Gothic Metal
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Sentenced and the Finnish Craft of a Chosen Farewell
The band from Muhos turned its own dissolution into a finished work, closing a sixteen-year account on melody, grief, and…
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Catalyst Crime Cross Borders on ‘Acquired Immunity’
A band with no single homeland, Catalyst Crime carry a Czech resistance story and a harder sound toward listeners who…
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Dominum Stage a Carnival of the Dead on ‘Night Is Calling’
German gothic power metal troupe Dominum bring their undead theatre to a third album, ‘Night Is Calling,’ carrying a homegrown…
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Beseech Complete a Thirty-Year Argument With ‘Hesitation’
The reunion of Erik Molarin and Lotta Höglin inside a Borås gothic metal band closes an interrupted arc that began…
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Paradise Lost Remaster the Album That Named ‘Gothic’ Doom
Thirty-five years after ‘Gothic’ gave gothic doom its name, Peaceville returns the record remastered — by an engineer born in…
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Godthrymm Seal Three Records of Grief on ‘Projections’
Halifax’s Godthrymm close the Visions Trilogy with their most expansive doom metal record yet, released May 29th, 2026, via Profound…
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Draconian Deny the Soul Its Peace on ‘In Somnolent Ruin’
Lisa Johansson’s return to Draconian creates more than a reunion — on ‘In Somnolent Ruin,’ two voices enact a Platonic…
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Angellore Pour Nine Years Into Five Songs on ‘Nocturnes’
‘Nocturnes’ arrives six years after ‘Rien Ne Devait Mourir,’ announced by two singles that place duration and grief at the…
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Moonspell Summon the Tragic Vampire Back in ‘Far From God’
Five years after ‘Hermitage,’ Portugal’s Moonspell return with a music video soaked in vampiric tragedy and sacred defiance.
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Heavenwood Chart a Spiritual Fall in the Luminous ‘The Moon’
After a rupture that left Ricardo Dias dos Santos as the sole custodian of a 34-year name, Heavenwood return with…
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Draconian Redefines Melancholy with ‘In Somnolent Ruin’
The return of vocalist Lisa Johansson heralds a new era of darkness as the Swedish doom pioneers weave Platonic philosophy…
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Moonspell: Opus Diabolicum in México and Lusitanian Howl in Bogotá in March
On March 17, 2026, in Bogotá, Moonspell will channel three decades of dark metal history, fusing Lusitanian saudade with high-altitude…
