Gothic metal with female vocals

Thought this might be an interesting place to bring this subject up,I really like Sirenia and Trail Of Tears,any other bands anybody knows of like this,I also like Leaves Eyes,Orphanage,Midnattsol,and The Aerium but just wondering if there were anymore in the vein of the first two.....

To be honest, I'm still not sure what gothic metal is. You could probably teach me about that.

Well I see it as anything that has a combination of heaviness and a somber,dark mood and tone, with clean and growling vocals basically,but maybe also female vocals or keyboards and/or choral elements added,usually more intelligent and poetic lyrically,of course in the end it seems to be a matter of opinion LOL ,and IMO I would add mid period Paradise Lost,Novembers Doom and Daylight Dies to the list of what I have heard and consider Gothic metal,what I like it is the comb. of heaviness,vocals,and lyrics.....l

I do enjoy some old Paradise Lost. Haven't listened to it in quite some time though.

Absolutely love the Lost guitar tone,one of the best around IMO.Was fortunate enough to have met Nick Holmes and be part of an interview done with the mag I co-created,it was never printed due to the mags demise.Seen them play in Dallas.AWESOME show,total energy defined,just flawless.

Hehe, I live just up the road from where Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride hail ^^ I take pride in the fact that I am born and bred in the Doom county of the Uk :)

Hmm some good female fronted bands, heres a list...

Abigails Mercy
Angtoria
Delain
Elfonía
Epica
Evanescence
Lullacry
Liquid Sky
Mortal Love
Nightwish
Octavia Sperati
Severed Heaven
Season's End
Tristania
Within Temptation

Just a few I like :)

.hmmm.. Alot of those I haven't ever heard. Sweet.

:D Glad to help :)

Ooo, I forgot Draconian as well

Haha, anything with the word.."draconian" reminds me of the "dragonlance" fantasy series of books.

count raven wrote:Absolutely love the Lost guitar tone,one of the best around IMO.Was fortunate enough to have met Nick Holmes and be part of an interview done with the mag I co-created,it was never printed due to the mags demise.Seen them play in Dallas.AWESOME show,total energy defined,just flawless.

Their music is actually pretty simplistic to me. But simplistic in a good way.

i dont know but: http://www.ava-inferi.com/

Ava Inferi have female vocals, like opera! And the guitarplayer are Rune Erikssen from Mayhem. (well not now, he have quit Mayhem)

Its some doom feeling in some of the songs.

jonas von barsk wrote:i dont know but: http://www.ava-inferi.com/

Ava Inferi have female vocals, like opera! And the guitarplayer are Rune Erikssen from Mayhem. (well not now, he have quit Mayhem)

Its some doom feeling in some of the songs.

Freakin awesome stuff!


Cool photos too...

Kamerad Ash wrote:

Freakin awesome stuff!

Totaly agree. I was suprised when i find it in the store.
I have thoughts by cathing them in one of their norway gig or maybe in helsinki!!

I am so totally bummed that no one here mentioned Lacrimosa or Stormgarde...shame!

I don't know if I'm a very good judge of metal-y music, but some newer lovelies I discovered and liked are Shadowplay, Pearls of Dew and Kristen Lawrence.