Teen Gothic

I’ve always grown up in the American west, and I find a gothic feel within the sublime atmosphere that is resonant within it. I’ll listen to old blues or country songs that speak about and romanticize death and sorrow like few songs I’ve heard. The feeling and history is so palpable sometimes that I’m surprised I’ve found very little people that express themselves the same way, is this something odd, or something you guys have experienced, come across, or could see? I’m curious whether people here see any meaningful thematic or historical overlap between the tradition of goth’s preoccupations with death, decay, and romanticism, or whether this is better understood as parallel inspiration rather than direct connection.

For example, these bands that I listen to have some of the deepest gothic elements, and western/folk structure or style, and seem to be offshoots of goth’s upbringing:

Angels of Light, Wovenhand, 16 horsepower, Fields of the Nephilim, Swans, The Gun Club, Lilium, Rattlesnake Milk, and even some Sisters of Mercy on a spiritual level, like First and Last and Always

The attached images are taken of or by me and are just to illustrate the atmosphere I’m trying to describe, please lmk if this is out of the context of this sub but I do think they are tied together

I have been collecting every Spaghetti Western influenced Goth-Rock, Post-Punk, New Wave, etc song I can track down for the past few decades. And I feel like I've found everything out there. But would love to get some suggestions regardless. For those unfamiliar Spaghetti Western music generally sounds very influenced by the works of Ennio Morricone and his peers in the 60's and 70's ItalianWestern film genre.

These are the bands I have already found over the years (some may not be "goth", but dark nonetheless): 16 Horsepower / Acid Horse / Adam Ant / And Also The Trees / Ausgang / The Black Angels / Blues Saraceno / Bohemian / The Bolshoi / Bow Wow Wow / The Call / Carlos Peron / Chandeen / Concrete Blonde / The Cramps / The Cult (SDC & Death Cult too) / The Cure / The Damned / Darkness Falls / Dark Side Cowboys / Del Judas / Del Rei / Department S / Der Fluch / Echo & The Bunnymen / Federale / Fields of The Nephilim / Flesh For Lulu / Gabinete Caligari / Ghoultown / The Gun Club / The Handsome Family / Helldorado / Hola Ghost / Hooverphonic / Inca Babies / James Ray & The Blackhearted Riders / The Jazz Butcher / Kid Congo Powers / Kreeps / Lords of The New Church / Martini Ranch / The Meteors / Jay Munly / Myssouri / The Neon Judgement / New Model Army / Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Nick Nolan / Orax / Other Lives / The Outcasts / The Phantom Chords / Poison Point / Rammstein / Red Lorry Yellow lorry / Reeperbahn / Ritual Howls / Siouxsie & The Banshees / Skeletal Family / Snog / Spear of Destiny / Spiritual Front / Tall Boys / Tarantella / Theatre of Hate / Thin White Rope / Tiger Army / Wall of Voodoo

I know that's a lot already, but I have a feeling there's more out there. Thanks for any suggestions!