Teen Gothic

I'm looking to start a new personal project of collecting obscure/ lesser known goth music on Youtube. My criteria for the playlist is for the music to have less then 5000 views and for it to only be available on Youtube. If anyone has any music that fits this, please send it my way!! I'd love to hear it 🙂

I'm probably going to come off as a snob here, but when it comes to my musical tastes, I am indeed a bit of a snob, so bear with me, I'm not judging anyone's tastes.

For the most part, I like music with meaningful lyrics that tell a story – that's one of the reasons I love The Cure so much. The old classics – Bauhaus, SoM, Siouxsie, Fields of the Nephilim and so forth – most of their songs tell a story. I like music that just sounds good and has a beat you can dance to as much as the next guy, but I need more than that.

Recently, I checked out a few of the newer bands I see mentioned here – She Past Away, in particular – and I honestly wasn't impressed. The melodies were repetitive and the lyrics were kind of inane – just sp00ky words repeated. It was enjoyable enough, but I would quickly get bored with it without some more variety.

I would love to explore more goth music from the 2000s to now, so given everything I've written here, what would you recommend? TIA.

Background: it's been 15 years since I've been listening to “goth” music but it's mostly gothic metal (Tristania, The Sins of Thy Beloved, Theatre of Tragedy, etc.) since I transitioned from listening to metal. I've also listened to Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Lycia, etc. along with metal, but that's all I've known ever since. These past few years, since becoming more connected to music because of Spotify have I began to rediscover the genre and all the bands like Xmal Deutschland, The Sisters of Mercy, Molchat Doma, Lebanon Hanover, and She Past Away. Any similar sounding songs from the title would be appreciated.

What the title says. This album is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard. Other goth music I like is Only Theatre of Pain album by CD, Adrenochrome by Sisters of mercy, horror vacui, twin tribes, paralyzed age. Thank you!

Chasing that sound

Post your links to new releases from 2000 or later, let's give some focus to new music. In the list below, you'll find some new releases from the past few weeks!

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Here's some great new post-punk/goth releases:

Withering Night – "Withering Night" [Goth Rock/Blackgaze] (China)

Soma Cake – "Senza" [Post-Punk/Goth] (Mexico)

GLASSHOUSE – "GLASSHOUSE" [Darkwave] (Scotland, UK)

Morgana – "Contemporaneità" [Deathrock] (Italy)

юность-1201- "Организованная преступность" [Russia] (Post-Punk)

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Hello. Yes, I would like to know from you which of you think of "80s music" as goth? There are many types of genres that were very popular in 80s like synth pop, or metal or new wave, yes but different people have different idea of what "80s music" means.

Is goth music your 80s music? When you go to 80s music night at club, do you think they will play goth music? Or maybe when you have party and have 80s night party will you or your friends think goth music?

Some people could say, no. Maybe listening to the rolling stones in 80s. They had many albums then and that is "80s" music for some. No?

Is goth your 80s music?