Teen Gothic

Hi yall, I know this post probably gets said a bunch so I'm sorry if this is just spam to a lot of the active people, but I'm trying to find some goth music to get me into the genre. I have a hard time assessing my music tastes at some times and I've listened to a few songs from artists I don't remember, but I definitely know I enjoy the genre. I really just want to find one if not a couple of artists to listen to their work (how I usually first listen music). If the metal and punk stuff I listen to helps, I like Rise Against, SOAD, A day to remember, amity affliction, killswitch engage, of mice and men, I prevail, and more that might just gum up this post. Sorry again if this is an every day post for yall regulars, I really appreciate the help

What exactly inspired you to start listing to Goth music? Was it gradual? Was new wave, dark wave or post-punk gateway genres for you, or did you just start listening to Goth right off the bat?

I'm interested in knowing what about Goth specifically is interesting to you. Is it the melancholy lyrics and vocals, the haunting effects, the driving bass lines, or is there just an indefinable quality to Goth music that encapsulated you?

I eagerly await your answers.

I absolutely love wearing goth clothes and want to wear them everyday but just a bit nervous but I don't really listen to much goth music. Does that mean i shouldn't wear the clothes?

What would you consider your gateway into goth music wise?

They don't have to be 'actually goth' but just whatever gave you a taste of something Goth or Goth adjacent that lead to you eventually looking deeper.

For me I think it was HIM, Evanescece and The Rasmus which I first heard about when I was about 12/13 years old.

I'm looking for the best, most accesible, newish bands to start a friend over into goth music, I tried with the 80 stuff but the production was a turn off for them, so I wanna get them into newer bands and work my way from there, help

PS: I started them w/ AFIs Blood Album / Bodies w have a lot of pretty good goth elements and they enjoyed that

EDIT: I get AFI is not a goth band, I never said they were ?? I said my friend was a fan so I showed them their newer stuff as I thought it would be a good segway lol, can we not derail the subjet please? at this point mentioning any other band that's not goth here is a sin or something. Im not making that mistake ever again… thanks for the dislikes though