Teen Gothic

Everywhere I go on there you're either wading through AI generated album covers that instantly makes me not want to ever listen to your music, or it's tagged so poorly that I often find rap or just pop music being labeled as 'goth'. Bandcamp was and continues to be the easiest way to find goth music for me and have found some great bands on there that are still some of my favorites, but in recent months it's become a minefield to peruse anything there and a stroke of luck to find anything that hits.

The AI generated images just feel like a betrayal of the DIY ethos that should be integral to goth and deathrock and no goth musician should ever succumb to the diminishing and quick returns you get from them.

Just needed to vent. This shit is demoralizing.

I don't know how well known Heartworms is but she's my favourite artist right now and this is a fantastic cover. I recommend checking her out.

https://youtu.be/Eojt–AdjO4?si=07jPtHEGfjOIwQ5a

Here is a Cleopatra cover compilation/event from 31 years ago.

Edited: A fair point about needing to be genre appropriate. A non goth band doing a cover of a goth song, kinda strips that song if its goth quality.

What songs have you all found, that are performed by a different goth or goth adjacent band that you've enjoyed?

I found Cities in Dust by Czarina (which I found through the Cemetery Confessions Sinister Suggestions segment) to be nice.

Anybody know any “goth” covers of “non-goth” songs? I really enjoyed The Leather Nuns’ take on ABBA’s “Gimme Gimme Gimme”. I’m the kinda guy to love covers on nostalgic or even cheesy songs.

Thanks!

Edit: bonus points if the original song are polar opposites to the genre of the cover.

Stumbled upon this little number this morning (no pun intended hehe). Nine While Nine

Believe it or not a kind of stripped down version of the song. It’s grown on me —very calming actually.

What are your favorite covers of goth songs or of non goth songs covered by goth bands?

All my favorite goth covers happen to be sisters of mercy songs 😂 including “Alice”- The Prophetess and a metal cover of “No Time to Cry”.

I Also enjoy their covers like “Emma” and “knocking on heavens door” I like their version way better than GNR but then again I don’t like GNR 😂

Curious about your cover favorites?🖤