I'm looking for other bands which sound like The Gathering do these days? Their Home/Souvenirs style sound rather than their older gothier stuff. Does anyone know any bands similar to them as the closest I've got so far is Ambeon, which sounds too much like Arjen's other projects to be as good.

On the gothy side, are there other bands out there like Katatonia? By that I mean doomy gothic stuff but without a singer who whines like a little bitch (see My Dying Bride and To/Die/Fore). Basically I'm looking for gothic metal which sounds more underground and less like H.I.M crap.

Thanks

Excellent, thanks.

I like Tapping The Vein, sound like a cross of Lullacry and the Gathering.
The Crest site sucks in Firefox and my IE is playing about so I'll check that out later.

Found a few bands myself to look at: TeNK seem pretty good but are without any full length albums right now so I'll have to keep an eye out.
Just checking out Pale Forest now as they've toured with The Gathering before.

If you really want bands that sound like that, ignore Ken's tepid recommendations and try these (Kidding, I like both bands he mentioned a lot, I met Heather from Tapping the Vein when they were touring with PL, cool girl):

Manes -
Monumensium - Ad Naseum
Third and the Mortal - Memoirs
Antimatter - Saviour and Lights out (Saviour is tons better though)
Anathema - Fine day to exit

I would probably throw in Flowing Tears, the last couple of Darzamat albums and Artrosious as well (later period only)

without a singer who whines like a little bitch (see My Dying Bride)

If you really want bands that sound like that, ignore Ken's tepid recommendations and try these (Kidding, I like both bands he mentioned a lot, I met Heather from Tapping the Vein when they were touring with PL, cool girl):

Manes -
Monumensium - Ad Naseum
Third and the Mortal - Memoirs
Antimatter - Saviour and Lights out (Saviour is tons better though)
Anathema - Fine day to exit

I would probably throw in Flowing Tears, the last couple of Darzamat albums and Artrosious as well (later period only)

I'm at work, you turd! That was the quickest I could come up with. And Flowing Tears are more like Mandylion The Gathering than the newer stuff. Anathema is a good choice, but not if he wants female vocals.

I'm looking for other bands which sound like The Gathering do these days? Their Home/Souvenirs style sound rather than their older gothier stuff. Does anyone know any bands similar to them as the closest I've got so far is Ambeon, which sounds too much like Arjen's other projects to be as good.

On the gothy side, are there other bands out there like Katatonia? By that I mean doomy gothic stuff but without a singer who whines like a little bitch (see My Dying Bride and To/Die/Fore). Basically I'm looking for gothic metal which sounds more underground and less like H.I.M crap.

Thanks