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Artist: Anathema
Genre: Rock/PopWhile Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride got more attention from underground doom metal fans, Liverpool natives Anathema were just as important in creating a new strain of doom (sometimes referred to as doom/death) that drew heavily from atmospheric goth metal and, in the early days, featured gruff death-style vocals. Guitar-playing brothers... [+] Read More
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Artist: Celtic Frost
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalCeltic Frost's impact on the evolution of European heavy metal cannot be overstated. Along with power metal kings Helloween (and to a lesser degree, the sometimes cartoonish Mercyful Fate), Frost's enduring influence on Europe's heavy metal landscape is arguably comparable to Metallica's standing in America. Labeled by critics as "avant-garde"... [+] Read More
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Artist: Moonspell
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalHailing from the nation of Portugal, the doomy goth-metal quintet Moonspell consists of vocalist Fernando Ribeiro, guitarist Ricardo Amorim, keyboardist/programmer Pedro Paixão, bassist Sérgio Crestana, and drummer Mike Gaspar. After a poorly distributed 1994 album for the French Adipocere label, Moonspell debuted on Century Media in 1995 with... [+] Read More
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Artist: My Dying Bride
Genre: Rock/PopThe European goth-metal band My Dying Bride formed in June 1990. The four-piece first recorded the demo tape Towards the Sinister, and after the release of a seven-inch single for the French Listenable label, the group sigend to Peaceville Records in 1991. My Dying Bride's first release was a 1991 EP, Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium.... [+] Read More
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Artist: Paradise Lost
Genre: Hard Rock/MetalNick Holmes - Vocals Greg Mackintosh - Lead Guitar Aaron Aedy - Rhythm Guitar Steve Edmondson - Bass Jeff Singer - Drums Band Biography Gothic metal pioneers and arguably one of the best and most influential rock bands Britain has ever produced, 2007 marks Yorkshire's kings of gloom Paradise Lost's nineteenth year, and heralds the coming of... [+] Read More
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Artist: Theatre of Tragedy
Genre: Rock/PopFormed out of Norway's famed black metal scene, Theatre of Tragedy combine elements of goth and metal with an added touch of drama thanks in part to the dual vocals of Raymond I. Rohonyi and Liv Kristine Espenaes. With the accompaniment of Frank Claussen (guitars), Tommy Olsson (guitars/programming), Eirik T. Saltroe (bass), Hein Frode Hansen... [+] Read More
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Artist: The Gathering
Genre: Rock/PopCreative, classy and highly refined "symphonic metal" outfit from Holland. First album (Always, 1993) was a fairly straightforward death metal album, although heavy use of keyboards made it stand out a bit from other such albums at the time. Followed by Almost A Dance (1994), an album which saw the departure of "growling" vocalist Bart Smits.... [+] Read More
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Artist: Tiamat
Genre: Rock/PopOver the course of the 1990s, Sweden's Tiamat has evolved from a typical death metal outfit into perhaps the leading exponent of what has been tagged "symphonic" black metal, a variation that aims to keep all of death metal's darkness intact, but to portray it in a moodier, more atmospheric way, often making synthesizer arrangements just as... [+] Read More
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Artist: Tristania
Genre: Rock/PopRegarded as one of the world's premiere goth metal bands, Norway's Tristania have earned their reputation through risk-taking creativity, unquestionable talent, and perhaps more than anything else, an impressive consistency from release to release. First coming together in 1996, Tristania took the uncommon step of showcasing three separate... [+] Read More
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