My Top 10 Female Goth Bands 

***** Yeah, I love 70's, 80's, 90's and some early 2000's stuff, too xD You know, I could never get into screamo either or anything extremely aggressive -- that stuff gave me a headache. But when it comes to metal music, I'll listen to some 80's stuff like Dokken since that type of metal had more emotion, imo. I feel ya about the relating to modern rock kids, man. There are times where I feel I was born in the wrong country or era :/ Speaking of goths into goth rock, I used to contribute with other fellow goths on the "list of gothic rock bands" on Wikipedia. We'd post modern and 80's underground goth bands before the page was raided by black metal morons who completely delisted those bands and added metal bands while using dumb as hell sources. You know there's something wrong when "Marilyn Manson" and "My Chemical Romance" get listed as "gothic rock". Unfortunately, I had to flee because they've completely overtook the page. :'(

***** LOL!! Hot Topic bands? xD That's the first time I've seen someone say that and it's hilarious! Yeah, I know the loneliness feeling. In fact, I've tried introducing some of my friends to gothic rock and darkwave but... they seemed more interested in bands like you just mentioned :/ They think all this type of music is "music that my mom listens to" nonsense. It's ironic, though; people will consider a band "goth" based on looks and most of the gothic rock bands hardly ever dress up like that. Kids these days! :/ Yeah, I've heard of symphonic metal, folk metal, black metal and even gothic metal. I guess symphonic is okay. :P I've been trying to explore more gothic rock-esque genres and discovered pagan rock and neoclassical darkwave. They're not too bad. :) Indeed, not knowing the difference is extremely inexcusable. -_- And LOL at that comment, man. Ignorance is unbelievable.

very pitty..!😃

And I've heard of all of those except Ghost Noise and Cruz De Navajas so I'll check them out but yes, they are great bands and this video is hella old (2015) and I really need to update it because it's a changed a little lol.

Dead can dance, Ataraxia, Gothica, Avrigus, DARK SANCTUARY.

No problem. For newcomers of the music, I highly recommend checking out my video "What is Goth" where I go in more depth about the music and share some more samples. :)

Switchblade Symphony are technically more Darkwave than Goth rock so I was saving them for another list but I do enjoy their work . This list probably does need an update though lol Anyway, thanks!

@@KaiDecadenceTrue. You're right about them sounding more dark wave. I didn't think of it like that.

It's all good. I would've included them here but I listen to quite a bit of Darkwave as oppsoed to genres like Deathrock (why I included some deathrock on this list) and I felt a darkwave list would've been more appropriate for them.

@@KaiDecadence damn you know what though? I'm more into dark wave and I freaking digg your list like a lot.

Haha nice

skeletal Family are pretty good from what I've heard. This is an old list that I need to redo because it's changed a bit lol

Her work with Super Heroines was okay but I'm admittedly not a big fan of the sound quality of their songs if that makes sense? And I'm familiar with 45 Grave, heard a few of their songs and liked what I heard.

Neat :)

Your list I'm not impressed

Don't know what you're talking about.

symphonic is garbage. real goth divas appears on her list. I added Diva destruction, Siouxsie, Xmal, Malaria, Switchblade Symphony. ps: all pseudo gothic in power metal symphonic isnt goth.

I have never heard of this "Cadaveria" so I looked them up and uh no, they aren't relevant to goth, they don't make Goth music, it's just hard rock.

Nice :)

Hm... Are they are Goth rock sounding band or a Metal band?

Kai Decadence. the singer she dressed like a clown i think old style . the videos had her on an old stage and switched back to a cemetery

goth rock opera

Hmm... Clown... Well there are only two bands that I can think of that had a more eccentric looking singer. - Switchblade Symphony (But the singer doesn't sing in an opera voice) - Sopor Aeternus ( Very avant-garde and tends to do a more darkwave style than Goth rock) Any of them?

Kai Decadence thank you Kai for trying to help me. These all sound great. I found the group by accident once.

The list is due for an update lol

Thanks~

Theatres Des Vampires are not a Goth band.

Violet Tears is amazing and I've liked what I heard from Stone 588. Lacuna Coil aren't a Goth band, they are an Alternative Metal band. They are the Italian equivalent of Evanescence lol. That said, I like old Lacuna Coil pre Karmacode before they went all generic Metal.

Xmal Deutschalnd are great.

The Goth rock genre is not for everyone and a genre that may take a few listens to get used to because as I'm sure you probably know, this kinda music never gets played on Radio stations or anywhere in the mainstream at all. But I'm going to have to correct you on something. By "Symphonic stuff", do you mean "Symphonic Metal"? Because if so, Symphonic Metal is not Goth music, it's a sub-genre of Metal music. So I mean the fact that you run into that kind of stuff when looking for female fronted metal bands isn't inaccurate as it is metal music, just a different kind of metal music.

Violet Tears are great and I like Stone 588. Lacuna Coil, I like their old work up to Karmacode but they aren't a Goth band...

Haha right on

I just found out Lisa Hammer put out some songs. it's not like the older stuff, it's okay but figured it's worth mentioning.

I'll have to give it a check :)

I have a question, been bothering me for a while and I'd like your personal thoughts (I'm not 'goth' but I listen to a variety of music.) Is Gothic Metal a part of the goth subculture? Or does it belong more to the Metal family tree? I can see why Symphonic bands are often confused with Gothic Metal (Case in point: Within Temptation's first album was Gothic metal and they still borrowed some elements that made it on one of their well known albums.) Thoughts?

Oh dear lol Yeah, Gothic metal is a very touchy subject but here's my personal opinion on it. I personally believe that Gothic metal is more inline with the Metal subculture/family tree. The main reason why I say this is because of most Gothic Metal bands I've heard, I don't hear any semblance of Goth rock used in it. No Gothic rock guitar sound structure, no mellowtone Gothic style drumming, no deep droning bass, no somber style singing (Goth rock singing doesn't have to be somber but it is a very popular trait in the Goth genre). But I hear plenty of Metal in it. The only difference is that Gothic metal tends to throw in classical instruments (usually piano or Violin). Now in saying this, there have been instances where a Gothic Metal band has actually done a successful crossover of Goth rock meets metal. For some band examples (And good call on Within Temptation, I don't listen to them that much but listening to their 1997 debut album, they did start out with mixing Gothic rock, Metal, and Doom together before they went for straight up Symphonic Metal). Anywho! -Type O Negative: Probably one of the most known bands that actually successfully pulled off the style mixing Goth rock & Doom Metal. Deep mellow tone guitar, drumming, and a droning somber voice with doom metal atmosphere. Song to Check out: "Black No. 1" -Tiamat: Pretty much the Swedish Type O Negative, they did the same thing of mixing in beautifully of Gothic Rock meets metal. Song to check out: "Cold Seed" -Tristania: They initially started out as pure Gothic Metal with their 1998 album "Widow's Weed" to 2007 (pretty much all their work when Vibeke Stene was in the band). You could hear the droning guitar that is found in Goth rock in a lot of their earlier work. Song to check out: "Sanguine Sky" -Theatre of Tragedy: Their 1998 album "Aegis" was a beautiful blend of Gothic rock & Metal. Deep mellow-droning guitar playing and drum style. Song to checkout: "Venus" -Paradise Lost: Considered one of the pioneers of actual Gothic Metal (where it was actually a melding of Gothic rock meets Metal),another good example of Gothic rock meets metal. Song to check out: "I Am nothing" -Moonspell: Some of their work, they do blend in some beautiful Goth rock with Metal. Song to checkout: "Wolfshade" So can Goth rock and Metal mix and create a truly "Gothic Metal" sound? Absolutely! It's just that it's VERY rare for bands to do that and the bands that often get categorized as "Gothic Metal" are really just Symphonic Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, or Nu Metal. So in my honest opinion, while I do consider it more of a Metal genre, I will say that Gothic Metal is Goth-friendly music and when a band actually does mix Gothic rock with Metal, it is a beautiful combination in my opinion. Sorry for the long-winded answer but I hope it answered your question! -

Oh if I were to redo this video, Diva Destruction would be on here hands down. When I made this video, I only knew one of their songs so I wasn't too familiar with them. However I listened to more of them in 2016 and I instantly fell in love. Great 90s Goth band. :)

My other new favorites are She Past Away, Solefan,Lebenon Hanover, Solar Fake, Cabaret Nocturne, Kealan Mikla,Clan Of Xyymox, Lycia,Zedera,and so many otherz.

@@louisvalentino43 She Past Away isn't female fronted... At least I don't think they are. This video was for Goth bands being lead by women lolBut yeah, I can agree with Lycia, Zadera, and Lebanon Hanover heh.

O no I know their an all male band.

I've listened to more of their stuff after I made this video and I really like them.:)

Diamanda Galas does not make Goth music. The kind of music she makes is Avant-Garde / Experimental music.

@@KaiDecadence Oh in my days, the 80's, she counted as Goth..... But then again...The Cure didn't....or Sisters of Mercy.....or Siouxsie..... They were more in the New Wave zone.....

@@salty_commuter819 Again, just because she was popular with some Goths doesn't make her music Goth by association. The fact of the matter is that she didn't make Goth music, she made a different genre of music (Avant Garde & Experimental). Not all of the Cure's music was Goth so they weren't wrong. Out of their 13 albums, only 7 of them were Goth Rock. And with Siouxsie, same where they only ever made one Goth Rock album (Juju) while the rest of their work was Post Punk to Alternative Rock/Alternative Pop.

@@KaiDecadence Again, that might be the case according to today's standards....back then she counted as goth....just like there was only goth back then and not all these different kinds of goth......

@@salty_commuter819 I may not have been around in the 80s but I do have ears. I don't need to have been in the 80s to know that Diamanda Galas did not play Goth music back then. You do realize that Goth just like any other genre of music has a certain instrumentation quirk right? And that yes, even in the 4 other sub-genres of Goth (Deathrock, Darkwave, Ethereal Wave, and Coldwave) use the key Goth rock quirk which is what makes them sub-genres of the genre of Goth right? I suggest watching this video where I dissect what made the Goth genre sound because yes, even back then this was a musical fact. ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4GsskYEDgrE.html )