Gothic Metal Опції

[Sauron]

Хотелось бы несколько обсудить это музыкальное напрваление, потому что ему (ИМО) уделяется маловато внимания.
Кто по вашему наиболее яркие представители стиля ? Как ето охарактеризовать и очертить "границы" ?
Короче, subj.

[Sauron]

О соотношении дум и готик метала FAQ на Doom-metal.com говорит следующеее:

Alongside the aforementioned confusion between Gothic and Doom-Metal there also exists some confusion as to what Doom-metal and Gothic-metal actually are, a problem not helped by the ease with which all atmospherically-influenced metal is so readily labelled as Gothic-metal. Gothic-metal depicts a more mellow, melodic and romantic side of metal, often incorporating female vocals alongside male ones, in the vein of "beauty and the beast" metal. In general these acts have nothing to do with either Doom-metal or the Gothic genre, with the exception perhaps of a distant romantic and mellancholic feel. Musically they share nothing more with Doom-metal than, for example Thrash-metal does.