his. Things that aren't goth rock but are still loved by the community due to its macabre themes or haunting melodies. Does anyone have some recommendations?

"Grey, Cold, and Unforgiving", the seventh track from Cultus Sanguine's newly released fourth studio album Tears Painted Sky. This one was released last Friday through My Kingdom Music.

This Italian band released two records back in the 90s, and they reformed in the late 2010s. This album sounds like a mix of mid-90s black, doom, and gothic metal, but with a more modern approach to production, which might not be the best choice for the style of music they're playing. This overwrought talk singing sounds weirdly exposed when the production is really dry. There's some layering done, but I think it could've gone harder. That being said, I enjoyed listening to this new album, and am more convinced than ever that I need to check this band's early material.

"Do You Believe", taken from God's Silence, Devil's Temptation, the debut album by Lichtenstein gothic metal band Elis, released August 18, 2003 by Nuclear Blast.

This was a band that I had struggled with for a long time, until highschool, they kept popping up on my various Pandora Radio stations, and something finally clicked. Even now, I know the performances and production are flawed on this album, but I think this band had such a charm, I can't help but love it.

I took a walk during my lunch break and listened to this album. The sun has been traveling south across the sky, the air was crisp, and the trees that lined the street have gone yellow -- pure Aurumm. If I can post a picture in the comments I will.

After weeks of unexpected heat waves, we've finally got some autumnal weather in the part of the world where I'm from. It finally feels right to talk about the albums we associate with the season.

Through October, I try to read gothic and horror fiction, and for thay purpose I did put together this Spotify playlist of lesser known gothic metal albums meant to played on shuffle while reading: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1PXV03Bw0Nb3PnxGDcXvIi?si=nGASUJcDSeyqRifI1Prteg&utm_source=copy-link&pi=ZlJQUqH4ROa3N

This playlist has a very specific vibe/sound, it sounds stereotypically gothic, some might say cheesily so, but that's kinda the point. If you have suggestions for additions to this playlist, let me know.

However, I realized that the albums I connect the season with in my head sounds pretty different. In the fall, and even into the winter, I like my music a little less extreme and a bit more accessible. Here are some albums that are nostalgically tied to the season for me:

1. Elis - God's Silence, Devil's Temptation (2003), Griefshire (2006). These albums have a nice amount of moodiness, but they're also pretty breezy.

2. Bloodflowerz - Dark Love Poems (2006), this band's third and last album is a pretty straight forward goth rock, gothic metal fusion with some mid-2000s commercial alt-metal tendencies. This one is produced by Alex Krull, and I think is one of his better jobs among the female fronted gothic metal bands in this time.

3. Mandragora Scream - A Whisper of Dew (2003), this one's an outlier, in that it is exactly the kind of kitschy gothic metal album you'd expect when you hear its for "spooky season". I still love it, though.

4. Closterkeller - Cyan (1996), a 90s classic. Closterkeller have always had a varying sound, mixing goth rock and new wave with heavy metal, hard rock, and grunge. This is peak 90s alt rock mixed with gothic metal and 80s style goth rock. There is going to be a line of Pilish bands up next, it feels right the start with Closterkeller

5. Moonlight - Floe (2000), I made a post about this album a few weeks ago, but it is perfect for this time of year. Gothic metal and atmospheric rock complement eachother spectacularly on this album.

6. Artrosis - Fetish (2001) and Odi et Amo (2015), both are some of this band's more industrial leaning albums, but they work really well with the season, and I listen to them a lot durong this time of year.

7. Delight - Eternity (2002), all three of this band's first three albums really. I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan, even though I own their entire discography, but they just gace a strong autumnal vibe to them.

8. Darkwell - Conflict of Interest (2002), I thought about highlighting their debut album, but I realized that sounds more like December/January to me. Mechanical early-2000s gothic metal with some slight... almost nu metal influences in the drumming and guitar work. Easy to consume.

9. In Tenebris - In Tenebris (2007), this self-titled third album by this band is the most metal sounding they got. At inception they were more of a goth rock and darkwave band, but for this album they leaned into industrial programming, choppy metallic riffing and mixed them with gothic keys. Its great.

10. The Dreamside - Spin Moon Magic (2005), a twinkly blend of symphonic gothic metal and electronic rock, almost Evanescence-y in tone. I like it for fall, but I gotta admit, Pale Blue Lights (1994), their ethereal wave debut is my go-to autumnal release. It's just so chill and elegant.

What are some of your Autumn listens? And do you have some that aren't October Rust or Forever Autumn?

Do you know this band?

It's been a long day for me. Two week work trip and a long drive home. I decided to listen to the Saturnus discography while I was driving back. I never got through the entire thing, but I did rediscover my love for Martyre.

Saturnus is from Denmark and they started in the early 90s. When you think of Saturnus, I'd assume most people's first thoughts go to Veronika Decides to Die. That album is fantastic, but Martyre is able to bring me to a place of calm that I forgot I could go to. For those who have not heard of or have yet to give Saturnus a shot, I highly recommend it.

I will see them twice in 2027

yes, it's a cover, watch out.. :)

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mortemia/3540301363

My streaming service dropped this on me after listening to some End Of Green. This is another band with Michelle Darkness on vocals, taking a bit more of a goth rock approach than his main band. I immediately jumped into listening to the entire "Nearly Down" album from 2009, and it sounds very good. It's their only album, but if you enjoy it, you might also like Michelle's album with The Revenants, called "Ghosts". That seems to be another one-off project, but it was one of my favourites from 2023.

I love the times when Gothic Rock or Metal sounds sunshiney, like late-Summer & early-Autumn.

Or in general employs more Psychedelic conventions, I tend to think of Fields of The Nefilim, Tiamat’s Wildhoney & A Deeper Kind of Slumber, Type Ø Negative’s October Rust, The Gathering’s Mandylion, & kinds sorta Discouraged Ones by Katatonia.

Kinda itching for anymore albums quite like those.

Band I first heard about 10 years ago. They've only been around since 1996.

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ive been into goth metal for about a year now and try to listen to more bands yet none really scratch my itch
i like type o, bauhaus, even the first HIM album but outside of those three no other bands interest me much i also like pentagram which is doom but it gets close enough to the way the other bands make me feel that i thought i should mention

ive tried lacuna coil, paradise lost, christian death,souixe, sisters of mercy etc but they don’t quite scratch my itch i even tried 90s finish goth rock bands but they to me just sound like HIM copycats mostly
any songs/band recommendations

Such a good song! and what better way to listen to Type O Negative in this October month 🖤💚

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