@MysteriousAsteria: I agree with you except with regards to Tristania, Draconian and Trail of Tears (and probably a couple of others). They're all actual gothic metal bands. Symphonic metal =/= gothic metal, but at the same time, having symphonic elements doesn't stop you from being gothic metal.
Thank you! I'm new to the whole genre, got into it through suggestions from Flyleaf to Evanescence to Nightwish, and hadn't know how many other bands like this were out there. This really helps!
Thanks so much for putting this composition together, MetaLhellEmbrace! I knew many of these bands, but many I never heard of--but they sound awesome so I have a wealth of new bands to research. Thanks again!
Glad to see I have most of those bands (all the best ones too) and just as glad to hear some new bands that were good too. I have a huge list now to download (been up all night scouting for new bands). :)
Lots of epic stuff in here I'll have to check out.. Nicely done! I thought I considered myself a fan of this genre, but a lot of these bands I haven't even heard of.
That was one of the best and most informative videos I've seen in a while. I definitely enjoyed it. Kudos to you for knowing all these great bands. Especially Era. Go you! =P
Guys therea this song I've been trying to find....the song started a church bell ringing with a man talking about judgement day, something about the keeper....some of the lyrics I remember the female vocalist singing were, live and let live
There are some bands which are not GOTHIC METAL, such as: Era and Ataraxia. As far as I know DRACONIAN is a Doom Metal Band. Other important bands are missing here: Artrosis, Lacuna Coil, Nemesea, Darkwell, Mandragora Scream, Vision of Atlantis, Forever Slave, etc. And one of the most important gothic metal bands, which helped to develop the Symphonic Gothic Metal is ODES OF ECSTASY. It should be consider too. On the other hand, at least for me, the best gothic metal band ever is AFTER FOREVER..
@jordanianandproud its bits and pieces but she talked about her child being from rape, and that is why she wrote a song series. It's hard to find now she pulled it all down a while back though
Wow. I love Nightwish and Epica, and you forgot Within Temptation and Magica, but I haven't heard of the others, except Therion. I need to look up that Overdream though!!!!!
Oh yes, you made me want to listen to beyond the veil right away :P That album has an unique sound and composition style, I recomend it to everybody. Also you guys should check Virgin Black, like someone said down there.
Exelnet hermano,fenomenal esta recopilación de grupos de metal gótico,muy bueno heeee, había muchos grupos que no conocia y gracias a tu ya soy fan de ello,gracias!!!!!
You are joking.... Honestly though some of this is good but how on earth you exclude Within Temptation, Delain, Lacuna Coil, Vision of Atlantis, Nemesea, Pathfinder, Evanescence etc. is beyond me. Very gifted musicians and a lot of their music is far less imposing on the ears (and the eyes... Vampires) than some of this. Please consider these bands when making another video but otherwise I enjoyed your opinions
Well, I didn't say she was "spectacular", just that she was great. She had good energy on the stage, she sung well, she did a lot of headbanging, she talked to the audience... I mean, this has nothing to do with taste, she was just great.
Wholly crap! I'm from the old school of metal(black sabbath, iron maiden, judas priest ect..) I never explored this genre of metal before and this stuff sounds awesome! Thanks for the exposure. Looks like i have some new bands to listen too. This is smokin.
@uzumakikim I think they're classified as "Metalcore", "Melodic Death Metal" and "Power Metal" that's why they weren't included here. But The Agonist is one of the best.
Ok, first of all, with what Within Temptation put up in their last album, i don't really think they should be considered a Metal band, they said themselves that they think that they are more of a Symphonic Rock band, and I never really found a lot in "metal" to their sound.
Nightiwish > Tristania in my opinnion. To not include Within Temptation or Lacuna Coil is really interesting (particularly since WT is better than 80% of those bands) Good list though thanks!
@VladWolfshade I def agree with you, every band in this video sounds like Nightwish in one way or another, I honestly think Tristania is the only band I'd actually take time to check out
are these your top symphonic/Gothic metal bands? you have an amazing line up. don't worry I won't ask you where is so and so. most of the bands I'm not familiar with but sound amazing
Isn't this just the best genre of music ever!! (Along with black metal) btw..Just a few missing Gothic: HIM, the 69 eyes, Lacuna coil, Mandragora scream Symphonic: Within temptation, delain other than that though, the rest are just beautiful.
haha! ikr? their my favorite gothic metal band ever! they're the first band of that genre i found! i was just playing around on my laptop and i typed in paul newman and something came up that said-paul newman memories- and i clicked on it, and it showed pictures of paul newman and guess what song it played-MEMORIES BY WT! i fell in love with the song and now have every album that ever came out! haha! and i'm also in to others like nightwish and other bands that this video named. (every one) lol!
@Amaranth2020 Disculpen a mi español. Yo soy más de un hablante francés. Cuando mi hermano me presentó a Nightwish (cuando Tarja fue una parte de la banda), yo estaba enamorado de su voz. Ella es verdaderamente uno de los mejores cantantes de nuestro tiempo junto con Vibeke Stene.
@MissMochaa Of course! =D I'm glad I found a person that understands this! It's just wasting time to spend it for argueing about stupidities like this, everyone should accept and respect musical taste of all the people (and I'm not speaking only about music, but I mean in general).
Well,I don't really get why are you including Era there because it's New Age...From the beginning,I was afraid you forgot about the best..Tristania.Thank you for this vid,I discovered some new interesting pieces of music.
In Anbetracht dessen, daß die Liste schon etwas älter ist, fehlen einige alteingesessene Bands: 🇦🇹 Edenbridge, Darkwell 🇧🇻 Theatre of Tragedy 🇸🇪 THERION!!! 🇳🇱 Within Temptation, The Gathering, Orphanage 🇪🇦 Elbereth Und, und, und...😊
Tristania definitely had an unique voice, Even though I like a lot of these bands listed, Most of them have the same styleflow as Nightwish, almost the same voice, and so forth, bands that are/were directly influenced by them, I am unable to name any band that could possibly sound like Tristania in any ways, which has been my favourite band for slightly a bit over 10 years with the purchase of Widow's Weed and Beyond the Veil
Old Nightwish is the best! The voice of Tarja is just...amazing!!! Therion rulez!, Haggard!, Theatres des vampires!! Hey! Sharon den Adel, is great! Within temptation is so much better than Sirenia... The video is good! :)
ERA, a metal band?... I find this hard to believe.
Mi Top:
1. Theatre of Tragedy (Mi banda favorita)
2.Nightwish
3.Leaves Eyes
4.Within Temptation
5.The Sins of Thy Beloved
6.Elis
7.After Forever
8.Theatre des Vampires
9.Tristania
10.Sirenia
11.Artrosis
12.Xandria
13.Almora
14.Mortal Love
15. Evig Natt
16. Forever Slave
17.Haggard
18.Epica
19.Therion
20. Mandragora Scream
Los anote como me fui acordando :v
Few missing that are good: Sunterra,Autumn Rain Melancholy,Estatic Fear,Evensong and I absolutely love Tears of Magdalena
edenbridge? tristania? within temptation? theatre of tragedy?
the gathering?
dreams of sanity?
Rose McGee tristania is on the list.
Within Temptation
Nightwish
Lunatica
Dawn of Destiny
Sirenia
Shadowplay
@MysteriousAsteria: I agree with you except with regards to Tristania, Draconian and Trail of Tears (and probably a couple of others). They're all actual gothic metal bands. Symphonic metal =/= gothic metal, but at the same time, having symphonic elements doesn't stop you from being gothic metal.
Thank you! I'm new to the whole genre, got into it through suggestions from Flyleaf to Evanescence to Nightwish, and hadn't know how many other bands like this were out there. This really helps!
I have to say metal, particularly Symphonic metal is my favourite musical genre. This is a really good compilation of bands/songs. Nicely done!
Thanks so much for putting this composition together, MetaLhellEmbrace!
I knew many of these bands, but many I never heard of--but they sound awesome so I have a wealth of new bands to research. Thanks again!
Glad to see I have most of those bands (all the best ones too) and just as glad to hear some new bands that were good too. I have a huge list now to download (been up all night scouting for new bands). :)
the best is forest of shadows & estatic fear, graveworm ..lacrimas profendere
Wow, I totally give you credit b/c u cover most of them! That was amazing! But one thing----WITHIN TEMPTATION
Within Temptation !!!!!!! ;)
i liked it sooo much :((
Its a hard time without them :)
Lots of epic stuff in here I'll have to check out.. Nicely done! I thought I considered myself a fan of this genre, but a lot of these bands I haven't even heard of.
tons of the symphonic bands i never heard of
thx for sharing!!!
i would listen to all this bands
despairingleonardo I have heard about Epica from Pandora radio
Great video. I found here some new bands that I want to listen to. I never heard about them before. Thank you.
Favorites
10 Epica
9 Nightwish
8 Blackthorn
7 Sirenia
6 After Forever
5 Theatre of Tragedy
4 Mortemia
3 Cradle of Filth
2 Tristania
1 Lacuna Coil
That was one of the best and most informative videos I've seen in a while. I definitely enjoyed it. Kudos to you for knowing all these great bands. Especially Era. Go you! =P
Guys therea this song I've been trying to find....the song started a church bell ringing with a man talking about judgement day, something about the keeper....some of the lyrics I remember the female vocalist singing were, live and let live
NO WITHIN TEMPTATION?! OMG WHY
Thanks for the vid. I was looking for more Symphonic/Gothic Metal bands.
Awsome list. Learned a couple of bands at the process.
i love songs of sirenia, tristania, draconian, the sins of thy beloved, theatre of tragedy, leaves' eye, within temptation
There are some bands which are not GOTHIC METAL, such as: Era and Ataraxia. As far as I know DRACONIAN is a Doom Metal Band. Other important bands are missing here: Artrosis, Lacuna Coil, Nemesea, Darkwell, Mandragora Scream, Vision of Atlantis, Forever Slave, etc. And one of the most important gothic metal bands, which helped to develop the Symphonic Gothic Metal is ODES OF ECSTASY. It should be consider too. On the other hand, at least for me, the best gothic metal band ever is AFTER FOREVER..
Draconian,Orkrist and Galadriel sounded badass, im also a huge Lunatica fan so it was good to see them on here
🇧🇷eu adorei todos 💁🏻♀️🔊🎶
@jordanianandproud its bits and pieces but she talked about her child being from rape, and that is why she wrote a song series. It's hard to find now she pulled it all down a while back though
Thankyou for an awesome collection of top tunes,we could all add many more I'm sure,maybe Macbeth? ;)
good selection music but one cuestion lacrimosa, lacuna coil, whithing temptation where are????
soy un amante de este género es una revolución de una buena mezcla de fuciones, convertido en una melodía universal!!...gracias miles....
Wow. I love Nightwish and Epica, and you forgot Within Temptation and Magica, but I haven't heard of the others, except Therion. I need to look up that Overdream though!!!!!
what about within temptation,my dying bride,anathema,paradise lost, moi dix mois, even vast, mortal love, type o negative, and theatre of tragedy?
orkrist is my favorite band
and i do like tristainia & sirenea, nightwish, leave eyes
but were is within temptations
Thank you for the vid. So many new bands for me to discover!
Oh yes, you made me want to listen to beyond the veil right away :P
That album has an unique sound and composition style, I recomend it to everybody.
Also you guys should check Virgin Black, like someone said down there.
Exelnet hermano,fenomenal esta recopilación de grupos de metal gótico,muy bueno heeee, había muchos grupos que no conocia y gracias a tu ya soy fan de ello,gracias!!!!!
You are joking.... Honestly though some of this is good but how on earth you exclude Within Temptation, Delain, Lacuna Coil, Vision of Atlantis, Nemesea, Pathfinder, Evanescence etc. is beyond me. Very gifted musicians and a lot of their music is far less imposing on the ears (and the eyes... Vampires) than some of this. Please consider these bands when making another video but otherwise I enjoyed your opinions
I waited to see Lacuna Coil in the line up and was very disappointed. And yes Within Temptation, Delain, Nemesea should've been there too.
pathfinder is not even symphonic metal. it doesn't even qualify as symphonic metal. they are power metal.
Ameno/ERA = New Age/Gregorian?
Thanx 4 this great video!!! I hadn't heard of any of these bands before, but I pretty much like them all.
excellent, il y en à qui connaissent que within temptation et nightwish, mais il y en à tellement d'autres....bravo
Thank you. Kamelot is definitely my #1 Within Temptation is in my top five
@giomastersavril I love within temptation (except for their "enter" album). I think Sharon's voice is beautiful
Well, I didn't say she was "spectacular", just that she was great. She had good energy on the stage, she sung well, she did a lot of headbanging, she talked to the audience... I mean, this has nothing to do with taste, she was just great.
I've seen her twice this year, and she was great.
Many unknow by me... now I'm looking for their discrography! Thank you!! :)
Tristania, The Sins of Thy Beloved, Trail of Tears, EARLY Theatre of Tragedy, etc
The Sins Of thy Beloved and Tristania are my Favs. !
Within Temptation, Nightwish, Epica, Lacuna Coil (rock)
wonderful selection!! all the bands are great with power and force
Wholly crap! I'm from the old school of metal(black sabbath, iron maiden, judas priest ect..)
I never explored this genre of metal before and this stuff sounds awesome! Thanks for the exposure. Looks like i have some new bands to listen too. This is smokin.
m_) you forgot to add Mortal Love, Tale of Dark, and Dark Tranquility
i liked Elis when they had Sabine
@uzumakikim I think they're classified as "Metalcore", "Melodic Death Metal" and "Power Metal" that's why they weren't included here. But The Agonist is one of the best.
Wonderful!!!!! They are all EPIC!!!!
muy de acuerdo.. !! todos son muy buenos temas y la mayoría bandas que escucho, pero nada como Tristania.. !! ;)
@TarjaGirl And it's the most beautiful song I've ever heard,
Love the old NIGHTWISH
Ok, first of all, with what Within Temptation put up in their last album, i don't really think they should be considered a Metal band, they said themselves that they think that they are more of a Symphonic Rock band, and I never really found a lot in "metal" to their sound.
Because of this video I am now a massive fan of The Sins Of Thy Beloved.
Missing Kamelot i find, but love the fact that Nightwish is in it :D
Nightiwish > Tristania in my opinnion. To not include Within Temptation or Lacuna Coil is really interesting (particularly since WT is better than 80% of those bands)
Good list though thanks!
0:51 That's some phat beats they got goin on :)
@VladWolfshade I def agree with you, every band in this video sounds like Nightwish in one way or another, I honestly think Tristania is the only band I'd actually take time to check out
Damn good stuff, glad to hear some new bands
are these your top symphonic/Gothic metal bands? you have an amazing line up. don't worry I won't ask you where is so and so. most of the bands I'm not familiar with but sound amazing
The sins of thy beloved, are they for Earth or Uranus ? Amazing.
@kaninsovsib dude Era is a symphonic band, thts why the title is symphonic/gothic metal bands.
elections are very good but I miss within temptation. lacuna coil.
Wow, good set of bands there. A few even I hadn't heard of. Thank you. :)
Buena seleccion, faltaron algunos como Niobeth, Magni Animi Viri y Liva. pero en general, muy buena.
end of all hope taken from the album century child published in 2002, you should get it it is a awesome cd!
TRISTANIA FTW!!!
Nightwish, Leaves Eyes, Xandria, Lunatica, Epica... But where's Within Temptation? Good bands... I'm gonna have to look a few of them up. =)
Isn't this just the best genre of music ever!! (Along with black metal)
btw..Just a few missing
Gothic: HIM, the 69 eyes, Lacuna coil, Mandragora scream
Symphonic: Within temptation, delain
other than that though, the rest are just beautiful.
@GothicMoonLuna It not easy to find on the internet but I already Got it. Now i Felt in love with ataraxia
haha! ikr? their my favorite gothic metal band ever! they're the first band of that genre i found! i was just playing around on my laptop and i typed in paul newman and something came up that said-paul newman memories- and i clicked on it, and it showed pictures of paul newman and guess what song it played-MEMORIES BY WT! i fell in love with the song and now have every album that ever came out! haha! and i'm also in to others like nightwish and other bands that this video named. (every one) lol!
TSOTB has and always be my favorite band. The violins are breathtaking.
What about Epica, Lacuna Coil, EVANESCENCE, Within Temptation, Elysion???
What about Within Temptation, Angtoria, Lacuna Coil, and Midnattsol?
I love this!!!! ^o^ Can't wait to check all these bands out. I think Within Temptation should be in here too though.
dude Tristania and Within Temptation..
Mis favoritos Epica , Nightwish , Tristania y Therion.
For sure TRISTANIA !!
(You should listen Widow's weeds album)
Best regards from Indonesia 🇲🇨🤘
Nightwis, Amberian Dawn, Elis, Adastreia and Trail Of Tears are best!!!
@Amaranth2020 Disculpen a mi español. Yo soy más de un hablante francés. Cuando mi hermano me presentó a Nightwish (cuando Tarja fue una parte de la banda), yo estaba enamorado de su voz. Ella es verdaderamente uno de los mejores cantantes de nuestro tiempo junto con Vibeke Stene.
there is a song somewhere i cant find it
while singing it stops and a the singer whisphers !!!! it is on the radio toolbar always
@MissMochaa Of course! =D I'm glad I found a person that understands this! It's just wasting time to spend it for argueing about stupidities like this, everyone should accept and respect musical taste of all the people (and I'm not speaking only about music, but I mean in general).
Well,I don't really get why are you including Era there because it's New Age...From the beginning,I was afraid you forgot about the best..Tristania.Thank you for this vid,I discovered some new interesting pieces of music.
Great video, I'm glad you included Battlelore and TDV.
HI I want to know where you got the Enter it only lasts five seconds of the video who plays, what band is, I love that INTRO
+Javi Llamaviva -> the first notes are from "Moi dix mois = mephisto waltz" ; it's a japanese "visual kei " group"
In Anbetracht dessen, daß die Liste schon etwas älter ist, fehlen einige alteingesessene Bands:
🇦🇹 Edenbridge, Darkwell
🇧🇻 Theatre of Tragedy
🇸🇪 THERION!!!
🇳🇱 Within Temptation, The Gathering, Orphanage
🇪🇦 Elbereth
Und, und, und...😊
🇩🇪 Lacrimosa, Umbra et Imago, Flowing Tears
Nightwish definitely has a STRONG gothic influence, both in their music AND lyrics
REALLY NO WITHIN TEMPTATION AND EVANESCENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well i am glad that you show nightwish and epica
Nightwish still in my opinion leagues ahead of most of the others. Even with Annette singing, their songs are still powerful, epic and incredible
HELL YEA! Within Temptation is an awesome band.
great songs indeed
Tristania definitely had an unique voice, Even though I like a lot of these bands listed, Most of them have the same styleflow as Nightwish, almost the same voice, and so forth, bands that are/were directly influenced by them, I am unable to name any band that could possibly sound like Tristania in any ways, which has been my favourite band for slightly a bit over 10 years with the purchase of Widow's Weed and Beyond the Veil
i like so much see the video and yeeees here in this video can see the best bands¡¡¡¡
It is Mephisto Waltz from the band called Moi Dix Mois, I think.
Old Nightwish is the best! The voice of Tarja is just...amazing!!!
Therion rulez!, Haggard!, Theatres des vampires!!
Hey! Sharon den Adel, is great! Within temptation is so much better than Sirenia...
The video is good! :)
havent seen Lunatica before xD I love them too, besides Nightwish and Leaves Eyes