Top Gothic Metal albums

: Italians from Lacuna Coil, who elevated from deep metal underground, shifted to a more widely accepted alternative hard rock and successfully play it on their new release Dark Adrenaline

HIM's sixth studio album Venus Doom is a step in a right direction. It is heavier than their recent album and darker as well. The songs gracefully combine gothic metal and rock and this time around the band laid a special emphasis on guitar work