Best Gothic Metal Albums
157 albums
| Rank | cover art | Artist name | Album title | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Elodia (1999) | 93.7 | 69 | 6 | |
| 2 |  |
Stille (1997) | 93.3 | 54 | 5 | |
| 3 |  |
당신의 환상을 동정하라 (2010) | 93 | 41 | 3 | |
| 4 |  |
Arcane Rain Fell (2005) | 93.6 | 34 | 3 | |
| 5 |  |
Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) | 89.6 | 84 | 8 | |
| 6 |  |
Cruelty and the Beast (1998) | 90.4 | 69 | 6 | |
| 7 |  |
V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996) [EP] | 91.1 | 32 | 6 | |
| 8 |  |
Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996) | 91.9 | 19 | 1 | |
| 9 |  |
Echos (2003) | 91.3 | 21 | 2 | |
| 10 |  |
The Diarist (2006) | 90 | 23 | 3 | |
| 11 |  |
Eternity (1996) | 91.1 | 17 | 0 | |
| 12 |  |
Melana Chasmata (2014) | 91 | 17 | 0 | |
| 13 |  |
All Eternity (2000) | 96 | 5 | 0 | |
| 14 |  |
The Lord ov Shadows (2018) | 91.2 | 15 | 0 | |
| 15 |  |
Hoffnung (2015) | 93.8 | 8 | 0 | |
| 16 |  |
Aégis (1998) | 90.5 | 17 | 2 | |
| 17 |  |
Sacrificium (2014) | 91.3 | 14 | 0 | |
| 18 |  |
Devoid (2000) | 88.8 | 23 | 1 | |
| 19 |  |
Sehnsucht (2009) | 91.9 | 11 | 0 | |
| 20 |  |
La naissance d'un rêve (1997) | 90 | 16 | 2 | |
| 21 |  |
Dead End Kings (2012) | 88.4 | 23 | 2 | |
| 22 |  |
Ursa (2016) | 94.2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 23 |  |
Midian (2000) | 86.3 | 37 | 5 | |
| 24 |  |
92.9 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 25 |  |
Gothic (1991) | 90.6 | 13 | 2 | |
| 26 |  |
October Rust (1996) | 90.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| 27 |  |
Bloody Kisses (1993) | 89.8 | 14 | 0 | |
| 28 |  |
Crimson (2000) | 93.3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 29 |  |
The Rain After the Snow (2016) | 94 | 5 | 0 | |
| 30 |  |
Lake of Sorrow (1998) | 88.2 | 19 | 2 | |
| 31 |  |
Forever Autumn (1999) | 89.4 | 13 | 2 | |
| 32 |  |
89.7 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 33 |  |
In Requiem (2007) | 89.7 | 12 | 0 | |
| 34 |  |
Rise of the Phoenix (2012) | 89.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| 35 |  |
Neverworld's End (2012) | 85.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| 36 |  |
The Dreadful Hours (2001) | 93 | 5 | 0 | |
| 37 |  |
90.9 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 38 |  |
Eparistera Daimones (2010) | 89.3 | 11 | 0 | |
| 39 |  |
Tragic Idol (2012) | 90.6 | 8 | 0 | |
| 40 |  |
Turning Season Within (2008) | 86.8 | 19 | 2 | |
| 41 |  |
Mandylion (1995) | 91.1 | 7 | 3 | |
| 42 |  |
The Cold White Light (2002) | 91.7 | 6 | 2 | |
| 43 |  |
Fallen (2003) | 89.6 | 9 | 0 | |
| 44 |  |
Wildhoney (1994) | 88.7 | 11 | 1 | |
| 45 |  |
Requiem - Mezzo Forte (2007) | 88.6 | 11 | 1 | |
| 46 |  |
Tears Laid in Earth (1994) | 89 | 10 | 1 | |
| 47 |  |
Wounds Wide Open (2006) | 91.2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 48 |  |
Forget Me Not (2003) | 87.5 | 14 | 2 | |
| 49 |  |
All Ends in Silence (2009) | 90.4 | 7 | 0 | |
| 50 |  |
Where Lovers Mourn (2003) | 89.8 | 8 | 2 | |
| 51 |  |
The Plague Within (2015) | 90.8 | 6 | 0 | |
| 52 |  |
Testimonium (2017) | 90.8 | 6 | 0 | |
| 53 |  |
Epilogue (2001) | 91.4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 54 |  |
Nighttime Birds (1997) | 88.3 | 10 | 2 | |
| 55 |  |
Njord (2009) | 89.7 | 7 | 1 | |
| 56 |  |
The Human Contradiction (2014) | 88.8 | 8 | 0 | |
| 57 |  |
Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) | 86.9 | 12 | 2 | |
| 58 |  |
The Funeral Album (2005) | 87.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| 59 |  |
The Burning Halo (2006) | 88.9 | 7 | 3 | |
| 60 |  |
Revolution (2012) | 85.8 | 14 | 1 | |
| 61 |  |
The Acoustic Verses (2006) | 90.2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 62 |  |
Inferno (1995) | 89.3 | 6 | 1 | |
| 63 |  |
The Pregnant of Despair (2009) | 83.4 | 23 | 3 | |
| 64 |  |
Materia (2006) | 89.2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 65 |  |
Beyond the Veil (1999) | 86.8 | 10 | 3 | |
| 66 |  |
Burning: A Wish (2001) | 86.2 | 11 | 1 | |
| 67 |  |
Night Eternal (2008) | 88.7 | 6 | 0 | |
| 68 |  |
Memorandum (1999) | 87.4 | 8 | 1 | |
| 69 |  |
Dethroned and Uncrowned (2013) | 87.9 | 7 | 0 | |
| 70 |  |
Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa (2010) | 81.7 | 28 | 2 | |
| 71 |  |
Theatre of Tragedy (1995) | 85.4 | 11 | 2 | |
| 72 |  |
Lichtgestalt (2005) | 85.4 | 11 | 1 | |
| 73 |  |
The Crown of Winter (2009) | 87.7 | 6 | 0 | |
| 74 |  |
Tristese (1994) | 87 | 7 | 3 | |
| 75 |  |
The Classical Conspiracy (2009) [Live] | 85.6 | 9 | 1 | |
| 76 |  |
80.6 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 77 |  |
April Rain (2009) | 83.2 | 14 | 0 | |
| 78 |  |
The Silent Enigma (1995) | 85.5 | 8 | 1 | |
| 79 |  |
Nostalgia (2004) | 84.8 | 9 | 0 | |
| 80 |  |
86.3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 81 |  |
After Forever (2007) | 85.6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 82 |  |
We Are the Others (2012) | 87 | 5 | 0 | |
| 83 |  |
Comalies (2002) | 86.2 | 6 | 1 | |
| 84 |  |
Night Is the New Day (2009) | 82.2 | 15 | 2 | |
| 85 |  |
Wolfheart (1995) | 83.1 | 11 | 1 | |
| 86 |  |
Nymphetamine (2004) | 78 | 35 | 3 | |
| 87 |  |
Ukryty wymiar (1997) | 86.4 | 5 | 2 | |
| 88 |  |
Classica (1999) | 84.1 | 8 | 1 | |
| 89 |  |
Engraved in Black (2003) | 82.3 | 12 | 2 | |
| 90 |  |
Icon (1993) | 86 | 5 | 2 | |
| 91 |  |
Bloodangel's Cry (2007) | 85.2 | 6 | 1 | |
| 92 |  |
Draconian Times (1995) | 85 | 6 | 1 | |
| 93 |  |
From the Cradle to Enslave (1999) [EP] | 81 | 15 | 3 | |
| 94 |  |
In Darkness Comes Beauty (2007) | 85.2 | 5 | 1 | |
| 95 |  |
A Rose for the Apocalypse (2011) | 82.1 | 10 | 0 | |
| 96 |  |
Delictum (2000) | 85 | 5 | 0 | |
| 97 |  |
To Welcome the Fade (2002) | 82.8 | 8 | 2 | |
| 98 |  |
Masquerade (1999) | 84.8 | 5 | 1 | |
| 99 |  |
77.7 | 25 | 3 | ||
| 100 |  |
An Elixir for Existence (2004) | 83.8 | 6 | 0 |
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