That would be for me like debating a creationist when they say Show me proof that God does not excist I simply will not enduldge in it out of intellectual honesty However we can have a look at one of their live appearences Obviously there is no gothic rocking going on in this live appearence It is undeniably a metal show the muscicians are undeniably metal heads they undeniably riff like a metal band and they undeniably pose with their guitars like metal heads You don t have to be a journalist to see this you only need to be able to know the difference between what gothic rock sounds like and what metal sounds like A source claiming that Evanescence is a gothic rock act is really not a realiable source