Thanks for all the great comments! A problem with one person trying to do a video every two weeks (especially when the videos take a lot of editing like these) is that you make some mistakes. Thankfully some of you have pointed them out so I can correct them here: At best, industrial was influenced a bit by goth in the 80's, and didn't cause as big of a shift as my wording implies. The new Black Doldrums album is "In Limerance." The soundtrack Kaelan Mikla recently worked on is "The Phantom Carriage." The genre I couldn't bring to mind when talking about Chain Cult is death rock. Boy Harsher consider themselves an EBM band, which is a whole other thing from goth, and descended more from industrial than goth. But since they have a lot of goth appeal, I would've included them anyway, just maybe pointed this out. And even when I watch interviews to see how to pronounce Molchat Doma correctly, I'm a dork who still can't manage it.
Hey, just say this! Well stated! Glad to hear that Boy Harsher understands that they are EBM. They are not darkwave, thus not goth. Doesn't make them any less cool or good. Also, I still don't know how to pronounce Molchat Doma. LMAO.
@@chameleon47Mol- as "Mall", -chat as "chut" (not a word, but maybe you can read it easier?). Accent on "chut". Doma - accent on the end. By the way, the bands name means "The Houses Keep Silent"
Preoccupations is really good! And She Past Away is a favourite for me, although they've been around a little bit too long to have fit with the theme for this one.
I've been straight up obsessed with Boy Harsher right now! Her voice legit gives me chills, especially on the song Face The Fire! I'm excited to check out some more of these bands 🙏
Yeah, her voice is amazing, and perfect for the style of music they do! I hope you enjoy some of the others, too... Caress in particular shares some vocal similarities with Boy Harsher, although she's only put out one album so far.
@eclecticism-uk Chain Cult is the band I'm loving the most so far. They're like a perfect blend between Joy Division and Danzig era Misfits! Great band for sure! Thanks for this list 🖤
Wonderful, I'm glad I was able to find quite a few that'll be new to you! Was there a goth scene at all where you were growing up? I grew up in a small midwest city, and I hung out with the goth and alternative kids in high school, although I didn't have the confidence at the time to commit to any kind of aesthetic that would make me stand out, haha
Others to check out: Urban Heat, TR/ST, Male Tears, Haunt Me, Harsh Symmetry, Secret Shame, Drab Majesty, Corlyx, Lebanon Hanover (might have been age here), ACTORS, Bootblacks, and Ritual Howls are all contemporary bands heavy in my rotation.
It was age with both Drab Majesty and Lebanon Hanover! Eventually I'll do another goth/darkwave video without an age restriction, because I'd love to talk about both bands. Thanks for the other suggestions. There are several I've not heard of before!
@@eclecticism-ukLight Asylum is another solid "aged" band. Unfortunately, they only released 1 EP & 1 album around 10 years ago....I've been hoping for another album ever since. I'm surprised no one has mentioned Topographies (Lol Tolhurst's son is the lead vocalist).
You're very welcome! I'm also mortified that I left a word out of your album title and can't change it now, haha 🤦Best of luck with the new album rollout, and if you want to do an interview with a London-based UA-camr who never mixes up his facts, let me know...
@@eclecticism-uk haha don’t be, actually didn’t notice 😅 that was a highly comprehensive review and timeline you did, thank you. That would be wonderful, we’d really love to do that!
I'm sure you're a bit busy with the album launch at the moment, but I messaged on Insta... No idea if there's a better way to reach out to coordinate :D
Clan of Xymox... forgotten godfathers of Goth / Darkwave, from the Netherlands. New album called EXODUS and amazing song "Blood of Christ". Saw them recently in Cambridge, MA.
They are amazing, and really should've gotten a shout at the beginning of this video! They've steadily been making good music ever since the 80's, with a great level of consistency the whole time.
Holy F@#$ing s@#$ dude. I was waiting for Twin Tribes to show up on this list. I also..... was sure from their sound. That they were a post-punk/ darkwave band, that have been around, that I had just missed somehow. They are amazing.
@@danvsjeep8062 It does feel that way! And with their albums having sort of a vintage darkwave look to them too, I bet a lot of people think they’ve been around for longer than they actually have.
Thank you so much for making this video, I have recently been listening to a lot more Dark/Cold wave music and this video has helped me discover other bands.
Wow! It really surprised me to hear you naming Soda Stereo when you were talking about Twin Tribes. They were one of the most popular and influential bands in Latin America in the 80's. And, actually, I saw Twin Tribes the past year. They played some covers of popular Spanish postpunk songs.
I've heard a little Soda Stereo in the past, but not enough to be able to spot any influences in anyone else! That's cool that Twin Tribes works some of that material into their live shows. Other than Sumo, I can't think of any post punk 80's Latin American bands... are there any others you'd recommend?
@@eclecticism-uk Thank you for asking! There are not many bands from the 80s. Some popular rock bands started with a post-punk and new-wave influence, but they mixed with other genres. But some popular songs from that decade are: - Hombre Lobo en París by La Unión - Tren al Sur by Los Prisioneros - El Velo by Estados Alterados
Void Vision - dark wave synth magic. A lot of vintage synths sounds and great vox True Body - goth rock/coldwave. Saw them on tour with Gost, and they were excellent 🤌
Mareux, Casket Cassette, Steintor Herrenchor, Closed tear, She Passed Away and Nuovo Testemento are some of my favorites not mentioned. I love that this sound is taking off so much. Got some new ones to check out from this video. Thank you!
She Past Away is one of my favourites too! They only didn't make it onto this list because they're a bit too old for the parameters in this one, but I'm sure I'll talk about them at some point :) Thanks for the other recs as well, I haven't heard several of them yet!
@@opethfan9000 Try the band Dark out. Nyctophilia, Gothic Love and Lovers in the Dark are all great songs. I just found them the other day and I'm obsessed!
@@subsectl.a.8987 Thank you, I can read. It is, however- posted on a video titled "13 of the best current goth and darkwave bands", so it is logical to think it likely that anyone posting a list of bands they enjoy would follow suit. "This post doesn't say they're goth"
What a great video eclecticism!!! We're an experimental goth duo from LA and you included so many of our influences here and also managed to introduce us to some amazing new artists! Keep up the amazing work brother! subscribed
My wife and I just caught Creeper opening for Twin Temple last week, and I was instantly hooked. Such a good live show, great hooks, and you deacribed them almost EXACTLY like I have been to people. Particularly the Alkaline Trio and Jim Steinman comparisons. Great video.
This is a pretty great list. I definitely was introduced to some new artists. I would be interested in seeing what kind of Goth Metal bands you have discovered. I don't know many and a fan of TON who unfortunately is no longer active since Pete died. Keep up the great content.
That would be a good topic! Unto Others and Tribulation are both two I've been into that aren't just long-running bands putting out new material. But there are a lot of those still doing good stuff too, like Paradise Lost. And if you want someone who is really similar in sound to Type O Negative, I came across a band called October Noir this year. Sometime I forgot I wasn't listening to Type O Negative.
@@eclecticism-uk Thanks so much. I know about Unto Others and have seen them in concert recently as they are a local band here. :) I hadn't heard about Tribulation. I've heard of Paradise Lost, but don't think I've had a chance to hear them yet. I will check them out along with October Noir as well. Thanks so much! 🦇
@@Sciathan_Leathair sure thing! And not long after I replied to your comment, I saw Forgemaster Metal has a new video covering some other new gothic metal bands. Check that out when you’re ready for some more!
This list is a good mix. As for contemporary bands adding something new to the genre, I'd look at Urban Heat, A Cloud of Ravens, Vision Video, and Ritual Howls.
Thanks for this list. Definitely agree with Boy Harsher at #1, just an amazing band over all. Also love Twins Tribes, Molchat Dolma, Vision Video, & Kaelan Mikla. I'm a little surprised that neither Lebanon Hanover nor She Past Away were on here as they seem to be two of the bigger modern goth bands, but I do think they both formed in 2012 so maybe they just miss your cut-off date. Creeper I had never heard of, but they sounded good in the clip so definitely gonna go check them out.
Yep, both were bands that were immediately on the list... but then I decided to make the cut off a bit later since I didn't want to spend too much time going through bands I see as the most popular of the modern ones. People have really been enjoying these goth videos, so I could definitely see doing a "getting into modern goth" video that covers the two of them, and some of the others that have been around a bit too long for this one!
@@eclecticism-uk For me personally, Gothic-Rock has always been my favorite genre. Beyond that though, it legitimately feels like the genre is experiencing somewhat of a revival. The Cure's new album "Songs from the Lost World" is easily their darkest album since Disintegration, maybe even Pornography, and it spent most of November at #1 on the Billboard charts. A number of bands you listed here also managed to get on the lower tiers of the charts, a major accomplishment for a non-mainstream genre in general.
Creeper have a The 69 Eyes feel to their sound. Great channel by the way, hopefully now I won't always be the last in line when it comes to goth and darkwave. Thanks!
@@Ghoulstille sure thing, I’m glad you found some new bands you like on here! There’s way more than I can keep up with too, but the comment section here has introduced me to… I don’t know, at least 20 more I’d not heard of yet. Cheers!
Awesome vid. About Chain Cult, the genre you're looking for is deathrock. Deathrock = goth + punk rock. Another newish deathrock band is The Wraith from LA starting in 2016. They also put out a new album this year. And also Rope Sect from Germany, started in 2017.
RIP Davey Bales! It was hard for me to listen to Ghost March only because Davey was one of my favorite singers! When I first saw Rope, I thought The Rope (who also just dropped a new album, Nightbird). Yama Uba dropped their debut album Silhouettes, which is amazing.
@ositox5659 I didn't follow them that closely and it's been a while since I listened to them so I didn't know. That sucks though. RIP. Thanks for the recs on the other two, I'll definitely check them out
Thanks for the deathrock recs! I've heard Rope Sect, but the rest of these are new to me. I love some of the 80's deathrock bands, but I've only recently started digging into the newer ones, which might be why I didn't even think of Chain Cult as being deathrock until you mentioned it.
@@eclecticism-uk Check out Rudimentary Peni- anything from Cacophony onward. While initially anarcho punk, everything Cacophony onward is arguably more death rock.
I’m obsessed with Boy Harsher. They’re the first new addition to my list of favourite musicians in about a decade. Even my ska-punk husband finds their music interesting, and he does not share my appreciation for synths. I really enjoyed your video and I’m excited to try Kaelan Mikla, thanks.
Thanks for the comment, and I hope you enjoy them! Yes, Boy Harsher is excellent. It feels like a while since they've released something, although Augustus has been involved in some soundtrack projects more recently... but Jae's voice adds so much to the mix for me, so I'm really hoping for more of them working together soon.
Enjoyed your video . As a an older metal fan with a goth girlfriend I’ve seen quite a bit this last decade so maybe a follow up on this,Ash Code, She Passed Away, Faces of Sarah could be included, keep this format up
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! I'm planning to do some more of these "current bands in long-lasting genres" videos for sure, probably eventually getting into metal as well. I listen to a lot of it, but still feel like a bit of a noob, haha!
Brilliant viddi mate. Hadn't heard of a single one of them. Love that you have that Belarus band, their sound really is classic and sharp. As an old school goth/punk alt nerd, I often wonder what's going on currently, but rarely find anything. This collection is more than I have found in the last ten years and then some. Absolutely love it and will be snapping up a bunch of stuff now.
Thanks for the kind words! I hope you find a few that stick around as some new favourites. I've found out about a lot of other good ones in the comments, and the one that jumps to mind right away is Actors. For slightly older but still very good bands, She Past Away and Drab Majesty are both very good. Cheers!
I like House of Harm, been meaning to listen more and never heard anyone else ever talk about them! Boy Harsher is my personal favorite on this list. I guess starting in 2010 and not being a band Tr/st missed out being able to be here, but I love the music so much!! Saw them live on Halloween and it was such an amazing show
OG Goth here - I saw all the original bands when I was a teen in the early to mid 80s. I am up to date on Goth bands up to around the early 2000s, but haven’t been looking hard for newer bands lately. This is a great list. I’m going to dive into some of these newer ones (I just made a giant playlist), and come back to look at the comments, too.
I'm envious you got to see the original bands when they were in their prime! It does feel like there's been a resurgence since about the 2010's, but I'm not sure if that's just because I wasn't paying much attention during the 2000's. Either way, there are a lot of great bands to explore now!
@@MARKUSMULDER Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to watch some of them! I feel like I’m still figuring out what I’m doing, but I’ve come a long way since the first few videos I made 😂 I hope you enjoy some of the upcoming topics, and I’m sure I’ll circle back around to punk and goth topics again as well.
Awesome video. I definitely have a couple bands and lots of music to analyse. Some bands I would add or would like to have mentioned are: 1. Nox Novacula 2. The Kentucky Vampires 3. (Lesbian Bed Death) Not really a new name but the lineup was essentially fully refreshed with new faces 4. Ludovico Technique 5. Pagefire 6. Sonsombre 7. Velvet Mist 8. Vlad in Tears 9. Whispering Sons 10.Aeon Sable
I love your channel. Great research and information. I am a DJ at a rather popular local Goth club and I'm always looking for new bands to share with our rather large audience.
Thanks for the kind words! It's good to know there are still goth clubs out there thriving. I hope at least a handful of these were new to you... I tried to cover a range of the popular bands and also some new up and coming acts.
Im 47 , live in Munich , during 👑 lockdown I found all these amazing new bands and since then I’m in total revival! ❤️🔥 I watched slowdive, kontravoid,Traitrs! Wonderful! Next concerts: molchat Doma,Twin tribes, she past away, DIIV, french police, Lebanon Hannover soooo looking forward 🖤🥳 I absolutely love Drab Majesty Mareux & Minuit Machine & Sidney Valette and it goes on and on There are MANY! Make part 2 😉Gr8 video! Thank u 🖤
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! I'll definitely be doing some more on goth, including some that aren't just the newest bands... although they'll be mixed in with lots of other genres, since my taste is all over the map :D Yes, Drab Majesty is one of my very favourites of the modern bands, and would've talked about them and She Past Away if I hadn't given myself the "2013 and later" restriction.
Thanks for the recommendations! I would add Actors, Naut, Noktva, The Flatfield, Then Comes Silence , Soror Dolorosa, Urban Heat and Date At Midnight, to name a few...
We've been lucky to catch RGFP several times, from the back of a coffee shop to playing at Dark Force Fest. They are always a blast and seem to be really fun people in person.
great list, so glad I found this channel, just added all of these to my downloads. Im old enough to remember the classics like bauhaus and joy division and these new bands are great too
some other bands to add to the other suggestions here, these bands are dark but not necessarily goth 😇throat, crows, coughin vicars,health, a.a williams, blood red shoes, chelsea wolfe,fourth dominion, unto others
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope you like some of the videos I've done on other genres, too... although I will be doing some more goth topics as well! I've been listening to some of those first wave goth bands for a long time, too, and they're still some of my very favourites.
Oh yeah, I'll second Chelsea Wolfe and Health.... I thought about both for this video, but they didn't fit quite neatly enough into goth. But they're both excellent!
Another rabbit hole would be American 80’s experimental electronic underground music, such as the Nightcrawlers. A lot of the artists only recorded on tapes, and they were prolific. Awesome stuff that you can find on UA-cam. Cheers!
I really like Boy Harsher's remix colab with Special Interest-steel pulse beat. Tiredsky is a great youtube channel where I get my goth/indie fix. Keep up the good work.
❌You must have your ear to the ground as you really convey a knack for finding new bands I’ve never heard of, in genres I enjoy. Bravo! May I add a few that I currently listen to: Drab Majesty/ VR Sex Soft Kill topographies Cold Showers Death of Lovers …& I really enjoy Peter Murphy from Bauhaus solo stuff. Great voice!
I love Drab Majesty! They're one of my favourites that would fit with this style, just been around a bit too long to fit with this topic. I like what I've heard from Soft Kill and Peter Murphy, but I'll need to check out the others... Thanks for the recs, and I'm glad you're finding some new discoveries from these videos!
@@danvsjeep8062 They were only left off because they'd been around a few years too long! Same with Drab Majesty and the Soft Moon. Topographies is one I still need to check out!
Great list! Other cool bands that fit the criteria: WINGTIPS, Urban Heat, Actors, Traitrs, Creux Lies, Minuet Machine, Harsh Symmetry, and Drab Majesty. House of Harm and Twin Tribes are awesome and the live shows for these two as well as Urban Heat and WINGTIPS are so much fun.
This is a great list! I'd love to shout out a small darkwave band I found last year: Ferrets Killed My Cables. Very unique vibes, but completely overlooked.
Thanks for the comment, I'm glad you enjoyed it! That's a band I've not heard of before, but I'm a fan of the band name, so I'll have to look into them. Cheers!
Thanks for some new bands to check out. Reading comments is exciting; I've been listening to a lot of what I consider "new goth," thanks to new technology recommending new bands based on my playlists. Seems like enough of us are hearing the vibe we recognize in similar bands. I have to give shout out to twin tribes- absolutely amazing and continuing to impress me. TR/ST, Drab Majesty, ACTORS, KVB, She Past Away, Buzz Kull, Harsh Symmetry, Patriarchy, Soft Kill, Aeon Sable, Light Asylum
That's a good list of bands! I just started listening to Patriarchy today, actually, after randomly stumbling across them. And I learned about ACTORS from one of the comments on here, and I don't know how I was missing them for this long! She Past Away and Drab Majesty are both favourites of mine, but were just a bit too old to make it onto this particular list... but I'm sure I'll find a chance to talk about them :)
I'm impatient to discover more of your channel. That's the first video I watched of you, and I just want to say thanks. You're precious and accurate on this video, and I'd discovered some great band and it make me wanna listen again some other that I already know 🖤. (Sorry for my English, I'm french).
Thanks for the kind words! I've gone from making these mostly for my own entertainment to having a lot of viewers quite quickly, and it's been wonderful seeing the reaction to the last few videos. I hope you enjoy some of the bands you found on the list! And there will be more goth coming to the channel soon, along with some other genres I've yet to cover :)
Great list! I love quite a few of them! Other shout-outs I’d include is 1. Lebanon Hanover 2. She Past Away 3. The Twilight Sad 4. Ritual Howls 5. Drab Majesty 6. Je T’aime 7. Lycia 8. Ist Ist
Thanks for the suggestions. I actually saw Creeper at Warped tour years ago and they were great. I'm a goth who does stand-up comedy and a lot of my material touches on the dark alternative underground.
Loved the video. I took the recommendation of House of Harm and have had the Vicious Pastimes album on repeat since! Turns out they are also in the UK in November so I'm going to see them. Again, thanks for the recommendation!
Oh cool! I'm glad you're gonna make it to see them. I'm also in the UK and have seen so many bands doing shows I want to go to next month. Black Doldrums are doing their album launch party on November 1st in London, but I'll still be recovering from a Chelsea Wolfe show at that point, haha! I'll have to look into the House of Harm tour and see if I can fit one of their shows in. Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying them! Playground is also really good... I've listened to it more since making this video, and it's catching up with Vicious Pastimes.
I saw Rosegarden Funeral Party for the first time this year, and after years of being a fan (I first heard them years ago on Communion After Dark) it was worth the wait. They have the coveted "Mr IndustrialPants Seal of Approval".
I am new here on your channel and so honored that there are channels covering new goth bands as just from the usual old 80's and early 90's goth bands .I do see most of the bands that was mentioned here has still have that classic post punk and darkwave as we all know very well and one of them is Twin Tribes which i really have most respect for. I would really want to see more of new modern goth bands been mentioned in here . A very great band is the Awakening who is originally from South Africa but now based in the USA since 2009 .The band is originally driven by one person who is a songwriter/vocalist and multi instrumental artist whose music is described as Gothic rock/New wave/ dark wave/ industrial which i think needs to be looked as well and is currently releasing a new Album in October under same name as the band. Another great band from Germany which i also want to see featured in here is WISBORG who also have that darkwave / goth rock/ synth pop influences .Thank you so much for this review and let us support more Goth music and bands out there
Just discovered your channel and this is exactly the thing i like, thanks for all these awesome new goth band suggestions - there is so much more to Goth than Sisters of Mercy and great that these are all new ❤ I’ve seen Creeper live once before and am going to see them again in a few weeks, highly recommended!!!!
Thanks for the kind words, and I'm glad you like what you've seen so far! I've not had a chance to see Creeper live, or any of the bands on this list, actually, so I'm a bit envious, lol. Based on what I've seen on UA-cam, it looks like they put on a great show!
Deceits, Give My Remains to Broadway, Casket Cassette, This Cold Night, Drab Majesty, Traitrs, Forever Grey, Body of Light, Dancing Plague, Xiu Xiu, Jack Stauber, The Exit Bags
Great overview on modern Goth/Darkwave artists. Consider the following acts for the next instalment - In Letter Form from the US, Talk To Her (Italy), Deathtrippers (UK), Golden Age Of Nothing (UK) and of course us - The Scarlet Hour (UK). We’ve had over 3k views on our video for Torment, released our debut album Warnings last year on vinyl and released our 2nd EP Pursuit.
Mate. Your take on this genre of music is both informative and knowledgeable. I thought I was "up to date" on this... apparently not :-). Also, props for mentioning curve. Best band I saw live, and will always be so. Completely underated IMO. You got yourself a sub bruv.
Thanks, glad to have you aboard :) Honestly, after making each of these videos, people in the comments give me about 100 bands I've never heard of, so I never really feel up to date myself :D Curve is excellent, definitely one of the most underrated/underknown of the original shoegaze bands.
I don't know if She Past Away would be beyond the age limit you were discussing, but I have noticed I am hearing more bands with that style coming out these days I am really enjoying them. You certainly mentioned some groups on that list, and some others I am definitely going to be checking out. I just wanted to name a few that were not on the list that I have discovered recently, that are less than ten years old. Fearing Octavian Winters Ashes Fallen Vosh False Figure Minuit Machine Soft Vein Scary Black Matte Blvck 4dversary This Eternal Decay And there's a couple that were short lived that should not have been In Letter Form Holygram And probably more leaning industrial here, but they have been touring with Clan of Xymox and seem to be receiving very positive feedback is, Curse Mackey, and his partner, Rona, who has her own project that is called SINE which is really good.
@@ZetaReticuli_ Thanks for sharing these, you listed quite a few I haven’t heard yet! Yeah, She past Away would’ve made the list if they weren’t just around for a little too long.
@@eclecticism-uk And thank you for doing this list, I love how you covered them. You earned my subscription as you helped me expand my music library. I can't believe though that I forgot to mention Darkways in my list.
@@ZetaReticuli_ Thanks for subscribing! I've got another video that is partially goth bands coming up soon, although less of a focus on new bands. I keep hearing Darkways mentioned, but still haven't listened.... Okay, fine, I'm adding them right now, haha! Cheers.
There's this band from Mexico City called Stranger and Lovers. They play a blend of post punk, dark wave and even some EBM in their albums. If you're looking for something that sounds straight out of a vampire club, this is the band for you. Songs: Death song, Masochistic love, Atado junto a ti, and Blood dance
sorry this comment refers to ‘undiscovered or influential but forgotten 80s Goth’ but in 1986 England ,a cool nipper in our pub lent me an album with Chinese or Soviet Communist Party cover art & the sound inside was for its time was absolutely nuts - where Rockabilly met Industrial. i think the band was one guy called Foetus / Scraping Foetus & the album was titled Hole & released in 84,85 or 86. when i1st heard NiN many years after as an out of touch grandpa,i immediately recalled a track on Hole called “I’ll meet you in Poland Baby” from a decade before the 1st NiN album. 🙄👍❤️🐢👽
That's Jim Thirlwell & his project, Foetus. He's recorded multiple albums under various permutations of the name Foetus (including Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel), but it's all him. Fantastic (and frequently underrated) stuff.
I am a one man goth band, also from Georgia. I work mostly with gothic metal and have seen a pretty big rise in heavier forms of gothic music. I hope people can find joy in the heaviness and darkness that i try to convey, check it out sometime!
I've seen Rosegarden Funeral Party, Kaelan Mikla, Twin Tribes, and Vision Video live. They are all amazing bands and are equally amazing on stage. I was somewhat surprised that there were some bands on your list I wasn't familiar with that I am now following. Thank you for that! I know several people have mentioned bands they'd like to add to your list and here are mine (I know this list was limiting the bands to 10 years, and some in my list may be a bit older): Creux Lies DARK Then Comes Silence Nox Novacula Doors in the Labyrinth Delusions of Madness Pass/Ages Gulf Blvd Panic Priest
Thanks for the kind words! Nox Novacula is quite good, but you have a lot of others on here I've not heard yet, so I'll have to add them to my list. One thing I love about doing this type of video is that you can get a little introduction from the bands in the video, but then the comments section captures a huge range of what's going on in the genre, and gives you so much more to explore. Thanks for the recs!
Haunt Me is a GEM! You should check them out if you haven’t already. Thanks for the list. Really enjoyed checking out The Cold Field and Pesadilla Gris! 🙌
I was glad to see a few of my favorites on this list, but even better were a few you mentioned that I’ll be digging in to - Rosegarden Funeral Party, Chain Cult, and Creeper. I think you’d like Convert, from Milwaukee WI. Convert fits in with this list and has a very low monthly listener count on Spotify, similar to some others on this list. They’re great live and worth a listen.
I've not heard them yet, but will definitely check them out! Glad to come across someone else who likes The Cold Field, since I've not heard nearly enough conversation about them.
@eclecticism-uk Thanks for introducing me to them, I'm Australian but I'd not heard of them before. Yes, definitely check out FP, I'm sure you'll like them.
Thank you was waiting for a list like this, usually its older goth groups, making my playlist. Recommend you try out Prayers theyre sorta considered the founders of Cholo-Goth. Thanks again.
Thanks for the video. I will check all mentioned bands out. I was only aware of 2 of them, The Creeper (through Scream 2022 and Salem's song) and Boy Harsher (thorugh Halloween Ends)
Hi. Think there was a goth scene in Portland❤ But only a handful of black clothes people in high school. My introduction to "goth" was The Cure. So happy the genre is still evolving ❤
At my high school in Indiana in the late 90's, we had a few people who would be considered "mall goths," and I fit in with them... but the only real goth bands I knew were Bauhaus and The Cure 🤣 I've learned a lot since then, and I do feel like goth is still going strong with a lot of really good bands 🖤
Also...The Birthday Massacre...started in '99 and still making new music 26 years on...with their tenth studio album due out sometime in the next couple of months, along with a Spring US tour and an Autumn UK tour
Try: Hapax, Ash Code, Talk To Her, Geometric Vision, The Second Still, Creux Lies, The Expoloding Boy, Actors, The Agnes Circle, Cut City, Delphine Coma, The Foreign Resort, Whispering Sons, Under The Skin, Specters, Clan Of Xymox, Traitrs, Ist Ist, Silent Runners, Ritual Howls, She Past Away, Principe Valiente, Iamtheshadow etc...... Not all new bands but still going strong
To this day I still listen and blast Type O Negative but I also enjoy other bands… my friend and I use to go to the goth clubs all the time and miss all the sounds from then.. so I love this video because now I have new bands to check out. I made my list and will pull them up now. Thank you!
Thanks for the comment, I hope you enjoy some of the bands on here you haven't heard! Yeah, Type O Negative is great, often imitated but never matched. They're also perfect music for the lead up to Halloween, too.
Love this. Twin tribes started me down a rabbit hole starting in Texas and working my way south. Monitor,Gloory Hole(yes it’s a band and my fav) and La Texana to start. Leonora Post Punk
Black Doldrums - Love them. Also: Then Comes Silence, Agent Side Grinder and Sounds Like Winter - three bands whose albums are masterpieces. Strangers, Inner Noises and Porcelain are three respective awesome tracks that I can recommend as starters.
@miltonmowers1088 just in case you didn’t spot it, I just did an interview/vinyl shopping video with Black Doldrums. If you’re into them, you may want to check it out 🙂
incredible list, definitely gonna check some of these people out! as a little baby bat myself, I've gotta give a shout out to Twice Dark! partially cause he's a family friend, mostly cause he's crazy talented! darkwave, industrial, goth vibes all around. personal favorite is Pagan Disco.
Thanks for all the great comments! A problem with one person trying to do a video every two weeks (especially when the videos take a lot of editing like these) is that you make some mistakes. Thankfully some of you have pointed them out so I can correct them here:
At best, industrial was influenced a bit by goth in the 80's, and didn't cause as big of a shift as my wording implies. The new Black Doldrums album is "In Limerance." The soundtrack Kaelan Mikla recently worked on is "The Phantom Carriage." The genre I couldn't bring to mind when talking about Chain Cult is death rock. Boy Harsher consider themselves an EBM band, which is a whole other thing from goth, and descended more from industrial than goth. But since they have a lot of goth appeal, I would've included them anyway, just maybe pointed this out. And even when I watch interviews to see how to pronounce Molchat Doma correctly, I'm a dork who still can't manage it.
Hey, just say this! Well stated! Glad to hear that Boy Harsher understands that they are EBM. They are not darkwave, thus not goth. Doesn't make them any less cool or good.
Also, I still don't know how to pronounce Molchat Doma. LMAO.
@@chameleon47Mol- as "Mall", -chat as "chut" (not a word, but maybe you can read it easier?). Accent on "chut".
Doma - accent on the end.
By the way, the bands name means "The Houses Keep Silent"
@@lunarabenherz Oh thanks! I was mostly joking, but I actually did not know that the accent is on the final syllable.
Goth was never dead, it's always been undead.
@@chrishoff402 Actually I recognized it as a reference to Bauhaus' Bela Lugosi's Dead, which is a common meme in the subculture (since the 80s).
@@Dudelzack
The virginal brides file past his tomb
Strewn with time's dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room, the count
@@chrishoff402 I see we're on the same page. :)
Like bela lugosi
@@Dudelzack The bats have left the tower, the victims have been bled Bela lagosi's dead.
Thanks for the mention of our band The Cold Field. Great to hear your take on our sound. Ian, Heath and Mark. 🖤🖤🖤
I'm glad that you somehow saw the video. Keep up the excellent work! Love you guys
@@eclecticism-uk thanks mate!!!
You guys are incredible!!
@@coilover2005 thanks mate 🖤
@@ianmesssenger991 Hey, stop being good, we'll stop talking about you ! ;)
"Then comes silence" and "She past away" should definitely be presented too! ...and "The KVB"...and "Preoccupations"...✌️
Preoccupations is really good! And She Past Away is a favourite for me, although they've been around a little bit too long to have fit with the theme for this one.
I've been straight up obsessed with Boy Harsher right now! Her voice legit gives me chills, especially on the song Face The Fire! I'm excited to check out some more of these bands 🙏
Yeah, her voice is amazing, and perfect for the style of music they do! I hope you enjoy some of the others, too... Caress in particular shares some vocal similarities with Boy Harsher, although she's only put out one album so far.
@eclecticism-uk Chain Cult is the band I'm loving the most so far. They're like a perfect blend between Joy Division and Danzig era Misfits! Great band for sure! Thanks for this list 🖤
I'm 48 and was a small town 90's goth. I only know of two of those bands. Thanks for the new bands to check out ❤
Wonderful, I'm glad I was able to find quite a few that'll be new to you!
Was there a goth scene at all where you were growing up? I grew up in a small midwest city, and I hung out with the goth and alternative kids in high school, although I didn't have the confidence at the time to commit to any kind of aesthetic that would make me stand out, haha
Others to check out: Urban Heat, TR/ST, Male Tears, Haunt Me, Harsh Symmetry, Secret Shame, Drab Majesty, Corlyx, Lebanon Hanover (might have been age here), ACTORS, Bootblacks, and Ritual Howls are all contemporary bands heavy in my rotation.
It was age with both Drab Majesty and Lebanon Hanover! Eventually I'll do another goth/darkwave video without an age restriction, because I'd love to talk about both bands. Thanks for the other suggestions. There are several I've not heard of before!
Ritual Howls!
@@eclecticism-uk Yes please!
@@eclecticism-ukLight Asylum is another solid "aged" band. Unfortunately, they only released 1 EP & 1 album around 10 years ago....I've been hoping for another album ever since.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Topographies (Lol Tolhurst's son is the lead vocalist).
@@eclecticism-uk Note that TR/ST and Male Tears are not goth/darkwave, they are electronic/electropop/synthpop. I don't know about some of the others.
Thanks for including us! Hope you love In Limerence :)
You're very welcome! I'm also mortified that I left a word out of your album title and can't change it now, haha 🤦Best of luck with the new album rollout, and if you want to do an interview with a London-based UA-camr who never mixes up his facts, let me know...
@@eclecticism-uk haha don’t be, actually didn’t notice 😅 that was a highly comprehensive review and timeline you did, thank you. That would be wonderful, we’d really love to do that!
I'm sure you're a bit busy with the album launch at the moment, but I messaged on Insta... No idea if there's a better way to reach out to coordinate :D
Been obsessed with Actors from Canada, Vision Video, Urban Heat, Vandal Moon, Drab Majesty.
Actors is quite good! Out of these, I've never heard Vandal Moon, so I'll have to check them out. Is there an album you'd recommend starting with?
Leathers is quite good
Drab majesty is freakin legit
Drab Majesty opened for Blaqk Audio and I really loved how powerful their stuff is.
Check out the band "Some Days Are Darker" they played with Vision Video ua-cam.com/video/1n8b0Sh6cwA/v-deo.htmlsi=yxsIJ13KytJgl_tX
Twin Tribes came to San Antonio on Super Bowl Sunday, and the add read "bring your best superb owl"😆🤣
Clan of Xymox... forgotten godfathers of Goth / Darkwave, from the Netherlands. New album called EXODUS and amazing song "Blood of Christ". Saw them recently in Cambridge, MA.
They are amazing, and really should've gotten a shout at the beginning of this video! They've steadily been making good music ever since the 80's, with a great level of consistency the whole time.
Love Clan of Xymox! They'd be at the top of the list for pre-2000 goth.
Holy F@#$ing s@#$ dude. I was waiting for Twin Tribes to show up on this list. I also..... was sure from their sound. That they were a post-punk/ darkwave band, that have been around, that I had just missed somehow. They are amazing.
@@danvsjeep8062 It does feel that way! And with their albums having sort of a vintage darkwave look to them too, I bet a lot of people think they’ve been around for longer than they actually have.
@@eclecticism-uk both you and OP- check out Darkways. Definite actual darkwave, very new. and very good.
Thank you. Sexual Purity is also a fun band I discovered while listening to Boy Harsher.
Thank you so much for making this video, I have recently been listening to a lot more Dark/Cold wave music and this video has helped me discover other bands.
Banshee, KVB, Witchz, Twin Tribes, French Police, Forever Grey, Sinnerella, Cathedral Bells, Harsh Symmetry, Twin Temple, This Cold Night, Lebanon Hanover…🪦🥀
Wow! It really surprised me to hear you naming Soda Stereo when you were talking about Twin Tribes. They were one of the most popular and influential bands in Latin America in the 80's.
And, actually, I saw Twin Tribes the past year. They played some covers of popular Spanish postpunk songs.
I've heard a little Soda Stereo in the past, but not enough to be able to spot any influences in anyone else! That's cool that Twin Tribes works some of that material into their live shows. Other than Sumo, I can't think of any post punk 80's Latin American bands... are there any others you'd recommend?
@@eclecticism-uk Thank you for asking! There are not many bands from the 80s. Some popular rock bands started with a post-punk and new-wave influence, but they mixed with other genres. But some popular songs from that decade are:
- Hombre Lobo en París by La Unión
- Tren al Sur by Los Prisioneros
- El Velo by Estados Alterados
Soda stereo is an awesome 80's band. I found out of them due to my ex wife. 🤮
Void Vision - dark wave synth magic. A lot of vintage synths sounds and great vox
True Body - goth rock/coldwave. Saw them on tour with Gost, and they were excellent 🤌
Mareux, Casket Cassette, Steintor Herrenchor, Closed tear, She Passed Away and Nuovo Testemento are some of my favorites not mentioned. I love that this sound is taking off so much. Got some new ones to check out from this video. Thank you!
Ohh Nuovo Testemento is a wonderful choice❤
@@delicateBruise I got to see them live with Molchat Doma and they were both so good!
She Past Away is one of my favourites too! They only didn't make it onto this list because they're a bit too old for the parameters in this one, but I'm sure I'll talk about them at some point :) Thanks for the other recs as well, I haven't heard several of them yet!
I also wanted to suggest Mareux, love his work!
@@opethfan9000 Try the band Dark out. Nyctophilia, Gothic Love and Lovers in the Dark are all great songs. I just found them the other day and I'm obsessed!
Traitrs, A Cloud Of Ravens, Cold Cave, VNV Nation, Ritual Howls: Playlist gold!
Traitrs is my jam!
Ravens! 🙌
VNV Nation is not goth. They are synthpop, EBM, etc.
@@chameleon47 This post doesn't say they're goth.
@@subsectl.a.8987 Thank you, I can read. It is, however- posted on a video titled "13 of the best current goth and darkwave bands", so it is logical to think it likely that anyone posting a list of bands they enjoy would follow suit.
"This post doesn't say they're goth"
Thanks for all the recs. Now I have a bunch of new albums to munch my way through
Dark wave, post punk, even if it's new junk, it's still rock 'n' roll to me. (and it's all good!)
@@ValEGwangi this deserves more likes. Cheers!
Yes. I sang that comment in my head. Well done.
I can't love this comment enough! That's great ❤
What a great video eclecticism!!! We're an experimental goth duo from LA and you included so many of our influences here and also managed to introduce us to some amazing new artists! Keep up the amazing work brother! subscribed
Thanks, and thanks for sharing your music! I've been checking it out and enjoying
My wife and I just caught Creeper opening for Twin Temple last week, and I was instantly hooked. Such a good live show, great hooks, and you deacribed them almost EXACTLY like I have been to people. Particularly the Alkaline Trio and Jim Steinman comparisons. Great video.
Molchat Doma is awesome! Their "What's in my Bag" at Amoeba is fantastic.
This is a pretty great list. I definitely was introduced to some new artists. I would be interested in seeing what kind of Goth Metal bands you have discovered. I don't know many and a fan of TON who unfortunately is no longer active since Pete died. Keep up the great content.
That would be a good topic! Unto Others and Tribulation are both two I've been into that aren't just long-running bands putting out new material. But there are a lot of those still doing good stuff too, like Paradise Lost. And if you want someone who is really similar in sound to Type O Negative, I came across a band called October Noir this year. Sometime I forgot I wasn't listening to Type O Negative.
@@eclecticism-uk Thanks so much. I know about Unto Others and have seen them in concert recently as they are a local band here. :) I hadn't heard about Tribulation. I've heard of Paradise Lost, but don't think I've had a chance to hear them yet. I will check them out along with October Noir as well. Thanks so much! 🦇
@@Sciathan_Leathair sure thing! And not long after I replied to your comment, I saw Forgemaster Metal has a new video covering some other new gothic metal bands. Check that out when you’re ready for some more!
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Great content. I was surprised to discover so many new bands. I knew about three that myself and friends have dj'd at our goth night. Great stuff
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Thanks for the kind words, and I'm glad you discovered some new ones!
This list is a good mix. As for contemporary bands adding something new to the genre, I'd look at Urban Heat, A Cloud of Ravens, Vision Video, and Ritual Howls.
Thanks for this list.
Definitely agree with Boy Harsher at #1, just an amazing band over all. Also love Twins Tribes, Molchat Dolma, Vision Video, & Kaelan Mikla. I'm a little surprised that neither Lebanon Hanover nor She Past Away were on here as they seem to be two of the bigger modern goth bands, but I do think they both formed in 2012 so maybe they just miss your cut-off date.
Creeper I had never heard of, but they sounded good in the clip so definitely gonna go check them out.
Yep, both were bands that were immediately on the list... but then I decided to make the cut off a bit later since I didn't want to spend too much time going through bands I see as the most popular of the modern ones.
People have really been enjoying these goth videos, so I could definitely see doing a "getting into modern goth" video that covers the two of them, and some of the others that have been around a bit too long for this one!
@@eclecticism-uk For me personally, Gothic-Rock has always been my favorite genre. Beyond that though, it legitimately feels like the genre is experiencing somewhat of a revival.
The Cure's new album "Songs from the Lost World" is easily their darkest album since Disintegration, maybe even Pornography, and it spent most of November at #1 on the Billboard charts. A number of bands you listed here also managed to get on the lower tiers of the charts, a major accomplishment for a non-mainstream genre in general.
Creeper have a The 69 Eyes feel to their sound. Great channel by the way, hopefully now I won't always be the last in line when it comes to goth and darkwave. Thanks!
@@Ghoulstille sure thing, I’m glad you found some new bands you like on here! There’s way more than I can keep up with too, but the comment section here has introduced me to… I don’t know, at least 20 more I’d not heard of yet. Cheers!
Awesome vid. About Chain Cult, the genre you're looking for is deathrock. Deathrock = goth + punk rock. Another newish deathrock band is The Wraith from LA starting in 2016. They also put out a new album this year. And also Rope Sect from Germany, started in 2017.
RIP Davey Bales! It was hard for me to listen to Ghost March only because Davey was one of my favorite singers!
When I first saw Rope, I thought The Rope (who also just dropped a new album, Nightbird).
Yama Uba dropped their debut album Silhouettes, which is amazing.
@ositox5659 I didn't follow them that closely and it's been a while since I listened to them so I didn't know. That sucks though. RIP.
Thanks for the recs on the other two, I'll definitely check them out
Thanks for the deathrock recs! I've heard Rope Sect, but the rest of these are new to me. I love some of the 80's deathrock bands, but I've only recently started digging into the newer ones, which might be why I didn't even think of Chain Cult as being deathrock until you mentioned it.
@@eclecticism-uk Check out Rudimentary Peni- anything from Cacophony onward. While initially anarcho punk, everything Cacophony onward is arguably more death rock.
@eclecticism-uk dude, for deathrock, I highly recommend Detoxi, Cult Strange, Head Cut, Tears For The Dying, and Medusa Stare.
I’m obsessed with Boy Harsher. They’re the first new addition to my list of favourite musicians in about a decade. Even my ska-punk husband finds their music interesting, and he does not share my appreciation for synths. I really enjoyed your video and I’m excited to try Kaelan Mikla, thanks.
Thanks for the comment, and I hope you enjoy them! Yes, Boy Harsher is excellent. It feels like a while since they've released something, although Augustus has been involved in some soundtrack projects more recently... but Jae's voice adds so much to the mix for me, so I'm really hoping for more of them working together soon.
Same here. Definitely my favourite dark wave group.
Boy Harsher is an awesome band. I heard then admit 1 year ago and fell in love with their music.
Enjoyed your video . As a an older metal fan with a goth girlfriend I’ve seen quite a bit this last decade so maybe a follow up on this,Ash Code, She Passed Away, Faces of Sarah could be included, keep this format up
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! I'm planning to do some more of these "current bands in long-lasting genres" videos for sure, probably eventually getting into metal as well. I listen to a lot of it, but still feel like a bit of a noob, haha!
Hey, thanks for the info. I enjoyed learning about those bands. Apart from Molchat Doma, Kaelan Mikla and Boy Harsher those were all new to me.
Awesome, I'm glad you found some new ones on the list! I hope you enjoy some of the new ones.
Brilliant viddi mate. Hadn't heard of a single one of them. Love that you have that Belarus band, their sound really is classic and sharp. As an old school goth/punk alt nerd, I often wonder what's going on currently, but rarely find anything. This collection is more than I have found in the last ten years and then some. Absolutely love it and will be snapping up a bunch of stuff now.
Thanks for the kind words! I hope you find a few that stick around as some new favourites. I've found out about a lot of other good ones in the comments, and the one that jumps to mind right away is Actors. For slightly older but still very good bands, She Past Away and Drab Majesty are both very good. Cheers!
I like House of Harm, been meaning to listen more and never heard anyone else ever talk about them! Boy Harsher is my personal favorite on this list. I guess starting in 2010 and not being a band Tr/st missed out being able to be here, but I love the music so much!! Saw them live on Halloween and it was such an amazing show
OG Goth here - I saw all the original bands when I was a teen in the early to mid 80s. I am up to date on Goth bands up to around the early 2000s, but haven’t been looking hard for newer bands lately. This is a great list. I’m going to dive into some of these newer ones (I just made a giant playlist), and come back to look at the comments, too.
I'm envious you got to see the original bands when they were in their prime! It does feel like there's been a resurgence since about the 2010's, but I'm not sure if that's just because I wasn't paying much attention during the 2000's. Either way, there are a lot of great bands to explore now!
Im gonna check various of these bands thank you!
This is the second great video I have seen from you (first: female fronted punk bands), subscribed!
@@MARKUSMULDER Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to watch some of them! I feel like I’m still figuring out what I’m doing, but I’ve come a long way since the first few videos I made 😂 I hope you enjoy some of the upcoming topics, and I’m sure I’ll circle back around to punk and goth topics again as well.
Awesome video. I definitely have a couple bands and lots of music to analyse.
Some bands I would add or would like to have mentioned are:
1. Nox Novacula
2. The Kentucky Vampires
3. (Lesbian Bed Death) Not really a new name but the lineup was essentially fully refreshed with new faces
4. Ludovico Technique
5. Pagefire
6. Sonsombre
7. Velvet Mist
8. Vlad in Tears
9. Whispering Sons
10.Aeon Sable
I love your channel. Great research and information. I am a DJ at a rather popular local Goth club and I'm always looking for new bands to share with our rather large audience.
Thanks for the kind words! It's good to know there are still goth clubs out there thriving. I hope at least a handful of these were new to you... I tried to cover a range of the popular bands and also some new up and coming acts.
Im 47 , live in Munich , during 👑 lockdown I found all these amazing new bands and since then I’m in total revival! ❤️🔥 I watched slowdive, kontravoid,Traitrs! Wonderful! Next concerts: molchat Doma,Twin tribes, she past away, DIIV, french police, Lebanon Hannover soooo looking forward 🖤🥳 I absolutely love Drab Majesty Mareux & Minuit Machine & Sidney Valette and it goes on and on There are MANY! Make part 2 😉Gr8 video! Thank u 🖤
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! I'll definitely be doing some more on goth, including some that aren't just the newest bands... although they'll be mixed in with lots of other genres, since my taste is all over the map :D Yes, Drab Majesty is one of my very favourites of the modern bands, and would've talked about them and She Past Away if I hadn't given myself the "2013 and later" restriction.
Thanks for the recommendations! I would add Actors, Naut, Noktva, The Flatfield, Then Comes Silence , Soror Dolorosa, Urban Heat and Date At Midnight, to name a few...
We've been lucky to catch RGFP several times, from the back of a coffee shop to playing at Dark Force Fest. They are always a blast and seem to be really fun people in person.
Selofan is my personal favorite out of the modern goth groups. This is a great mix. I love House of Harm and Boy Harsher.
great list, so glad I found this channel, just added all of these to my downloads. Im old enough to remember the classics like bauhaus and joy division and these new bands are great too
some other bands to add to the other suggestions here, these bands are dark but not necessarily goth 😇throat, crows, coughin vicars,health, a.a williams, blood red shoes, chelsea wolfe,fourth dominion, unto others
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope you like some of the videos I've done on other genres, too... although I will be doing some more goth topics as well! I've been listening to some of those first wave goth bands for a long time, too, and they're still some of my very favourites.
Oh yeah, I'll second Chelsea Wolfe and Health.... I thought about both for this video, but they didn't fit quite neatly enough into goth. But they're both excellent!
Another rabbit hole would be American 80’s experimental electronic underground music, such as the Nightcrawlers. A lot of the artists only recorded on tapes, and they were prolific.
Awesome stuff that you can find on UA-cam.
Cheers!
I really like Boy Harsher's remix colab with Special Interest-steel pulse beat. Tiredsky is a great youtube channel where I get my goth/indie fix. Keep up the good work.
Oh yeah, that's such a good remix! Alli's vocals sound great over that minimal synth. That's another one I've put on several mixes.
❌You must have your ear to the ground as you really convey a knack for finding new bands I’ve never heard of, in genres I enjoy. Bravo!
May I add a few that I currently listen to:
Drab Majesty/ VR Sex
Soft Kill
topographies
Cold Showers
Death of Lovers
…& I really enjoy Peter Murphy from Bauhaus solo stuff. Great voice!
..sinnerella
I love Drab Majesty! They're one of my favourites that would fit with this style, just been around a bit too long to fit with this topic. I like what I've heard from Soft Kill and Peter Murphy, but I'll need to check out the others... Thanks for the recs, and I'm glad you're finding some new discoveries from these videos!
This is an amazing list. Topographies.... Drab... Soft Kill!!!!! Haven't finished the vid yet. But Lebanon better be in here.
@@danvsjeep8062 They were only left off because they'd been around a few years too long! Same with Drab Majesty and the Soft Moon. Topographies is one I still need to check out!
Great list! Other cool bands that fit the criteria: WINGTIPS, Urban Heat, Actors, Traitrs, Creux Lies, Minuet Machine, Harsh Symmetry, and Drab Majesty. House of Harm and Twin Tribes are awesome and the live shows for these two as well as Urban Heat and WINGTIPS are so much fun.
Twin Tribes ❤❤❤
Love Vision Video great show in Seattle
This is a great list! I'd love to shout out a small darkwave band I found last year: Ferrets Killed My Cables. Very unique vibes, but completely overlooked.
Thanks for the comment, I'm glad you enjoyed it! That's a band I've not heard of before, but I'm a fan of the band name, so I'll have to look into them. Cheers!
Thanks for some new bands to check out. Reading comments is exciting; I've been listening to a lot of what I consider "new goth," thanks to new technology recommending new bands based on my playlists. Seems like enough of us are hearing the vibe we recognize in similar bands.
I have to give shout out to twin tribes- absolutely amazing and continuing to impress me. TR/ST, Drab Majesty, ACTORS, KVB, She Past Away, Buzz Kull, Harsh Symmetry, Patriarchy, Soft Kill, Aeon Sable, Light Asylum
That's a good list of bands! I just started listening to Patriarchy today, actually, after randomly stumbling across them. And I learned about ACTORS from one of the comments on here, and I don't know how I was missing them for this long! She Past Away and Drab Majesty are both favourites of mine, but were just a bit too old to make it onto this particular list... but I'm sure I'll find a chance to talk about them :)
I'm impatient to discover more of your channel. That's the first video I watched of you, and I just want to say thanks. You're precious and accurate on this video, and I'd discovered some great band and it make me wanna listen again some other that I already know 🖤.
(Sorry for my English, I'm french).
Ps : Boy harsher n°1... OF COURSE 🖤💜🖤💜🖤
Thanks for the kind words! I've gone from making these mostly for my own entertainment to having a lot of viewers quite quickly, and it's been wonderful seeing the reaction to the last few videos. I hope you enjoy some of the bands you found on the list! And there will be more goth coming to the channel soon, along with some other genres I've yet to cover :)
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Great list! I love quite a few of them! Other shout-outs I’d include is
1. Lebanon Hanover
2. She Past Away
3. The Twilight Sad
4. Ritual Howls
5. Drab Majesty
6. Je T’aime
7. Lycia
8. Ist Ist
Thanks for the suggestions. I actually saw Creeper at Warped tour years ago and they were great. I'm a goth who does stand-up comedy and a lot of my material touches on the dark alternative underground.
Love Creeper❤
Down Below is my Fave
Saw them With Black Veil Brides
Ghost Kid
Dark Divine ❤❤❤❤
I recommend to give a listen to those two bands:
- moonvampire from Kazakhstan
- Hangwire from Uruguay
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Loved the video.
I took the recommendation of House of Harm and have had the Vicious Pastimes album on repeat since!
Turns out they are also in the UK in November so I'm going to see them.
Again, thanks for the recommendation!
Oh cool! I'm glad you're gonna make it to see them. I'm also in the UK and have seen so many bands doing shows I want to go to next month. Black Doldrums are doing their album launch party on November 1st in London, but I'll still be recovering from a Chelsea Wolfe show at that point, haha!
I'll have to look into the House of Harm tour and see if I can fit one of their shows in. Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying them! Playground is also really good... I've listened to it more since making this video, and it's catching up with Vicious Pastimes.
I saw Rosegarden Funeral Party for the first time this year, and after years of being a fan (I first heard them years ago on Communion After Dark) it was worth the wait. They have the coveted "Mr IndustrialPants Seal of Approval".
Goth is alive and kicking which I thought could not resurrect in the post 2020 era
I am new here on your channel and so honored that there are channels covering new goth bands as just from the usual old 80's and early 90's goth bands .I do see most of the bands that was mentioned here has still have that classic post punk and darkwave as we all know very well and one of them is Twin Tribes which i really have most respect for. I would really want to see more of new modern goth bands been mentioned in here . A very great band is the Awakening who is originally from South Africa but now based in the USA since 2009 .The band is originally driven by one person who is a songwriter/vocalist and multi instrumental artist whose music is described as Gothic rock/New wave/ dark wave/ industrial which i think needs to be looked as well and is currently releasing a new Album in October under same name as the band. Another great band from Germany which i also want to see featured in here is WISBORG who also have that darkwave / goth rock/ synth pop influences .Thank you so much for this review and let us support more Goth music and bands out there
A great collection❤❤❤ long unlive goth:)
Heartworms is an excellent up-and-coming band. Their debut full length is being released in February
You had me at Vision Video! All hail, Goth Dad! ❤
Have you heard the Spotify compilation he put together called Coffin Candy-the Best of Goth Pop?
Great video man , ive heard bans like twin tribe ,rose garden and molchat but definitly im gonna listening the rest bands ...
Thanks for the kind words! I hope you find a few more you really enjoy
Great content…thx.. I remember a DJ always played the band breeding ground..song called ‘this time tomorrow’& epic.happy now i know!!
Just discovered your channel and this is exactly the thing i like, thanks for all these awesome new goth band suggestions - there is so much more to Goth than Sisters of Mercy and great that these are all new ❤ I’ve seen Creeper live once before and am going to see them again in a few weeks, highly recommended!!!!
Thanks for the kind words, and I'm glad you like what you've seen so far! I've not had a chance to see Creeper live, or any of the bands on this list, actually, so I'm a bit envious, lol. Based on what I've seen on UA-cam, it looks like they put on a great show!
Deceits, Give My Remains to Broadway, Casket Cassette, This Cold Night, Drab Majesty, Traitrs, Forever Grey, Body of Light, Dancing Plague, Xiu Xiu, Jack Stauber, The Exit Bags
Great overview on modern Goth/Darkwave artists. Consider the following acts for the next instalment - In Letter Form from the US, Talk To Her (Italy), Deathtrippers (UK), Golden Age Of Nothing (UK) and of course us - The Scarlet Hour (UK). We’ve had over 3k views on our video for Torment, released our debut album Warnings last year on vinyl and released our 2nd EP Pursuit.
Thanks for sharing some other new bands! I'll check these out, and I'm trying out your debut as well :)
Mate. Your take on this genre of music is both informative and knowledgeable. I thought I was "up to date" on this... apparently not :-).
Also, props for mentioning curve.
Best band I saw live, and will always be so. Completely underated IMO.
You got yourself a sub bruv.
Thanks, glad to have you aboard :) Honestly, after making each of these videos, people in the comments give me about 100 bands I've never heard of, so I never really feel up to date myself :D
Curve is excellent, definitely one of the most underrated/underknown of the original shoegaze bands.
The Cold Oi movement coming out of France right now is definitely worth checking out. Syndrome 81 is a great band to start with.
Thank you for your list, i have to try some of these and add them to my playlist.
Great, I hope you find a few that you really enjoy!
I don't know if She Past Away would be beyond the age limit you were discussing, but I have noticed I am hearing more bands with that style coming out these days I am really enjoying them.
You certainly mentioned some groups on that list, and some others I am definitely going to be checking out.
I just wanted to name a few that were not on the list that I have discovered recently, that are less than ten years old.
Fearing
Octavian Winters
Ashes Fallen
Vosh
False Figure
Minuit Machine
Soft Vein
Scary Black
Matte Blvck
4dversary
This Eternal Decay
And there's a couple that were short lived that should not have been
In Letter Form
Holygram
And probably more leaning industrial here, but they have been touring with Clan of Xymox and seem to be receiving very positive feedback is, Curse Mackey, and his partner, Rona, who has her own project that is called SINE which is really good.
@@ZetaReticuli_ Thanks for sharing these, you listed quite a few I haven’t heard yet! Yeah, She past Away would’ve made the list if they weren’t just around for a little too long.
@@eclecticism-uk And thank you for doing this list, I love how you covered them. You earned my subscription as you helped me expand my music library.
I can't believe though that I forgot to mention Darkways in my list.
@@ZetaReticuli_ Thanks for subscribing! I've got another video that is partially goth bands coming up soon, although less of a focus on new bands. I keep hearing Darkways mentioned, but still haven't listened.... Okay, fine, I'm adding them right now, haha! Cheers.
@@eclecticism-uk I am looking forward to that video. 👍
Loved this list! I will listen to all of them and put them in my “notify me” lists
@@danielrenatobottoni3630 Thanks for the kind words! I hope you find some you really get into and enjoy
There's this band from Mexico City called Stranger and Lovers. They play a blend of post punk, dark wave and even some EBM in their albums.
If you're looking for something that sounds straight out of a vampire club, this is the band for you.
Songs: Death song, Masochistic love, Atado junto a ti, and Blood dance
sorry this comment refers to ‘undiscovered or influential but forgotten 80s Goth’ but in 1986 England ,a cool nipper in our pub lent me an album with Chinese or Soviet Communist Party cover art & the sound inside was for its time was absolutely nuts - where Rockabilly met Industrial. i think the band was one guy called Foetus / Scraping Foetus & the album was titled Hole & released in 84,85 or 86.
when i1st heard NiN many years after as an out of touch grandpa,i immediately recalled a track on Hole called “I’ll meet you in Poland Baby” from a decade before the 1st NiN album.
🙄👍❤️🐢👽
That's Jim Thirlwell & his project, Foetus. He's recorded multiple albums under various permutations of the name Foetus (including Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel), but it's all him. Fantastic (and frequently underrated) stuff.
@ thanks fella 😁👍
I am a one man goth band, also from Georgia. I work mostly with gothic metal and have seen a pretty big rise in heavier forms of gothic music. I hope people can find joy in the heaviness and darkness that i try to convey, check it out sometime!
Man, people are sleeping on that cover of WAP. Thanks for sharing your channel!
@@eclecticism-uk thank you for listening! You might also like the Enjoy the Silence cover too
I've seen Rosegarden Funeral Party, Kaelan Mikla, Twin Tribes, and Vision Video live. They are all amazing bands and are equally amazing on stage. I was somewhat surprised that there were some bands on your list I wasn't familiar with that I am now following. Thank you for that!
I know several people have mentioned bands they'd like to add to your list and here are mine (I know this list was limiting the bands to 10 years, and some in my list may be a bit older):
Creux Lies
DARK
Then Comes Silence
Nox Novacula
Doors in the Labyrinth
Delusions of Madness
Pass/Ages
Gulf Blvd
Panic Priest
Thanks for the kind words! Nox Novacula is quite good, but you have a lot of others on here I've not heard yet, so I'll have to add them to my list. One thing I love about doing this type of video is that you can get a little introduction from the bands in the video, but then the comments section captures a huge range of what's going on in the genre, and gives you so much more to explore.
Thanks for the recs!
Haunt Me is a GEM! You should check them out if you haven’t already.
Thanks for the list. Really enjoyed checking out The Cold Field and Pesadilla Gris! 🙌
I was glad to see a few of my favorites on this list, but even better were a few you mentioned that I’ll be digging in to - Rosegarden Funeral Party, Chain Cult, and Creeper. I think you’d like Convert, from Milwaukee WI. Convert fits in with this list and has a very low monthly listener count on Spotify, similar to some others on this list. They’re great live and worth a listen.
Your channel is off to a great start and I look forward to new videos.
Thank you so much!
Agree...Boy Harsher.....she Past Away.....Incredible
I loveee twin tribes. A couple of other goth/darkwave artists I would recommend are French police & harsh symmetry
She Past Away, Boy Harsher, and Lebanon Hanover have been my three favorite modern goth bands.
That's a great set of bands! She Past Away is definitely one of my favourites
Great list. I especially love Chain Cult and The Cold Field. My favourite recent discovery are French Police, from Chicago.
I've not heard them yet, but will definitely check them out! Glad to come across someone else who likes The Cold Field, since I've not heard nearly enough conversation about them.
@eclecticism-uk Thanks for introducing me to them, I'm Australian but I'd not heard of them before. Yes, definitely check out FP, I'm sure you'll like them.
Great video. Dig into Switchblade Symphony,Faith and The Muse,Unto Ashes. This will branch out to other great bands.
Thank you was waiting for a list like this, usually its older goth groups, making my playlist. Recommend you try out Prayers theyre sorta considered the founders of Cholo-Goth. Thanks again.
Thanks for the video.
I will check all mentioned bands out.
I was only aware of 2 of them, The Creeper (through Scream 2022 and Salem's song) and Boy Harsher (thorugh Halloween Ends)
Hi. Think there was a goth scene in Portland❤ But only a handful of black clothes people in high school. My introduction to "goth" was The Cure. So happy the genre is still evolving ❤
At my high school in Indiana in the late 90's, we had a few people who would be considered "mall goths," and I fit in with them... but the only real goth bands I knew were Bauhaus and The Cure 🤣 I've learned a lot since then, and I do feel like goth is still going strong with a lot of really good bands 🖤
Also...The Birthday Massacre...started in '99 and still making new music 26 years on...with their tenth studio album due out sometime in the next couple of months, along with a Spring US tour and an Autumn UK tour
Try: Hapax, Ash Code, Talk To Her, Geometric Vision, The Second Still, Creux Lies, The Expoloding Boy, Actors, The Agnes Circle, Cut City, Delphine Coma, The Foreign Resort, Whispering Sons, Under The Skin, Specters, Clan Of Xymox, Traitrs, Ist Ist, Silent Runners, Ritual Howls, She Past Away, Principe Valiente, Iamtheshadow etc...... Not all new bands but still going strong
To this day I still listen and blast Type O Negative but I also enjoy other bands… my friend and I use to go to the goth clubs all the time and miss all the sounds from then.. so I love this video because now I have new bands to check out. I made my list and will pull them up now. Thank you!
Thanks for the comment, I hope you enjoy some of the bands on here you haven't heard! Yeah, Type O Negative is great, often imitated but never matched. They're also perfect music for the lead up to Halloween, too.
@@eclecticism-uk long time ago my friend and I seen then in concert for Halloween. It was amazing! I miss Pete and the band.
You saw them at a Halloween show? Ah, I bet that was amazing! They're one of the many, many bands I wish I would've seen live when I had a chance.
Been looking for new goth bands. God send
Wonderful, I hope you find some on here that you get really into!
Love this. Twin tribes started me down a rabbit hole starting in Texas and working my way south. Monitor,Gloory Hole(yes it’s a band and my fav) and La Texana to start. Leonora Post Punk
I've not heard of any of these others, actually. Thanks for sharing them!
Black Doldrums - Love them. Also: Then Comes Silence, Agent Side Grinder and Sounds Like Winter - three bands whose albums are masterpieces. Strangers, Inner Noises and Porcelain are three respective awesome tracks that I can recommend as starters.
@miltonmowers1088 just in case you didn’t spot it, I just did an interview/vinyl shopping video with Black Doldrums. If you’re into them, you may want to check it out 🙂
Soft Scent from Italy have a distinct classic Dark Wave sound as well!
incredible list, definitely gonna check some of these people out! as a little baby bat myself, I've gotta give a shout out to Twice Dark! partially cause he's a family friend, mostly cause he's crazy talented! darkwave, industrial, goth vibes all around. personal favorite is Pagan Disco.
Thanks! I now have several new bands to check... Suggestion: Whispering Sons from Belgium
Beautiful music