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This article has a huge contradiction. In the beginning and the "Characteristics" section the gothic metal genre is decribed as a subgenre of death-doom with corresponding features. However, later Evanescence, HIM and Nightwish are introduced despite having 0% death-doom influence. So you should either remove the mention of death-doom and bands that play in this style (real gothic metal) completely, or remove the pseudo gothic metal bands and create a separate article for them. The way this page looks now is unacceptable and misleading. The sentence that is started with "Other variations include" doesn't have any sources. 5.18.243.129 (talk) 21:38, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
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Citing Gavin Baddeley - a reasonably informed source - the article's "Etymology" section opens by stating that the "gothic metal" tag was first used with Paradise Lost's 1991 "Gothic" album. That's actually incorrect. There is a headline from an August 1990 The Morning Call article that reads: "ON TOUR, GOTHIC METAL BAND DANZIG USUALLY GOES IT ALONE". Here's the source: [1]. I think that should be mentioned in the article. Musicaindustrial (talk) 12:46, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
It appears to be common knowledge that Paradise Lost initiated gothic metal with Gothic - female vocals, the orchestral flourishes, the goth rock influence - but it was really with 1993's Icon that the blueprint of goth metal was laid ([2]). The other two british death-doom bands, My Dying Bride and Anathema, soon followed suit. What I rarely see in articles about goth metal metal's history is that roots of the style were actually in goth bands - specifically Fields of the Nephilim, Sisters of Mercy & Christian Death - making metal-like songs rather than metal bands going goth. An example? Field of the Nephilim's 1988 track "Phobia" sounds a lot like Motörhead's "Ace of Spades": [3]. To be fair, this Wikipedia briefly mentions this. My suggestion: write something about this in the opening paragraphs, before talking about the so-called "Peaceville Three" as the pionners of the subgenre. Musicaindustrial (talk) 14:08, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
...and a shit load of crap bands dominates the article. Cradle of Filth? Not Goth metal. Evanescence? Not Goth metal. HIM? I'm really not a fan of bad jokes...