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The greatest gothic metal artists of all time

28 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Paradise Lost

United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1988– · gothic metal
34.300
Why this number?
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2 Theatre of Tragedy Norway flagNorway · 1993–2010 · gothic metal 9.624
3 Moonspell Portugal flagPortugal · 1989– · gothic metal 9.442
4 Tristania Norway flagNorway · 1996–2022 · gothic metal 9.180
5 Lacuna Coil Italy flagItaly · 1997– · gothic metal 8.294
6 Within Temptation The Netherlands flagThe Netherlands · 1995– · symphonic metal 6.406
7 Tiamat Sweden flagSweden · 1987– · gothic metal 6.155
8 Nightwish Finland flagFinland · 1996– · symphonic metal 5.730
9 Katatonia Sweden flagSweden · 1991– · alternative metal 4.326
10 Rammstein Germany flagGermany · 1994– · industrial metal 3.422
11 Cradle of Filth United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1991– · black metal 2.602
12 SUKI Germany flagGermany · 2012– · alternative metal 2.533
13 My Dying Bride United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1990– · doom metal 2.067
14 Draconian Sweden flagSweden · 1995– · gothic metal 2.000
15 Type O Negative United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1989–2010 · rock 1.992
16 After Forever The Netherlands flagThe Netherlands · 1995–2009 · rock 1.971
17 Anathema United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1990–2020 · alternative rock 1.760
18 The Gathering The Netherlands flagThe Netherlands · 1989– · rock 1.600
19 Evanescence United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1995– · alternative metal 1.529
20 Motionless in White United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2005– · metalcore 1.467
21 In This Moment United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2005– · alternative metal 1.350
22 Delain The Netherlands flagThe Netherlands · 2002– · symphonic metal 1.305
23 HIM Finland flagFinland · 1991–2017 · gothic rock 1.156
24 Metropole Orkest The Netherlands flagThe Netherlands · 1945– · symphonic metal 1.050