Teen Gothic

Looking for bands closer to my age to listen to, follow, or even potentially play with.

Already familiar with: Social Youth Cult, Bloodworm, The Nocturnal, Of Cruelty, Weimar Republic, New Dark Age, Lost, Doll Coven, Teleforme, Dantzic.

I want to introduce myself into this subculture but I would like to know what is more important, like what you think, what you look, what you read, things that I can know so I can be part of it. If you have any advice of how you started to be goth it would be amazing

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Maybe you found a great new album or just an album you hadn't heard about before? Maybe you found a new cuddly kitten that now is a part of your family?

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Off out to our local 80s goth and alt night for the first time in months! There's a Sisters of Mercy tribute act playing in the same city so I'm expecting numbers to be down. I'm on my own which makes me feel a bit more self-conscious in a small crowd but it'll be good to hear some decent music. I'm really old so I want to say to young people in this sub, don't feel bad about feeling self-conscious as it can even affect otherwise confident older people too.

I've been seeing a lot of overlap of works said to be Goth I often knew as other. Call it whatcha want depending where you stand, whatever. A great snot load of stuff I've always been into I'm discovering is considered Goth by the Goth community. Or Goth adjacent or of Goth in some way. I've always seen myself as somewhat Goth. More I explore the music from a Goth angle and, again, been listing to lots of it for decades now, I belong. Quiet cool. Looking for Goth compilations. Some I've already got. Life Less Lived – great tittle there!