Here are a list of artists and bands, mostly in the goth, industrial, darkwave, and metal categories. Click on the band name to go to their homepage, and I have given a short description to spark interest. Enjoy!
:wumpscut: [Electronic sound]
Abney Park [Goth rock from Seattle]
A.N.A.E.L. [Melodic black/death & industrial]
After Forever [Symphonic metal-edged rock with operatic vocals]
Akercocke [London satanic black/death metal]
Alice in Darkland [Symphonic and melancholic death metal, with some gothic-dark influence]
Amon Amarth [Viking metal]
Angel Corpse [Iron, blood, and blasphemy - death metal]
Apocalypse Woman [Gothic/doom metal from Italy]
Arch Enemy [Sweden woman-lead melodic death metal]
As I Lay Dying [Metal hardcore]
Atreyu [Metallic hardcore and catchy breakdowns]
Babalon [Rock / industrial / electronic band]
Bathory [Fathers of Norweigan Black Metal]
Bile [Demonic Electronic]
Björk [Musical world of sounds and textures]
Black Dahlia Murder, The [Chilling melodic death metal from Detriot]
Black Sabbath [Fathers of heavy metal]
Black Twilight [A mixture of doom, progressive, dark and gothic]
Cannibal Corpse [Death metal brutality]
Carpathian Forest [Norway black metal with a rock n' roll feel]
Cephalic Carnage [Hydro grind band from Denver]
Chamber of Sorrows [Orchestral doom played by a string bass quartet]
Children of Bodom [Melodic, pompous power metal]
Cradle of Filth [Vampiric black metal]
Crüxshadows, The [Darkwave's finest]
Cryptopsy [Extreme death metal]
Cure, The [Mainstream and alternative collide]
Darkthrone [Dark black metal from Norway]
Dark Funeral [Satanic death metal]
Dark Tranquillity [Melodic extreme death metal]
Datura [Unsigned NYC gothic]
David Bowie [The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars]
Demented [Gothic-doom metal filled with power and energy]
Dimmu Borgir [Norwegian black metal]
Doomenicus [Funeral doom metal]
Dying Fetus [American stop-at-nothing death metal]
Entombed [Swedish death metal band]
Fear Cult [Heavy electronic gothic]
Finnugor [Symphonic black metal]
Flowing Tears [Italian gothic-metal]
Forest of Shadows [Talented emotional melodic doom metal band]
Ghost Orgy [Goth rock - NJ's premiere heavy rock band]
Goatwhore [Old school satanic black metal]
Grave Flowers [Depressive dark metal]
Grimfist [Old school heavy metal with brutal death/black vocals]
HIM [Love metal]
How Like A Winter [Italian gothic doom]
Inkubus Sukkubus [Pagan gothic rock]
Katatonia [Dark rock from Sweden]
Kidneythieves [Mainstream industrial]
Kindred Spirits [Gothic band from Malm, Sweden]
King Diamond [Metal with haunting storytelling]
Krisiun [South American death metal]
Lacrimosa [Melancholic music filled with classical elements and surrounded by poetic lyrics and intensive singing]
Lacuna Coil [Melancholic, dark rock]
Lollipop Lust Kill [Murder rock]
London After Midnight [Dark, alternative glam goth rock]
Madder Mortem [Serious aggression and melodic metal]
Malice in Wonderland [Gloomy, dark rock from Norway]
Marduk [Satanic death metal]
Meshuggah [Swedish
metal band]
Moonspell [Dark poetic enchanting metal]
Morbid Angel [Legendary progressive death metal]
Murderdolls [Ghoulish metal]
My Dying Bride [British doom metal]
Nevermore [Metal act with thrash and vitality]
Nightrage [Mordern death metal with very dark, classy melodic passages]
Nightwish [Female fronted gothic depressant operatic metal]
Nile [Death metal from the crypt]
Noctyra [Modern dark gothic rock]
Nothingface [Metal with pounding rhythms and vocal mayhem]
Opeth [Swedish band crossbreeding death, doom and progressive metal]
Others [Dark, haunting vocal melodies, thundering beats, cutting edge riffs and an atmosphere that gives chills]
Postmortem Past [Goth rock/industrial trio]
Prodigy [Electronic attitude]
Razed in Black [Electro-industrial goth band]
Rob Zombie [Dreadlocked, Jourgenson-esque vocalist and songwriter for the industrial-influenced heavy metal band]
Rotting Christ [Mixture of death metal and grind]
Satyricon [Norweigan black metal]
Sins, The [Old school dark rock]
Siouxsie and the Banshees [Classic goth rock]
Sirenia [Gothic, black, doom, and power in one]
Storm of Sorrows [Melodic death metal from Germany]
Theatre of Tragedy [Doom metal with slow, soft riffs by guitar, cello and piano, etc.]
Theatres des Vampires [Vampiric black metal]
Trackzero [Italian band with industrial, dark and goth rock influences]
Trail of Tears [Growling death metal vocals and female vocals both operatic and grounded]
Tristania [Norwegian symphonic metal]
Vamp Star [Gothic electronic rock]
Vampire Division [Newly formed goth rock/metal crossover]
Whores of Babylon [Death rock]
W!ck [Alternative, industrial, goth rock]
Zeromancer [Industrial dark rock]