Teen Gothic

hi guys so I have a friend who has goth friends and he told me that they really like the “nazi aesthetic” relating to the death, style, and symbolism of nazis? He is a person of color and says they aren’t racist they just “like the aesthetics and symbolism”, but couldn’t explain to me how nazism and goth culture were connected? Is this a thing? Can someone explain? They are also metal heads.

I'm lucky enough to live in a big city with several goth shows every month and something I've noticed is that many bands are just not very good live.

Either the band members are too old and you can tell they are tired (i.e. Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus) or they are more recent but the performance is very lackluster. Some bands go on stage and play synths while standing still and it's kind of meh (for example: Lebanon Hanover. I thought the singer was super awkward).

What are some bands that have good live performances? In my experience, The Soft Moon and Patriarchy were amazing and Clan of Xymox and Corpus Delicti were still really good. And One (which is EBM, I know) was also very fun.

Edit: I've heard Boy Harsher and Sextile are also good but I haven't seen them.

I find this style particularly hard to find, and it is my favorite style unfortunately. I’m particularly looking for songs or bands with low tone, haunting and bone chilling dragged singing.

Something like this:

https://open.spotify.com/track/0Gh1bqrUBW3U1XJ0qoYexy?si=gNslKPSAQtOqbpO1zazxOw

Or this:

https://open.spotify.com/track/29BeBSQWKX7ayPuL3sSaCZ?si=MJn5zx7jRsaW6vF1JRdVBQ

Or everything else that feels like being drowned in an ancient catacomb tbh. If anyone knows or can help in my search, I’ll be very grateful 🖤🖤

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https://youtu.be/CeWUCqiW4F0

https://youtu.be/Rg14m_U-7q4

Hey, I've been into Jazz, Rock and Metal for kind of a while now, including Gothic Metal, which has recently gotten me intrigued to check out the Gothic side of Rock as well. If its any help, those are all the bands and artists I am currently into; with my favourite album by each, so what bands would you recommend to begin with? I already like The Sisters of Mercy. I wondered as if there was any Prog Goth bands or Symphonic Goth Rock bands/female fronted for recommendations as well? Also note King Crimson's "Larks in Tomgues Aspics" is meant to be on that list too.

Hello,

Just wanted to share some short lived Death Rock/Dark Punk bands I used to play in. Neither of these bands are active anymore.

https://loverstouching.bandcamp.com/

Lover's Touch was active from summer of 2015 to the winter of 2018. Did a couple tours along the East Coast USA. Influences were Modern Eon, Amebix, Christian Death, The Cure.

https://tenmillionspiders.bandcamp.com/album/chaos-to-the-fly

Ten Million Spiders was active from summer of 2018 to fall of 2019. Did one tour around the deep south and south east. Influences were Christian Death, 45 Grave, Kitchen & The Plastic Spoons, Ink & Dagger.