i dispute the cult being goth in any way. a good place to check out the popular definitions of things is last.fm

for instance the top10 gothic tagged artists are:


Evanescence
Nightwish
Within Temptation
Lacuna Coil
The Sisters of Mercy
Lacrimosa
Bauhaus
Dead Can Dance
L'Âme Immortelle
Joy Division

goth rock apparently is

Bauhaus
The Sisters of Mercy
The Cure
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Fields of the Nephilim
The Mission
HiM
Christian Death
Evanescence
The 69 Eyes

Have to agree browolf , but saying that music media changing its mind so often as what groups belong in what genre quicker than bernard manning swares on stage . Kerrang metal hammer NME and other music presses like to place music in nice neat boxes with so many artists all trying new things and new musical styles , music will always evolve so will those artists .