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Gothic Music is a relatively invovled term, in that it is necessary to distinguish it as distinct (but by no means whatsoever exclusive) of the term goth music. Goth music is a relatively narrow selection of genres encompassing mainly goth rock and some post-punk, Coldwave, Darkwave, Industrial etc. normally heavily linked with the goth subculture. Gothic Music however is a distinct term referring to music that fits within the classic Gothic tradition, rather than the goth subculture: that is, music with a dark air that embraces themes of nature, excess and decay over order, logic and reason.
The widest genre of music that is not goth but could largely be considered gothic is Heavy Metal, especially the european subgenres such as Power metal, Death metal and particularly Symphonic Metal, Black metal and Doom Metal. It is also the genre in which the most confusion between the two terms arises.
It should be noted that, whilst Gothic music is not necessarily Goth, Goth music is almost always Gothic.
References
David Stevens "The Gothic Tradition" ISBN 0 521 777321
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