Best Real Gothic Metal (Death-Doom) Bands

Top gothic metal bands. Only real gothic metal (death-doom) count here. Please don't add Nightwish, Epica, Evanescence and other power/nu/rock bands.
The Top Ten
1 Tristania

The best. Their mixture of vocal styles is absolutely the best, music is great as well.

2 Draconian
3 Sirenia

Only their first two albums are gothic metal, but they are incredibly good

4 Theatre of Tragedy
5 Paradise Lost Paradise Lost are a gothic metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, England and are considered by some to be one of the pioneers of the death/doom genre and of the gothic metal genre.
6 The Sins of Thy Beloved
7 My Dying Bride My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in Bradford, England in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released twelve full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release.
8 Type O Negative Type O Negative was an American gothic/doom metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1989. Their lyrical emphasis on themes of romance, depression, and death resulted in the nickname "The Drab Four".
9 The Gathering
10 Katatonia Katatonia is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The band has released nine studio albums spanning the course of three decades, and their tenth studio album, The Fall of Hearts was released on May 20, 2016.
The Contenders
11 Sadness
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