Gothic metal bands normally have two vocalists, (also known as ' Beauty and the Beast' vocals) but are not limited to this style.

Penumbra's Seclusion and Silentium's Sufferion - Hamartia of Prudence are two gothic metal albums that prominently feature this style of lyrics. This is so that each song acts as a part, or, chapter, inspiring people to listen to the whole album in order to hear the story, instead of just certain songs. Gothic metal bands typically do not write their albums in the form of separate songs they rather write concept albums in the form of books. The romantic and fantasy themed lyrics often used in gothic metal cover many broad subjects and are intended as being themes and guides to the lyricist, rather than a complete prerequisite of the genre. The settings depicted by the lyrics are most often in the New Age or the Dark Ages, but can also be in Victorian, Edwardian, Roman, or modern eras.

Gothic bands also writes about romance and fantasy tales that may often end in tragedy for one or more parties involved. Lyrically, gothic metal is centered on several topics: death and bereavement, tragedy, love, despair, emptyness and religion.

The use of the atmospherics is often to draw the listener into the music, as if to give them a sense of being involved with what is happening in the song. The atmosphere rarely follows the deep morbidity of doom metal unlike its origin - doom-death, its offspring - gothic-doom, or the upbeat nature of closely related genre, symphonic metal. Gothic metal makes heavy use of atmospheres in its music, which are commonly tailored to fit the song warm and energetic, empty and enclosing. The keyboards are often used to imitate a variety of instruments, most often string and wind instruments, though this varies between artists. Keyboards in gothic metal play a significant role in the music, often replacing the second guitarist in bands and taking on the role of either lead or rhythm. The bass guitar is often the main contributor to the atmosphere in songs, though has also been seen as performing a duet with the keyboarding in this regard. The bass guitar in gothic metal is usually played using lower tones akin to doom metal, often combined with the aggressive playing of black and death metal. The acoustic guitar is used in the same way as its electronic counterpart, and is normally found playing melodies of equal technicality. In bands that feature two guitarists, one guitarist may play an acoustic guitar while the other plays an electric guitar, often distorted or reverberated. The heavily synthesized styles of their melody and rhythm ideas in its guitar riffs often cause the music to be aggressive and fast paced like death metal, while sometimes the sound is slow and heavy like doom metal.ДЄcoustic guitars are sometimes used in gothic metal. Gothic metal tends to take influence from the doom metal, black metal, and death metal subgenres of heavy metal for its composition and goth rock/ darkwave for its atmosphere. Instrumentation is heavily based on the use of modern keyboards and distorted guitars with varying tempos and rather complex compositions. Gothic metal is commonly characterized lyrically by either one of two distinct characteristics: dual vocalists, growls and female vocals ('Beauty and the Beast'), or a single vocalist with an operatic tone. Who already loved the predecessor вЂћRubicon', will fall head over heels for 'Darkest White'.Epica's singers Simone Simons and Mark Jansen - 'beauty and the beast' vocals. Everything a Gothic Metal fan may desire can be found on this album. Mariangela delivers the best vocal work of her career and is undoubtedly part of the leading women in the Metal genre. The modern sound of the new songs combined with the playfulness of the musicians, will take every Gothic Metal fan by storm. The fantastic voices of Mariangela and Kjetil are the perfect match and crown the catchy riffs and the imaginary soundscapes. The latest longplayer is filled with numerous details, diverse arrangements, a great atmosphere, beautiful melodies and hooks, and just the right amount of heaviness. He gives the album a new level of depth and brilliance. This combination was brought to perfection on 'Darkest White', which was produced by Christer AndrГ© Cederberg (e.g. The Norwegian Gothic Metal pioneers revolving around charismatic frontlady Mariangela Demurtars have the gift to combine heavy tunes with emotional finesse.

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