French Darkwave, experimental, electronic, Gothic, female and male vocals. French, German and English lyrics.
comparisons: Das Ich; Batcave; Lucie Cries; Corpus; Drama of the Spheres; Bauhaus; Sex Gang Children
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Australia, Melbourne
Goth
Backing tracks, programming, guitars.
Russian
Active.
German synth, ethnic vocals, darkwave
comparisons: Love is Colder Than Death; Ofra Haza; Dead Can Dance; Ataraxia
Female singer from Lycia
Underground experimental.
Italian? Semi-Gothic metal, experimental electronic Darkwave. Backing band changes over the years.
German.
Mexican? Techno
comparisons: PWEI; Fun Loving Criminals
Croatian experimental ambient, barren, stark. Made by former Croatian freedom fighter.
Electronic industrial, distorted vocals, guitars.
Austrian
German? Dark, cold romantic, semi-acoustic, (whispered) male vocals.
Metal/Hardcore
Toronto. Dark, gothic, industrial. Active (2003).
Electro-ambient
comparisons: Sisters of Mercy
German dark Gothic, electronic, industrial, romantic darkwave, occassional guitars.
comparisons: Leaether Strip
Underground industrial, Gothic aesthetics, sequencers, guitars, distorted vocals, samples
Industrial electronic, distortion, samples.
Active (2003-late). Played USA tour with E-Craft.
Amongst the original industrial pioneers. Post industrial, proto trance.
USA-based intelligent industrial
comparisons: Haujobb
Italian goth, early 80s gothic/punk sound, neo-apocalyptic folk, ethereal. Italian lyrics.
comparisons: X-Mal Deutschland; Killing Joke; Chatshow; Play Dead; 1919; Southern Death Cult; Death in June; Black Tape for a Blue Girl
USA? Industrial, techno, electronic, samples, atmostpheric.
Formed 1994, based in Italy.
Post-punk. Reformed in 1996, before Brandon returned to Spear of Destiny in 1998.
German? Commerical goth.
Goth metal. Norwegian symphonic black metal, electro-industrial. Operatic tendencies (characters, dialogues), strings.
Jacquie joined in 2000.
Post-indie Goth, techno goth
comparisons: All About Eve; Banshees; Strange Boutique; Dark Orange; Chandeen.
Metal-industrial, guitars, electronic
Distorted vocals, quitars, industrial.
Swedish? Female vocalist, swirling keyboards, atmospheric rock, some guitars, sub-gothic rock, melodic.
comparisons: All About Eve; Dark Orange
Austrian black Gothic metal.
Goth, vampire, hard guitars
comparisons: RLYL, Siouxsie, Fields of the Nephilim, Sisters; Dreadful Shadows; Love Like Blood
Gothic rock, originally from Dublin, now in London. Lately a duo.
comparisons: Nephilim
Italian? Romantic, atmospheric Gothic
comparisons: ethereal Cure
Australian? Post Gothic, darkwave.
Swiss? Electro synth pop, eighties style.
Greek? Indie, occassional choir, German, English lyrics.
trad goth (CampGoth?)
Gothic doom metal, slow, strings
Dark ambient.
London, UK.
Formed 2001? Active (2003-11). Dark, melodic pop. Gritty industrial, synthpop-styled vocals.
Asian group with Indian folk, punk and ska influences.
German? Industrial.
Washington state solo project with acoustic, indigenous and gothic undertones.
Canadian darkwave, female vocals, guitar.
comparisons: Play Dead; Curve
Electro, extreme industrial, experimental from the late 70's onwards. The first industrial band.
active, Death metal, dark metal, goth metal, punk, strings, gothic aesthetics, rocky, doom, romantic, Gothic rock, Gothic metal.
comparisons: Black Sabbath; Vision Thing-era Sisters
German? Electronic, indie vocals.
Morbid, semi-orchestral, 90s Goth
comparisons: Wagner
Love songs
Italian death-obsessed industrial. Cold oppressive electronic barrage of Swedish and Italian death industrial sounds.
comparisons: Brighter Death Now; Lille Roger
Dark electronics. Dancebeat.
Swedish? Electronics, guitars
comparisons: Steril
German? Atmospheric, melancholic, ambient.
comparisons: Cold Meat
German electronic, computer-based.
Ritual magic
German arty guitar-based Gothic.
comparisons: Love Like Blood; Bauhaus
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Bridlington, UK.
'Teenage' goth metal band. Punky, pub-metal. Crunchy industrial (on remix). Goth-Metalheads. Melodic heavy metal.
Tribal, catchy riffs. Unusual in that they have two drum kits (which they carry around in some form of open-top
VW pick-up (with a tarp over the top?).
Adam studied music at the Ryley centre (college) and played a lot of jazz there, which has made it into their shows (as an interlude).
Themes of pain, rejection, revenge.
Name chosen randomly - nothing to do with centaurs or any mythical creatures. Or:
a legendary headless creature, a powerful beast controlled by the evil warlock Dagmyar.
Were paid by a farmer to play to sheep every couple of weeks!
They live in a rundown farmhouse with around 10 others, including roadcrew, management and sheep a horse two dogs and a stray cat.
Rehearsal studio is a haunted barn
2001-Spring - Adam forms the band.
2001-Summer - first gig.
2004-May - their music played on MTV2 (Headbanger's Ball / Scuzz's Death by Decibels / New Skids on the Block).
2004-November - playing Whitby (again).
| release | format | release date | notes | UK | USA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| release | format | release date | notes | UK | USA |
| "Demo" | |||||
| Freak Show | cd | 2003-08-04 | Debut mini-album. Native.Com Ltd NTV256 | amazon | |
| In My Head | cd single | 2004-06-30 | Native.Com Ltd NTV266 | amazon | |
| The Invisible Enemy | Second album (due) |
Electronic fetish.
comparisons: Athamay
Instrumental trance, experimental electronic dance.
comparisons: APB
German romantic metal, Goth. Gutteral German language vocals. Name means 'Death Night'
1980s. Released two singles.
Australian, last heard of in early nineties.
comparisons: Siouxsie and the Banshees
USA, Gothic ambient, experimental. Darkwave, post-ethereal.
comparisons: Love is Colder Than Death; Lycia; (sinister) Projekt; Cranes
Canadian. Dark progressive rock, semi-ethereal.
USA?
Italian? Post-new wave guitar
comparisons: Cure; Jesus and Mary Chain; Siouxsie
Piano-driven? Atmospheric?
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1965-05-17 - Reznor born USA, Pennsylvania, Mercer.
1992 - Nothing Records founded by Trent Reznor and John A. Malm, Jr.
1996 - Quake computer game soundtrack
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UK
One of the more important non-punk influences on early Goth.
USA? Experimental dark ambient, claustrophobic, atmospheric
comparisons: Cold Meat
German darkwave, electronic, samples, atmospheric. Deep vocals
comparisons: Project Pitchfork
Classical and Celtic influences
USA? Industrial
Gothic metal, neo-classical elements. Male black metal vocals, female vocals.
comparisons: Theatre of Tragedy
Seattle-based Gothic, orchestral, alternative.
Industrial, death metal.
Electro, neo-apocalyptic industrial, dark, claustrophobic, darkwave aesthetics. Members of Terminal Choice
German? Neo-folk, experimental.
Active (2003-09-28). Played in Berlin.
Scandinavian? Black metal
Formed Finland, 1987. Goth metal, industrial
comparisons: X; Love Like Blood; Cradle of Filth
German darkwave, industrial.
comparisons: YelworC; Leaetherstrip
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