Gothic Metal

Gothic metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music. It is characterised as a combination of the dark and often haunting atmospheres of gothic rock, darkwave and post-punk with the power and heaviness of the extreme metal subgenres and doom metal placing heavy emphasis on a deeply focused vocal style. The genre originated during the early 1990s in Europe originally as an outgrowth of death metal, doom metal and black metal. The music of gothic metal is considered diverse by those often unfamiliar with the primary scene