Mystical and vampiric imagery.
Canadian surf-goth.
Pittsburgh, USA band.
USA. Avant-garde, industrial. Members from Chem Lab, Spahn Ranch, Battery.
USA. Hardcore, metal, Goth influences. Some vampire imagery.
comparisons: Eldritch (vocals)
German? Industrial, darkwave, rave, trance.
Electronic, gothic pop.
Gothic dark-pop duo.
Italian? Formed 1996-01. Vocals, trumpet, acoustic and electronic instruments.
comparisons: Death in June
Neo-classical
View the entry for The Velvet Underground in isolation.
USA
One of the more important non-punk influences on early Goth.
Inactive London, UK. Duo, originally more members. Strings? guitars.
comparisons: Nephilim (with old vocalist); Play Dead (guitars)
Northampton, UK. Alternative, Goth, psychadelia; rock, ambient.
comparisons: Rob (Play Dead, vocals)
Atmospheric, tribal, ethnic, post-Gothic, new age.
comparisons: Dead Can Dance
France. Experimental.
Mid eighties band, were Hitchen-based, released two singles and a few demo tapes. Vocals a squeaky / strangled snarl.
Active. Belgian. Atmospheric keyboard.
Swedish gothic power-metal.
Indie Goth with female vocals.
comparisons: Velvet Underground
German? Electro pop, EBM, dancefloor.
comparisons: New Order
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Avant-garde.
Extremely theatrical live shows.
Gothic, punk, rock. Performed at The Batcave? Midrange male vocals.Back catalogue to be released by Mute early in 1994.
If I die, I die
London, UK. Formed 1978? New Romantic. French vocals in Fade to Grey provided by Rusty Egan's girlfriend of the time
Russia. Solo project. 80s, futurist.
comparisons: Dead Can Dance; Mother Destruction; Sixth Comm
London, UK. Electronic industrial, synths, dance beats. Duo, danceable electro-industrial. Midrange male vocals. Managed by Stephan
comparisons: Project Pitchfork (vocals)
Bromley-based gothic, industrial.
USA? Guitar industrial, samples.
comparisons: NIN; Ministry
UK, London. Active.
Gothic rock.
Driving guitars, airy keyboards. Dark, menacing.
Eddie and Rob were joined by Danny, cementing their long-running musical partnership into a band. Eddie was the original vocalist, though the band decides to audition for a dedicated singer (Eddie had been singing and playing guitar simultaneously).
Named after the Jewish fort of Masada, whose occupants commited suicide rather than succumb to a three-year Roman siege.
They played their first gig in front of an audience in a cellar during lead singer Raymon's birthday party.
2002-Spring-late - Eddie and Rob are joined by Danny.
2002-10 - Raymon joins the band, following auditions.
2003-04 - First studio recordings.
2003-05 - Debut ep 'Prelude' released.
2003-05 - first live gig.
2003-07 Debut official gig at the Verge, Kentish Town.
2003-10 Rock City gig where Eddie's amp blows up during the last song.
2004-08-14 someone supported the Voices of Masada at the Horseshoe, 24 Hampshire Terrace (first headline gig?)
2004-08 mastering and graphics for debut album completed.
2004-10 debut album due to be released.
2010- last UK gig
2010- Wave Gotik Treffen, last gig at Park Buhne.
| release | format | release date | notes | buy UK | buy USA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| release | format | release date | notes | UK | USA |
| Prelude | cd | 2003 | Debut release ep | gothcentric | |
| Four Corners | cd | 2004-10 (due) | Debut album |
Germany? Dark atmospheric.
Named after the test for replicants from Blade Runner.
View the entry for Voltaire in isolation.
USA, New York, New York.
Gothic pop.
Classical instruments, modern song structures. Musically involves gypsy violins, European melodies, sarcastic lyrics
Active (2003-11). Rose to prominence creating the comic Chi-Chian and animating station IDs (MTV, Sci-Fi Channel) and currently teaches animation at The School of Visual Arts in New York (while touring, directing and animating).
Icelandic goth/punk.
Sweden? Neo-classical, ambient, orchestral. Minimalist atmospheric, concept.
Belgium. Semi-ambient. Some non-electronic instruments. Experimental industrial, electronic, semi-orchestral, art-driven.
Rock-tinged darkwave, military. Old-fashioned pan-European monarchical nationalists. Considered far right (source: Verfassungsschutz 2001)
Australia? Fun, piano, guitar samples, vocals. Black metal.
comparisons: Wagner; Speedy Gonzales
France? Alternative metal, French vocals.
Germany? Ethnic, classical, electronic elements.
comparisons: Goethes Erben
Eclectic, boppy Hungarian goth quartet, cheerful, danceable gothic with electronic elements and a violin.
NIN-ish, weird. Features David Sylvian?
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