genre the blood divine
___MASK92___ is an extreme style of ___MASK6___ that typically uses slower tempos , low - tuned guitars and a much " thicker " or " heavier " sound than other metal genres . Both the music and the lyrics intend to evoke a sense of despair , dread , and impending doom . The genre is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath , who formed a prototype for doom metal with songs such as " Black Sabbath ", " Children of the Grave ", " Electric Funeral " and " Into the Void ". During the first half of the 1980s , a number of bands from England ( Pagan Altar , Witchfinder General ), the United States ( Pentagram , Saint Vitus , Trouble ) and Sweden ( Candlemass , Count Raven ) defined doom metal as a distinct genre . Death - doom is an extreme subgenre of ___MASK84___ . It combines the slow tempos and pessimistic or depressive mood of ___MASK92___ with the deep growling vocals and double kick drumming of death metal . The ___MASK79___ emerged in the mid - 1980s and gained a certain amount of popularity during the 1990s , but had become less common by the turn of the 21st century . In turn , death / doom gave rise to the closely related ___MASK79___ of funeral doom as well as to the more melodic and romantic ___MASK51___ . ___MASK15___ ( also referred to as goth rock or simply goth ) is a ___MASK95___ subgenre of post - punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s . ___MASK15___ bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post - punk scenes . Proto - gothic bands include Siouxsie and the Banshees , Joy Division , Bauhaus and the Cure . Gothic ___MASK39___ , which is largely known by the subgenre of Gothic ___MASK83___ , is a genre or mode of literature and film that combines ___MASK39___ and ___MASK83___ , death , and at times romance . Its origin is attributed to English author Horace Walpole , with his 1764 novel " The Castle of Otranto ", subtitled ( in its second edition ) " A Gothic Story ." The effect of Gothic ___MASK39___ feeds on a pleasing sort of terror , an extension of Romantic literary pleasures that were relatively new at the time of Walpole ' s novel . It originated in England in the second half of the 18th century and had much success in the 19th , as witnessed by Mary Shelley  s " Frankenstein " and the works of Edgar Allan Poe . Another well known novel in this genre , dating from the late Victorian era , is Bram Stoker  s " Dracula ". The name " Gothic " refers to the ( pseudo )- medieval buildings , emulating Gothic architecture , in which many of these stories take place . This extreme form of romanticism was very popular in England and Germany . The English Gothic novel also led to new novel types such as the German " Schauerroman " and the French " Georgia ". The Blood Divine was a British ___MASK51___ band , founded in the summer of 1995 by Paul Allender , brothers Paul and Benjamin Ryan , after the three left Cradle of Filth during the recording of the V Empire ( Or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein ) EP and ousted Anathema singer Darren White . They recruited drummer William A . ' W . A . S . ' Sarginson and bassist Steve Maloney and were quickly signed up by Peaceville Records . Their debut album Awaken was recorded in early 1996 and released through Peaceville Records later that year . At the end of 1996 they toured throughout Europe with Cathedral and label mates , My Dying Bride . In the early summer of 1997 they recorded their second album , ' Mystica ' , and guitarist Paul Allender left the band to spend more time with his family ( however he eventually rejoined Cradle of Filth ) . Mystica was released later that year , again through Peaceville Records . The album had less of a goth sound and more of a classic ___MASK88___ influenced progressive sound . The band continued and toured as a five piece , touring the UK with Orange Goblin supporting and then a short tour of Holland at the beginning of 1998 . The band were looking to develop their sound and keyboard player Benjamin Ryan was told to leave the band in April 1998 . However , this dismayed Paul Ryan , and shortly afterwards the band split up . In 2002 , Peaceville released The Blood Divine compilation album Rise Pantheon Dreams . The tracklist included songs from both Awaken and Mystica , as well as two previously - unreleased tracks ( `` Revolt '' and `` Forever Belongs '' ) , a live version of `` Aureole '' , and a live cover of The Osmonds ' `` Crazy Horses '' . Allender later rejoined Cradle of Filth . Sarginson briefly joined Cradle of Filth before the band settled in with Swedish drummer Adrian Erlandsson , who was later replaced by Martin Škaroupka . In 2004 Darren White formed a new band , Serotonal . ___MASK51___ ( or goth metal ) is a ___MASK13___ ___MASK79___ combining the heaviness of heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock . The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of ___MASK6___ . The ___MASK79___ originated during the early 1990s in Europe originally as an outgrowth of death - doom , a ___MASK13___ of death metal and doom metal . Lyrics are generally dark and introspective with inspiration from gothic fiction as well as personal experiences . ___MASK5___ is a subgenre of metal ___MASK11___ which combines the characteristics of this ___MASK79___ , such as heavy drums and guitars , with different elements of classical ___MASK11___ including symphonic instruments , choirs and on occasion , a full symphony orchestra . Keyboards reminiscent of ___MASK94___ also often find a dominant place in this subgenre . ___MASK5___ bands often feature classically trained female vocalists , giving rise to the nickname opera metal or operatic metal , and it is not uncommon for them to feature a second vocalist performing growls , a more common characteristic of gothic metal . Perhaps the most typical and prominent examples of symphonic metal bands are Finnish band Nightwish , Dutch bands Within Temptation , Delain and Epica , and Swedish band Therion , all four of which place a large focus on elements prevalent in film scores on top of the more basic classical components utilized more widely in the ___MASK79___ . Peaceville Records is a British independent ___MASK84___ record label . The label was founded by Paul " Hammy " Halmshaw ( of the bands Instigators and Civilised ___MASK54___ ) in Dewsbury , England in 1987 , who was also a one - time drummer of Sore Throat . Originally a tape label releasing anarcho punk , the releases moved towards metal through crust punk and similar forms of metal - influenced English hardcore punk . Halmshaw started running the label full - time in 1988 , although the original tape label incarnation was founded in 1981 as a vehicle for releasing Instigators demo cassettes . ___MASK53___ ( the term derives from a variant of the Greek term , " poiesis ", " making ") is a form of ___MASK68___ that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language  such as phonaesthetics , sound symbolism , and metre  to evoke meanings in addition to , or in place of , the prosaic ostensible meaning . ___MASK21___ is an extreme subgenre of ___MASK6___ . It typically employs heavily distorted and low - tuned guitars , played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking , deep growling vocals and screams , aggressive , powerful drumming featuring double kick or blast beat techniques , minor keys or atonality , abrupt tempo , key , and time signature changes and chromatic chord progressions . The lyrical themes of death metal may invoke slasher film - stylized violence , religion ( sometimes Satanism ), occultism , Lovecraftian horror , nature , mysticism , mythology , philosophy , science fiction , and politics , and they may describe extreme acts , including mutilation , dissection , torture , rape , cannibalism , and necrophilia . Paul Allender ( born 17 November 1970 ) is a lead guitarist best known for his work with the British ___MASK3___ band Cradle of Filth . He quit the band for the second time in April 2014 . Cradle of Filth are a British ___MASK3___ band that formed in Suffolk in 1991 . The band ' s ___MASK95___ style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more " produced " amalgam of gothic metal , symphonic metal and other metal genres . Their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily influenced by gothic literature , poetry , mythology and ___MASK83___ films . ___MASK3___ is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related ___MASK6___ subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s . It has been defined as a " cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic , verbal and visual transgression ". The term usually refers to a more abrasive , harsher , underground , non - commercialized style or sound associated with the speed metal , thrash metal , death metal , black metal and doom metal genres . With the exception of doom metal , all of these genres are characterized by fast tempos , attesting to their roots in hardcore punk , which has also fused with extreme metal in the forms of crossover thrash , crust punk , grindcore , sludge metal and metalcore . Though many extreme sub - styles are not very well known to mainstream music fans , extreme metal has influenced an array of musical performers inside and outside of heavy metal . ___MASK4___ is an extreme subgenre and subculture of ___MASK6___ . Common traits include fast tempos , a shrieking vocal style , heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking , raw ( lo - fi ) recording , unconventional song structures , and an emphasis on atmosphere . Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms . ___MASK73___ ( often abbreviated to hardcore ) is a punk ___MASK63___ genre that originated in the late 1970s . It is generally faster , harder , and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock . Its roots can be traced to earlier punk scenes in San Francisco and Southern California which arose as a reaction against the still predominant hippie cultural climate of the time and was also inspired by New York punk rock and early proto - punk . New York punk had a harder - edged sound than its San Francisco counterpart , featuring anti - art expressions of masculine anger , energy and subversive humor . ___MASK73___ generally disavows commercialism , the established ___MASK11___ industry and " anything similar to the characteristics of mainstream rock " and often addresses social and political topics . ___MASK56___ refers variously to the collected myths of a group of people or to the ___MASK42___ of such myths . Myths are the stories people tell to explain ___MASK64___ , ___MASK80___ and customs . ___MASK16___ ( or simply crust ) is a form of ___MASK11___ influenced by ___MASK73___ and extreme metal . The style , which evolved in the mid - 1980s in England , often has songs with dark and pessimistic lyrics that linger on political and social ills . The term " crust " was coined by Hellbastard on their 1986 " Ripper Crust " demo . ___MASK83___ film is a film genre that seeks to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on their fears . Inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe , Bram Stoker , and Mary Shelley , ___MASK83___ films have existed for more than a century . The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes . ___MASK83___ may also overlap with the fantasy , supernatural fiction and thriller genres .