Though goth metal is a tiny niche in the U.S. ― easily topped by Evanescence, playing the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater on Sept. 11 in Tuscaloosa ― there's more across the pond, especially in Scandanavia ...

Here are the 5 goth metal bands who deserved to be bigger! Luckily… not all of them are six feet under, and, hopefully, their fanbases will continue to grow. Before exploring our main picks, however, ...

Jyrki 69 is a stone cold rock’n’roller. He sits almost horizontal in the foyer of his Camden hotel sipping at a drink, cloaked in jet black denim and leather, all tousled raven hair and silver ...

Hailing from the hotbed of Portland, Oregon, Unto Others immediately stood out from the dense rock and metal scene with their gothic flavored brand of traditional heavy metal. Operating as Idle Hands ...

Orbit Culture is bringing Swedish death metal into the 21st century. The band from EksjÁ¶, a small city situated almost equidistant from Gothenburg and Stockholm, formed in 2013, a generation after ...

A name change from Idle Hands didn’t stop the rise of Unto Others in trad and goth metal. The Portland band’s interest in somber gloom, electrifying hooks, and a dash of extremity help them stand out ...

Goth music was as much a product of English subcultures in the late ’70s as it was a reaction to statis within rock music. Taking cues from David Bowie, New York Dolls, and the Damned, a new ...

This 1996 track from October Rust leans more toward gothic metal than gothic rock, but it’s a classic (though notably explicit) piece of work that is more than worthy of a spot on our list. That ...

Denver’s Wayfarer is hard to describe. The band typically bills itself as “Black Metal of the American West,” which is an intriguing tagline, but it doesn’t properly define what listeners are in for ...