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In September, Business of Fashion published an article analyzing the gothic subculture’s integration with the mainstream of the fashion world in recent times (http://www.businessoffashion.com/2013/09/gucci-prada-roberto-cavalli.html). There’s no denying how easily adaptable goth’s core elements are. Drama and romanticism come in all colors and varieties—black is surely the most captivating of them all. The article was not…
So you’ve decided to go goth. Congratulations! Goth is a rich subculture with many details, a nuanced history, great music, cool clothes, and clubs all around the world. This is a guide that will help you ease into the scene without too much hassle or confusion. Steps: 1. Evaulate your reasons for wanting to be…
First of all, the internet is packed with a huge amount of crap. Valueless tosh that clogs up the Web and wastes your time as you try and wade through it to find the good stuff. We know that frustration all too well, but we also know that there is plenty of great stuff out…
Project Pitchfork’s run in the biz had a major hand in uniting darkwave and industrial music, bridging the gap and helping us understand that we’re not so different after all. Their tireless work ethic brings us to this latest installment in their storied career, their 14th studio album. Renowned for album titles that are often…
A name like oOoOO carries with it the imagery of ghosts and ghouls wailing through an abandoned house at midnight, scaring the neighborhood kid who lost a bet among his friends and had to venture in alone. Christopher Greenspan’s project, while not quite that hammy, is nonetheless a eerie haze, having built a platform with…
Today goths are a subculture and the term refers generally to those of us who choose to wear a certain kind of apparel and have a penchant for a certain kind of music, often accompanied by keen interest in horror movies, gothic literature and other forms of often somewhat macabre entertainment. Of course no one…
Avast! The most fearsome pirates of all time, FINALLY ranked in measurable terms of terror so you can battle it out! You remember Top Trumps right? It’s what people did before Playstation and binge drinking were invented. It was usually a game played in an uncomfortably small caravan on a rainy summer holiday in North…
The recent albums of Skinny Puppy have seen a shift in direction that many fans have decried as unworthy of being part of such an influential band’s discography. But with a career as varied and unpredictable as that of Ogre and cEvin, a little diversity in opinions is to be expected. With that established, it…
There are too many genres in this world. When the term “witch house” glossed over my ears, I rolled my eyes at yet another name for a type of music that could probably fit easily into any of the other millions of well-established categories. Even so, the shocking freshness of ∆AIMON’s self-titled album easily bypasses…
It’s been an on-again, off-again 30 years, but Specimen have finally returned with a new album. Specimen’s legacy as a deathrock linchpin is well documented in underground journalism and analyses, particularly the fashion sense of former keyboardist Jonny Slut. Other bands in the genre like Alien Sex Fiend and Christian Death have enjoyed more prolific…
Your average elder Goths are likely scratching their heads at how festivals and clubs are taken over by distorted growling and dark oontz oontz. From how things have progressed over the decades, it seems hard to believe that any younglings are creating music in the vein of what flooded smoky underground clubs after midnight. One…
The long-standing moniker of Martin Bowes’s Attrition has lurked far beneath the radar of even the underground, despite having been established for over three decades and creating a legacy of unmatched spooky tunes. Sliding comfortably into this or that genre, Attrition’s elusive presence has dabbled in every imaginable genre this side of the alternative. Even…
In this day and age, there probably aren’t a whole lot of ways to stir up the well-established genre that is synthpop, having had a 3 year run that is still going in some shape or another. Even so, the modernised explorations of the genre are captured in fine form on Mr.Kitty’s 2013 Life, an…
The resurrection of UK Decay has been a prophesized moment for a few years now, given that the Goth rock pioneers have been playing gigs recently for new material. Abbo and his troupe of sardonic post-punkish fiends, despite having only one album to their name, are famed in the recesses of the underground. Their 1981…
It would be misguided, perhaps even unfair, to expect a new Inkubus Sukkubus record to deviate too far from their path of Paganistic rock n roll, a twist of darkwave, ethereal, and rock that has become unique to their namesake. The trio of Candia, Tony, and Bob have carved out a niche that has yet…
In medieval castles and moonlit forests lurk the sinister orchestrations of Love is Colder than Death, a pioneering cloud of despair originating from the antediluvian eras of classical stratospheres. Tempest is the group’s first studio album in over a decade, having been prevalent throughout the 90s before dropping off around the turn of the century….
May 22 is World Goth Day, an event that has been celebrated since 2009. We wanted to find out more about this alternative celebration so we interviewed co-founder DJ Cruel Britannia. How do you, as founders, celebrate World Goth Day? This year, DJ Martin Oldgoth likely spent his WGD abroad; he’s had a lot of DJ…
Crafting respectable music in these post- ‘Cars’ times has always been an important part of Gary Numan’s vision as an artist. Ever since he hit his stride with 1994’s Sacrifice, his explorations of darkwave and industrial have renewed his credibility as an artist. Yet, for all the newfound success and the frequent mentioning of his…
Diorama’s penchant for auditory explanation is approached with a finesse that is rare to find in modern darkwave music. The dark synthpop is as present as ever on their latest offering, Even the Devil Doesn’t Care, but fans can’t know exactly what to expect outside of those parameters. The band’s eighth studio album tones down…
It’s a crime that Italian darkwavers Kirlian Camera have flown under the radar for the entirety of their 30-year career, pushing boundaries in the realms of gloomy synthpop and electronic experimentations. Boasting a discography as lengthy and diverse as the likes of Depeche Mode and The Cure, and crafting infectious pop songs that would be…
