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Best gothic metal artists of the 2000s

The industry lost control of distribution and the music got stranger for it. Blogs did the job radio used to do. The South took the charts outright, and Kanye West began a run of reinventions that outlasted the decade he started it in.

Everyone who released a gothic metal album in the 2000s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Cradle of Filth№ 1Cradle of Filth4 albums here4.0Weighted score4.0 avg · 45 ratings
  1. 2Type O NegativeType O Negative4 albums here4.04.0 avg · 27 ratings
  2. 3Within TemptationWithin Temptation1 album here3.93.9 avg · 53 ratings
  3. 4NightwishNightwish2 albums here3.83.8 avg · 75 ratings
  4. 5KatatoniaKatatonia2 albums here3.83.8 avg · 21 ratings
  5. 6Paradise LostParadise Lost6 albums here3.83.8 avg · 37 ratings
  6. 7HIMHIM1 album here2 ratings
  7. 8DraconianDraconian4 albums here2 ratings
  8. 9Lacuna CoilLacuna Coil7 albums here
  9. 10The GatheringThe Gathering12 albums here
  10. 11BeseechBeseech4 albums here
  11. 12SkoldSkold1 album here
  12. 13FatoFato2 albums here

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