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The Best Gothic Metal Album - Metal Storm Awards 2008 | 
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The Best Gothic Metal Album
Nominations
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| "My Endless Sorrow" is the second full-length album of Diathra, a female-fronted band hailing from Belarus. This is a highly-enjoyable Gothic metal album that will easily crawl under one's skin, as this is an album where melancholic sorrow entwines with beauty. Sporadic male growls and piano touches make this album a very tasteful release, which will hopefully strike you with awe. MySpace |
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| Flowing Tears, perhaps Gothic metal's most consistant and productive band, are a back with a new album titled "Thy Kingdom Gone". With this band you know beforehand what the essence of a new album is going to sound like, but they still manage to surprise with a few new touches. Each album in their discography is as interesting as the other, and "Thy Kingdom Gone" is no exception. The German perfectionist quartet delivers once again! MySpace |
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| Portugal's best band Moonspell returns with another masterpiece. The band has further perfected the "violent gothic" sound of "Memorial" and has grown to one of the biggest and best bands in the Gothic metal scene. Blending dark synths, majestic riffs, beautiful female vocal wails and impressive growls, the band is sure treat, both live and in the studio. And well, they just released their best album to date, so what are you waiting for? Listen to this! MySpace ›› Full review... |
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| Few bands can reach the beautiful sadness of Germany's Scream Silence, and with their third album in three years no less, it's hard not to be left breathless. Hardy Fieting's vocals are as expressive and mature as ever, with a natural tone that goes straight to your heart, all with poetic, intelligent lyrics. Dual guitars give an ocean of thought-inducing melodies, while the drums provide an upbeat rush of excitement that keeps you up through the night, revelling in the darkness of "Apathology"! MySpace |
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| The Eternal are back in action this year with a new album of Gothic/Doom Metal. While more Gothic Metal than their alter-style, both are present at times and it makes for a nice mix. The high point of Kartika is that it's so well written. It's great general listening music; the album can absorb most moods and still come out on top. Excellent singing, a great all-round performance and the nice Doom edge keep this up there as one of the great Gothic Metal albums of 2008. MySpace |
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| Five years is a long time to wait for a new album from Johan Edlund and company, so we knew something unexpected would come from "Amanethes". And without remorse, it starts out quick, nearly shocking the listener with some of the most aggressive music and vocals from Tiamat in ages. It slows down from here, bringing back the beloved slumbering sounds of Tiamat we have come to expect, but also strongly hinting that something new is brewing in the Tiamat camp. The band has really outdone itself with each song, as it's been quite some time since they've made such a better and creative use of all the instruments like this. "Amanethes" is surely a success for the band, full of variation and innovation, and one that breathes new life into gothic metal. MySpace ›› Full review... |
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| Quite possibly the most surprising lineup this year, guitarist Mauser (ex-Vader) and bassist Heinrich (Vesania) drop their death metal leanings and produce one of the most accessible and successful gothic metal albums this year! Together with upbeat drumming from Vaaver, they give us straightforward, melodic and nu-metal riffs ranging from hard rockers to ballads, with an ease of genre veterans. Mix this all together with newcomer Aya on vocals, whose delicate voice is as much relaxing as it is somber, and you end up with the perfect balance of light and dark emotions. Mauser and company have aimed straight for the lighter side of gothic metal and hit right on target. MySpace |
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