Gothic Metal

Dark, atmospheric metal combining symphonic elements with gothic aesthetics, featuring clean and harsh vocals, melancholic melodies, and themes of romance and darkness. Bands include: Type O Negative, Paradise Lost, The Gathering

About Gothic Metal

Gothic metal is heavy music with a broken heart. It emerged in the early 90s, when Paradise Lost slowed doom down and dressed it in melancholy, Type O Negative added vampiric wit and baritone gloom, and The Gathering brought ethereal vocals into the fold. The result was a genre built on contrast: crushing guitars against lush keyboards, harsh vocals against clean or operatic ones, and themes of romance, loss and the beautiful side of darkness.

The gothic metal on AI Metal Radio carries that tradition forward. Expect slow-burning, atmospheric tracks, symphonic arrangements, haunting melodies and plenty of songs that move closer to gothic doom or symphonic metal. It's music for rainy nights, candlelit rooms and anyone who likes their heavy music dramatic.

The Veilspire is the most-played gothic metal artist on the platform by a wide margin, followed by Crimson Requiem and Derek Bowes. Start there, hit Play All for the latest releases, or save the genre as a playlist.

Every track is reviewed before it goes live, and new gothic metal arrives every week.

Gothic Metal Tracks

• The Grim Reaper's Sonata by Crimson Requiem
• The Amaranthine Sovereign by Crimson Requiem
• Guns N Goth by ADGMUSIC
• Black and Purple by Crimson Requiem
• Ashes by Crimson Requiem
• The Alchemist’s Despair by Crimson Requiem
• Holy Shit Vol 2 by Mizzty
• Where the Silence Gathers (Void-Bound) by Visions of the Void
• The 15th Stone(Gothic Unplugged Ballad) by Crimson Requiem
• Sanguis Et Atramentum by Crimson Requiem
• The Masque of the Red Death by Crimson Requiem
• The Infinite Within by Crimson Requiem
• Bad Day by C-Nebularis
• Ring the Bell by The Veilspire
• We Do Not Kneel by The Veilspire
• No One Came by The Veilspire
• The Weapon by The Veilspire
• Silk Was the Chain by The Veilspire
• The Blackest Night by The Veilspire
• The Weaver's Curse by Crimson Requiem
• The Dragon's Last Dawn by Crimson Requiem
• The Dragon Rises by Crimson Requiem
• The Eyes Beneath the Void by Crimson Requiem
• Ache for Me by Visions of the Void
• Obsolete - My Darkest Day by SD Studios
• Sweet Poison Vomit Holocaust by PROJECT MONROE
• Zombie Candy Carnage by PROJECT MONROE
• Final Breath - Edyta Version by Tenebris Orchestra
• The Infernal Testimony by Tenebris Orchestra
• Throne of the Adversary by Tenebris Orchestra
• Choir of the Forgotten by Tenebris Orchestra
• The Lower Chambers by Tenebris Orchestra
• Mirrors of Sin by Tenebris Orchestra
• River of the Damned by Tenebris Orchestra
• The Weight of the Judgment by Tenebris Orchestra
• Beyond the Black Gate by Tenebris Orchestra
• Final Breath by Tenebris Orchestra
• Dreams Beyond the Occult by Tenebris Orchestra
• Beyond the Last Veil by Tenebris Orchestra
• Ritual of False Awakening by Tenebris Orchestra
• The Body Sleeps, the Mind Bleeds by Tenebris Orchestra
• Architects of the Invisible by Tenebris Orchestra
• The Hidden Library by Tenebris Orchestra
• Voices Under Consciousness by Tenebris Orchestra
• Dreams Are Not Yours by Tenebris Orchestra
• Awaken the Fire by Crimson Requiem
• Before the World Went Silent by The Veilspire
• The Torn Veil by Tenebris Orchestra
• MEAT Curtains by PROJECT MONROE
• Dominique by Born Ethereal

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