gothic metal

This week: an early crossover between gothic, doom, and darkwave, and a fairly recent black metal album with an appropriate amount of cowbell.

The gothic metal band returns with a new EP, their first with new guitarist Joseph Tholl, which also includes a sweet Blue Öyster Cult cover. We talked to Adam Zaars and Tholl about the new EP.

The UK gothic metallers’ mysterious frontman Him offers up ten non-metal records that tap into what he loves in metal – their new album “Of Golden Verse” is due out in March.

Classic Dutch gothic/death/doom metal band Celestial Season returns with their second reunion album, furthering their gloomy doom sound.

We reflect on Paradise Lost’s sophomore album “Gothic,” which ushered in a new sound for death and doom metal, one that’s still triumphantly relevant 30 years later.

This week, Ted and Jon take a deep dive into doom’s various facets, from MonumentuM’s darkwave inflections to Earthride’s stoner riffpocalypse.

The Gnaw Their Tongues mastermind reaches into his doom metal past. Listen to “Shapeless Misery” in full ahead of its release date.

Take the plunge into gothic metal with Draconian’s latest, which is streaming in full.

We chat at length with Nick Holmes, vocalist of legendary doom metal outfit Paradise Lost, about their 16th full-length “Obsidian” album out tomorrow, plus so much more.

The My Dying Bride frontman reminisces on his early days as a metalhead.