If you have the time, may I suggest to try out Chamber ("L'Orchstre de Chambre Noir" is the official name, but apparently nobody uses it).
Probably because it sounds way too close to Tony Wakefords neo-classical project 'L'Orchestre Noir'.
I do think they're marketed that way (so it's no official trademark biggie), but usually it seems people are too lazy to actually use the whole name everytime they talk about the band, much like everyone apparently just pronounces ASP as a word, as in "asp".
I've heard about half the bands you listed (I'm particularly keen on Subway to Sally and Corvus Corax) and the others I'll put some effort in to checking out. My favourite band in the style you're talking of is the (in my view peerless) Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows. The projects now pretty much completely electronic (I think probably because Anna-Varney doesn't want to rely on session musicians) but the song-structures and overall themes and concepts have remained pretty much constant. Albums like 'Todeswunch', 'Dead Lovers Sarabande' and 'Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell' are pretty much fucking unbeatable. Wonderful orchestration, incredible intensity, lots of dense mythological and literary references. There's also Lacrimosa, Nebelhexe and Samsas Traum, keeping to the German theme.
I know two of the latter three, will check out Nebelhexe and Sopor Aeternus. Thanks for the recommendation, it sure sounds very promising.
I'm also heavily into neo-folk, which has a lot of similiariaties to darkwave, and even crosses over at some points, bands like Sol Invictus, Blood Axis, Death in June, Ostara, Current 93, Gae Bolg & The Church of Fand, In Gowan Ring, :Of The Wand And The Moon:, Forseti, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Die Natalis, Hagalaz' Runedance and also neo-folk precursors like Changes, Nico and Paul Giovanni. Then there's also (mainly black) metal bands who incorporate dark medieval/primitive music or even darkwave elements and aesthetics and I feel embody much of the same feel, such as Waylander, Forefather, Orkrist, Wyrd, Woods of Ypres and Agalloch.
I have some German neofolk in my collection, but I don't know any of the bands you listed. I assume they'd be worth checking out? Btw, I fell I've kinda outgrown metal. I've had the phase when I was 14-17, but now most of the metal stuff my metalhead friends like doesn't give me anything... occassionally I listen to In Flames. If at all, I like it melodic.
So, yeah, I like this sort of stuff. I'm also in to the electronic side.
Great, so because now I know it's not a wasted effort, I'll put down a list of bands I'd recommend without hesitation:
Alexander Veljanov, ASP, Blutengel, Chamber, Corvus Corax, Cultus Ferox, Das Ich, Deine Lakaien, Die Streuner, Estampie, Faun, Helium Vola, In Extremo, Janus, Lacrimosa, Letzte Instanz, Mantus, Qntal, Regicide, Saltatio Mortis, Samsas Traum, Schandmaul, Staubkind, Stillste Stund, Subway To Sally, Tanzwut, Umbra Et Imago, Unheilig, Zeraphine.
Then there's the "second row". If you have some spare time and the opportunity arises, you might like the following bands, too. The style might be different from the ones above though.
The Count (gothic/indie apparently, slight nu metal influences), Die Schnitter (German folklore, sometimes funny), E Nomine (whaddaya call this... symphonic/epic electronica?), Eisbrecher (electronic rock, impressive voice), Eric Fish (this is the vocalist from Subway To Sally, doing a solo project, usually only with an acoustic guitar and/or a piano), Fiddler's Green (German band doing Irish Folk), Goethes Erben (they call it "music theatre"), Illuminate (nice 80ies style gothic, but I really don't like the voices...), L'âme Immortelle (whatever, can't get used to them...), Lesiem (again... epic? gregorian?), Luna Luna (German rock with folk elements, pioneers who provided ground for bands like STS or Schandmaul before those existed), Magna Canta (see Lesiem), Megaherz (German rock influenced by Industrial and Gothic), WeltenBrand (see Lesiem)