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My favorite niche of music is 90's gothic doom. I love how bands like The Gathering, Theatre of Tragedy, or The 3rd and the Mortal combined gloomy sounding doom metal riffs with beautiful lead vocals.

I think it's so cool that more recent artists like Chelsea Wolfe and Emma Ruth Rundle have inspired a new wave of bands who mix doom and post-metal with ethereal vocals and haunting atmospheres. Bands like Frayle, Iress, and Shedfromthebody remind me a lot of those 90's gothic acts that I love so much.

Alongside Draconian and Lethian Dreams, it overall just feels like a sort of revival or resurgence of that style of music that I loved so much. 

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So, you want to get into Italian Metal?

Who the fuck has ever asked for that? Anyways, here’s some recommendations:

Mortuary Drape

Old School Black Metal band, I highly recommend the albums “All the Witches Dance”, “Tolling 13 Knell”, and “Secret Sudaria”. 

Sadist

Excellent Progressive Death Metal. Extremely technical and yet soulful.

Death SS

Despite the unfortunate name, they are NOT Nazis. The “SS” is short for “Steve Sylvester”, as in “The Death of Steve Sylvester”. Now since that’s out of the way, their music is more in the vein of traditional heavy metal with a tinge of doom, that sonically wouldn’t be too unbefitting next to First-Wave Black Metal.

Abysmal Grief

Doom Metal that’s heavily reliant on the “Church Organ” setting on keyboards. If you’re looking for something slow and yet spooky, this might be up your alley (although personally I’d just listen to some of the doomier Type O songs).

Cultus Sanguine

Doom Metal. I like to think of this band as a cousin to Abysmal Grief, in that they’re instrumentally similar with the main difference being the anguished vocals. Same appeal as Abysmal Grief, although the songs do get a bit same-y.

Gargoyle

A mix of extreme metal and traditional doom metal. Would definitely highly recommend. Unfortunately they’re not on Spotify, so I can’t put them on my playlists as much as I’d want to.

That’s all I have for now! You might ask, “Wait, where’s [blank]! They’re widely known and important to the Italian metal scene!” and the answer is they probably suck ass (I’m looking at you, Lacuna Coil). This is mainly just my personal taste, anyways.

Paradise Lost | Gothic (1991)

It’s no wonder I’ve felt so tired I’ve witnessed the careless all running past me While I’ve been told to ignore my desires And grow numb with understanding

I walk through theses woods I carry this deadwood I am determined to see this through Driven only by the guilt and the shame of giving up I must complete what I set out to do - For you

It stayed on a shelf made of my arms They had grown strong from giving support I knew that my arms could hold out forever It was my mind that’d grow tired And in time would let go

It’s been so long since I have questioned What it is that I really want Instead I follow your directions As you lead me on

I can’t use it to build my home It will not fulfill my desires Some wood can be used to help build a life This wood will be used for building a fire

Why carry this deadwood with me… …when were I’m going there will be living trees

Now close enough to carry it all to the end But throwing it all to the ground instead

This bundle of deadwood The pieces they fall Corners indent the soil and accumulate on one another Tumble down and pile up

It awkwardly spills like myself at a time Like the time it had killed Like every moment after it was collected and held

I’d give up all that I started To pursue all that I wanted I may arrive empty handed But at least I will arrive

The Wounded // The Light We Fear

Type O Negative - Haunted

Forever my favorite by Type O Negative

Drypoint print, part of my graphic design graduation project.

Into the Pandemonium - Celtic Frost (1984)

Artist : Hieronymus Bosch

Gothic door with iron mounting, Bavaria, GERMANY

So, you want to find Type O Negative soundalikes?

As someone whose explored a fuck ton I have recommendations, I can't promise that they're necessarily good or live up to the original but I can tell you that they have elements that may sound similar. I'll list each of them and say my personal opinion on them. Frown They're just eh, following the stylings of the more mellower parts of Type O with none of the memorability of them. October Noir This would be my highest recommendation, I’d suggest you hear them for yourself. A Pale Horse Named Death Really really boring. Would not recommend. The comparison is mainly because it has former Type O members in there but it’s missing all of the oomph and hooks the band had. Maybe if you’re really into grunge-y alternative metal-type stuff you might like it, but it’s certainly not for me. Pist.On Their debut was produced by Josh Silver of Type O fame, and has an excellent cover of a Smiths song. I would only really recommend their first album. Wicked Sisters New and obscure band from Australia. I'd recommend giving a listen to their single "Necromantic" or their “We Suck” EP, the texture and riffing definitely reminds me of Type O. Carnivore Peter Steele’s previous band before fronting Type O. Sonically, it would be my favorite thrash band if not for the lyrics. Avoid at all costs if you're sensitive to misogynistic lyrics. I’m serious. He may or may not have meant some of the lyrics as satire but the fact it’s a man making the point using misogynistic language makes it backfire.  Vasaria Missing any sort of Type O texture, but the singer is also the current singer of Carnivore A.D., might be interesting. I'd recommend "Ugly as Sin".

End of Recommendations I think that's most of what I've found. Honorable mentions, as in, I do not hear it at all but for some reason they get compared a lot: Danzig Eh? It's mostly just bluesy heavy metal. Dude has a deep voice and they do some Sabbath-y riffs, but that does not make a Type O. Abysmal Grief Maybe if you're really into the "doom with keyboards" aspect of Type O, but there isn’t a lot of variety or hooks. In the Colonnades Their first album reminds me more of Spinal Tap if anything. Closer to Danzig than it is to Type O imo. Stillborn Heavy Metal/Doom Metal with some Gothic Rock influence, not really sure why they get compared. Life of Agony Specifically, River Runs Red. It was produced by Josh Silver and had drumming by a former drummer of the band. I hope this helps someone!

I may or may not have copied most of this word for word from what I typed on the metal archives forum but also it’s not like I can plagiarize myself.