KMFDM

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Apr 032009

Creating an unyielding audio assault since a multimedia performance in 1984, Kein Mehrheit Fur Die Mitleid (No Pity for the Majority) have taken dance track tactics to their extremes. A crushing synthesis of hip-hop beats and Industrial percussion is used as a concrete foundation for sinister instrumentation. Guitar riffs as dark and violent as Slayer’s more hellish moments are strung tightly from oppressive washes of heavy synths. What separates KMFDM from most other Industrial Dance groups is their radical political content. Terrorizing, distorted vocals and spoken word sample arrangements posit that their position Is a Drug Against War.
- Marc Kate

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Apr 012009

Nine Inch Nails is a one-man industrial-rock band whose symphonic noise and intense lyrics articulate an alienation and rage that have attracted a wide audience. The diviner of this millenarian angst is Trent Reznor, who writes, arranges, performs, and produces all of Nine Inch Nails’ material.

Reznor grew up isolated in small-town Pennsylvania, where he studied classical piano as a kid, switching to keyboards and playing in garage bands as a teen. He dropped out of Pennsylvania’s Meadville College, moved to Cleveland, and recorded a self-made demo. That tape got him signed to TVT, an independent label best known for compilations of TV jingles.

Pretty Hate Machine was coproduced by Flood (Depeche Mode, U2), John Fryer (Love & Rockets, Cocteau Twins), and Adrian Sherwood and Keith LeBlanc. It yielded three college-radio hits, most notably “Head Like a Hole,” the video for which got extensive MTV play. Although the album vented an extremely dire, introspective outlook, it sold a million copies. This was at least in part due to the fact that Reznor assembled a band that spent three years on the road promoting Pretty Hate Machine, in the process dazzling audiences at the 1991 Lollapalooza Tour and opening for Guns n’ Roses in Europe. NIN spent so long touring because Reznor was suing to be released from TVT, who he said didn’t support him artistically or financially. Several other companies were interested in NIN, and when TVT wouldn’t let Reznor go, Interscope negotiated an agreement to corelease the band. Interscope also gave Reznor his own label, Nothing. Broken (Number Seven, 1992) was recorded during this period in a number of locations “without the permission of The Record Label,” as the liner notes say. The EP is an intensely devastated and devastating document, once again entirely masterminded by Reznor, with three tracks coproduced by Flood. NIN had Coil and Foetus’ Jim Thirwell remix tracks from Broken on Fixed.

Broken debuted at Number Seven on the pop albums chart, while “Wish,” a track from the record, won a Grammy for Best Metal Performance. Reznor tested the freedom granted by his new record company on the video for “Happiness in Slavery,” which showed a man being sexually tortured and ground into a pulp by a machine – a visualization of NIN’s own tortured nature as a synth band venting human emotions and an apt metaphor for Reznor’s feelings about the music business. This was not the first controversial NIN video: “Sin,” from the first album, was refused by MTV for its images of genital piercing and gay men smearing blood on each other, while outtakes from “Down in It” were investigated by the FBI, which suspected that they were culled from a snuff film.

Working on his next album in L.A., Reznor moved into the house where Charles Manson’s followers murdered Sharon Tate. Flood again coproduced, and the album featured guitarist Adrian Belew. The Downward Spiral (1994), a dense, depression-filled, and uncompromising work, debuted at Number Two on the chart and went on to sell 5 million copies.

In the summer of 1994, NIN appeared at the Woodstock ’94. A version of “Happiness in Slavery” from the live album culled from performances at the festival earned NIN its second Grammy for Best Metal Performance. In 1996, Reznor coproduced shock-rocker Marilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar (the two men later had a falling-out). Reznor also produced the soundtracks for Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers (1994) and David Lynch’s Lost Highway (1997).

Accolades from both the rock and mainstream press were pouring in by this time, with Time magazine naming Reznor one of the 25 most influential Americans. In 1999 NIN released its first studio album in five years, a despairing double CD called The Fragile (Number One). Working with a broader sonic palette than before, Reznor tempered his throbbing cacophony with moodier, subdued moments; ROLLING STONE hailed the record “a brutal and delicate masterpiece.” “The Day the World Went Away” debuted at Number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart to become the first Top 40 single of NIN’s career.

All that Could Have Been, a live disc and video documenting the Fragile tour cycle, followed in 2002. Reznor resurfaced three years later with another Number One studio album from Nine Inch Nails, With Teeth, which included the Number One Modern Rock singles “Every Day is Exactly the Same” and “Only.” NIN was slated to perform the anti-George W. Bush song “The Hand That Feeds” at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards but dropped out when the channel refused to allow the group to perform in front of a large image of the president. The group toured through 2006, stopping briefly for Reznor to put together another set of studio tracks, and resumed touring in 2007. The bleak Orwellian concept album Year Zero (Number Two) arrived in April, spawning the Number One Modern Rock hit “Survivalism.” The album included a pre-release marketing campaign that involved an elaborate online alternate reality game offering fans clues to the album’s storyline, and a remixed version (Y34R Z3R0 R3M1X3D), offered fans the opportunity to contribute their own remixes of the tracks online. Reznor, long unhappy with the music industry, announced that October that Year Zero had been his contract-ending release for Universal Music Group and that he would release all future music independently. In 2008, within two months of each other, Reznor released two albums: Ghosts I-IV, an entirely instrumental album, was released in March and The Slip, released in May, was given away as a free download.

Updated from The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001)

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  • Audio Assault – A weekly broadcast of industrial and post-industrial music from 90.5 WUSC in South Carolina. Online listening available through RealPlayer.
  • Black Channel – Radio show also broadcast through RealAudio presenting the world of gothic, industrial, dark techno, electro, ritual, experimental, ambient, and avant garde.
  • EBM Radio – Free streaming EBM, electro-industrial, synthpop, dark, electronic, and futurepop.
  • The Erotic Tablesaw – An industrial music program broadcast on CHSR-fm, 97.9 in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Online listening available through RealPlayer.
  • God’s Wil – Gothic, electro, industrial, noise, dark ambient and EBM show on the independent Radio 100 from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Also features a live webcast.
  • Hexenradio – Offers archives of past shows, setlists, and contact information. Formerly Radio Distortion.
  • Industrial Zoning – Industrial, EBM, and electronica show out of Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Includes RealAudio streaming, archive of past shows, and playlists.
  • Mutant Radio – Radio show playing unusual and obscure new wave, gothic industrial and cold wave music from the early 80s via RealPlayer.
  • Ripe With Decay – A weekly radio program featured every Wednesday on 93.5 CHMR-FM in Newfoundland, showcasing all varieties of industrial music. Online stream available through RealPlayer.
  • Schizophonia – French-based site includes downloadable MP3s of past shows, news, events calendar, and setlists.
  • The SlagHuis: Radio Free Abattoir – Offers new gothic, industrial, and darkwave music. Broadcast archive, station background, featured tracks.
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A partial list of industial bands with links.

  • 1000 Homo DJ’s – Information on the Ministry side project includes history, discography, and lyrics.
  • BBC: 23 Skidoo, Seven Songs – Positive review of the 1981 album, “an album which actually lives up to the claim of having been ‘hugely influential’.”
  • Discogs: 23 Skidoo – Complete discography of the band.
  • DJ History: 23 Skidoo – Article reviewing the band’s career, by Bill Brewster.
  • 23 Skidoo Fetish Archive – Discography, downloadable real audio, and MP3s for the industrial experimental funk band associated with Cabaret Voltaire, Coil, and Throbbing Gristle.
  • 9volt Revolt – Band from Louisville, Kentucky. Members of Tokyo3, Spidera, Atomic and The Revenants. Music, news, biographies, and photos.
  • Ache, The – Official site features news, music, pictures, biography, links and a forum.
  • Action Directe – English band’s site features news, history, discography, pictures, MP3s, and ordering information.
  • Aggravated Static – Florida band’s site features news, biography, discography, pictures, and MP3s.
  • Ah Cama-Sotz – Official site, featuring industrial doom and dark atmospheres.
  • Alex Machine – News, pictures, MP3s, discography, and merchandise.
  • All Flesh – Metal-industrial band from Minneapolis with prophetc and religious themes.
  • Alluring Eve – Band’s official site featuring pictures, guestbook, tour information, music information, a band biography, and a “street team” section.
  • Ann Hell – Site features MP3s, discography, and lyrics, in both English and Spanish.
  • AntiQuark – Goth-industrial band from San Diego.
  • A-Set – History, news, discography, audio downloads, and lyrics.
  • Assimilate – Solo project of Cesium 133’s Ben Endicott features discography and merchandise.
  • Azoic, The – Female fronted industrial dance. Site contains news, biography, discography, show schedule, interviews, reviews, and pictures.
  • Bahntier – Italian band with news, biography, music clips, photos, video, and schedule of live shows.
  • Birmingham 6 – Official website for the Danish band. News, biography, discography, pictures, and an MPEG video.
  • Black Horizon – The band’s official site. Features information, downloads, a band biography, news, and contact information.
  • Blank – Italian band’s site features news, discography, pictures, and MP3s.
  • BloodMachine – A one man project site features news, FAQ, pictures, and MP3s.
  • Bratwurst – Band based out of Duluth, Minnesota that creates a mix of industrial, techno, electronic, experimental, noise, synth music.
  • Carved Insane – Official website includes discography information, and links to the frontman’s other projects.
  • Chango Feo – Site includes biography, discography, and media downloads.
  • Chaotica – Indiana band’s site features a biography, discography, MP3s, merchandise, pictures, and tour dates.
  • Cheated Virgins, The – News, gig list, contact information, biographies, MP3 samples, lyrics.
  • Clarke, Timothy Steven – Features music written for video games.
  • Collapse – California band’s site features artwork, writings, and MP3s.
  • Colossal Spin – Post-industrial metal music. Official site.
  • Contagion – Features news, discography, MP3s, videos, lyrics, and merchandise.
  • Control Theory – News, biography, pictures, MP3s, upcoming shows, and merchandise for the San Francisco band.
  • Cyanotic – Official site features information, media, concert listings, a forum and a store.
  • Axis: Cabaret Voltaire – Includes an article on the band and a listing of past live performances.
  • Brainwashed: Cabaret Voltaire – Complete and official site with news, discography, interviews and reviews.
  • Cabaret Voltaire – Fan page with sound samples (1987 and newer).
  • Cabaret Voltaire Interview – Interview with Richard Kirk from early 1993, from the archives of the ezine Chaos Control.
  • RollingStone.com: Cabaret Voltaire – Includes a biography, discography, links and message board.
  • All Music Guide: Clock DVA – Review of the career and recordings of Clock DVA.
  • Anterior Research and Clock DVA – Official web site of the band Clock DVA and their record label.
  • Clock DVA – Five tracks from the album “Man-Amplified” in Real Audio format.
  • Clock DVA – A 20 Year Timeline – Article outlining the history of the band from 1978-1998.
  • Black Sheep and Black Suns – Interview with the band Coil shortly following the release of “Love’s Secret Domain” in 1991.
  • Coil – An interview with John Balance from the British ‘zine Compulsion.
  • Coil at Axis – Archive interviews and features from the early years of Coil.
  • The Coil Mailing List – Dedicated to discussion of the band Coil: subscription information and archives.
  • Coil: The Solar Lodge – Official site at Brainwashed. Includes news, directly from Peter Christopherson and Jhon Balance.
  • Vanleeuwen.to – Coil fan site includes message board, chat, and photos.
  • Album Reviews at Musicfolio – Covenant discography, album reviews and ratings, and links.
  • Covenant – Official site of the European industrial group. Includes discography and news. Flash required.
  • Covenant Interview from Chaotic Critiques Fanzine – Interview regarding album ‘Europa’ and how it compares to the band’s previous work.
  • Device – Features MP3 samples, history of the band, and member profiles.
  • Die Kranken Katzchen – Industrial band from Phoenix, Arizona.
  • digital PULSE unit – Solo industrial / EBM project with Skinny Puppy influences.
  • Dismantled – Features news, biography, audio stream, media downloads, interviews, and ordering information.
  • Dizzy Nitre – Official site offering posters, live information, and studio information.
  • Doomsday Virus – Official site includes MP3 samples, biography, and photos.
  • Dr Kevorkian & the Suicide Machine – New Zealand band’s site features ordering information, lyrics, pictures, and MP3s.
  • Drone 24-7 – Includes audio samples, biography, MP3 downloads, and press information.
  • All Music Guide: Die Warzau – Profile, and discography with review.
  • Die Warzau – Official site includes news, history, discography, sound files, and photos.
  • Die Warzau Lyrics – Lyrics from their first three albums.
  • Discogs: Die Warzau – Discography for the band.
  • EBE – Features news, discography, pictures, and MP3s.
  • Endif – This site is the official access node for all things pertaining to Endif.
  • Blixa Bargeld – Official site for the band’s lead singer with news, events, biography, projects, discography and promo pictures. English and German.
  • Bryan’s Einsturzende Neubauten Fanpage – Features album listings and lyrics.
  • Einstürzende Neubauten – Band history, interviews, lyrics. Much of the site is in German, but there are some sections in both German and English, and English interviews. Sometimes you need to scroll down on a page to see the English text.
  • Einstürzende Neubauten – Official site with news, sounds, photos, and links.
  • Einsturzende Neubauten at Mute Records – Press release for Total Eclipse of the Sun single.
  • Einstürzende Neubauten Unofficial Homepage – A fan page with facts, rumours, discography, song clips, photos and links.
  • Liliacea – Einsturzende Neubauten fan site with much unique content.
  • Metacritic: Silence is Sexy – Links to a few reviews of the album.
  • Foetus – Officially sanctioned web entity with oodles of information. Includes news, discography, audio and video files, photos, biographies, merchandise sales, lyrics, reviews, interviews, and articles.
  • All Music Guide: Foetus – Entry about Jim “Foetus” Thirlwell.
  • Birdman Records: Foetus – Profile from his new record label.
  • Chingada – Discussion list for all things Foetus — the many musical projects of Jim Thirlwell, aka Clint Ruin.
  • The Complete Front 242 Discography – Discography, with images, includes side projects and remixes.
  • Evil E ’s FRONT 242 site – Bootleg and guest appearance information, and remix and side project.
  • Front 242 – Last Sigh Magazine’s tribute site to the band.
  • Front 242 – The official website for the fathers of Electronic Body Music.
  • Front 242 Live Review – La Plume Noire e-zine review of live show at Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, California on October 2nd, 2000.
  • Front 242: Musicfolio album reviews – discography, album reviews and ratings.
  • Joseph Gogh HomePage – Complete discography, lyrics, and interviews.
  • Neo-242’s Picture Archive – A no-nonsense picture archive of the Belgian EBM formation Front 242.
  • Front Line Assembly – Has news, pictures, side project information and more for this Canadian industrial group.
  • Front Line Assembly Czech Homepage. – Complete fan site features news, history, discography, pictures, lyrics, and reviews their shows in the Czech Republic. In English and Czech.
  • Metropolis Records: Front Line Assembly – Biography, sound files, and information about the band’s releases on the label.
  • Rockmagic.net: FLA Lyrics – Song lyrics for 38 tracks, indexed by album and alphabetically.
  • Elektrobank Presents: Funker Vogt – Fan created site with audio samples, exclusive pictures, and interviews.
  • Funker Vogt (English) – Official site features news, lyrics, discography, merchandise, and multimedia.
  • Funker Vogt (German) – Official site features news, lyrics, discography, merchandise, and multimedia.
  • Metropolis Records: Funker Vogt – Profile and partial discography from their USA label.
  • Yahoo! Groups: Funker Vogt – Discussion group for Funker Vogt fans. Yahoo! registration required.
  • Glizten – Official site of the industrial rock band from Johnson City, Tennessee. News, band biography and MP3 samples.
  • Globus – News, music, downloads, reviews and contact information for this industrial rock band from Sarajevo, Bosnia.
  • God Project, The – Agressive, intelligent, industrial-electronic music from northeast Kansas.
  • godkomplex – Official site featuring news, photos and music downloads.
  • Hieronymus Bosch Musical Project – Official site of the Bulgarian underground project.
  • HIV+ HARSH INDUSTRIAL VIRUS – This site contains noise and harsh music, pictures, history and paintings.
  • holocaust humanity, the – Official site features news, band pictures, and audio samples.
  • Hula – Information about the eighties industrial band from Sheffield England. Features discography and history.
  • Hyper-Nebula – An industrial-triphop band from Brighton, UK, influenced by bands like NIN, Massive Attack, Leftfield, and Throbbing Gristle. With pictures, lyrics, MP3s and links.
  • DFC Eye Candy: Hanzel Und Gretyl – Four photos from a live performance.
  • Metropolis Records: Hanzel und Gretyl – Profile and sound clips from their record label.
  • Rollingstone.com: Hanzel Und Gretyl – Includes a biography, discography, links and message board.
  • Hate In The Box – Official band site, with background, lyrics, MP3s, artwork, show details, and links.
  • Hate in the Box Hinged with Abuse – Includes a messageboard, photos, chat, calendar, links and news.
  • Hocico German Fanbase – Fan site features news, pictures, discography, tour dates, and press clippings.
  • Infinity Interrupt – First release called Antarctica Starts Here. This site contains Bio,News and Contact info.
  • Infovein – Music, biography and contact information for this Industrial Texas-based recording artist.
  • intoXILE – Gothic, darkwave band from the East Coast. Site includes song downloads, pictures, news, and related links.
  • Intricate Unit – Leatherstrip influenced Industrial. MP3s and other band information.
  • Jerk – An industrial metal band from Sydney, Australia. With news, pictures, audio and video clips, reviews, and profiles.
  • Katscan – Electronic-punk industrial band’s official site.
  • Ken Gage Web Family, The – Site dedicated to the works of extremist writer Ken Gage, including surreal art, industrial music and horror.
  • khate.org – Slammin’ industrial tunes by a one girl act from Virginia.
  • Krieg Der Kinder – A band combing industrial metal, punk and noise music. With pictures, background, news, MP3s, schedule and merchandise.
  • World of KMFDM – Official site, maintained by Sascha Konietzko. History, discography, lyrics to select songs, frequently asked questions, and place to order official merchandise.
  • All Music Guide: KMFDM – Biography, discography, select album covers, and information on the members and related projects.
  • ArtistDirect Network: KMFDM – Contains a biography, discography, related artists, and a list of hit songs with windows media and realplayer audio samples.
  • KAOS2000 Magazine – MDFMK-era interview with Sascha Konietzko by David Lee Wilson.
  • KMFDM – Musik ist Macht – 1997 tour dates, lyrics, band members, discography, and news from early 1999.
  • KMFDM Concert Tale – An account of the 2002 KMFDM concert. Includes pictures and a summary of the show.
  • KMFDM Frequently Asked Questions – A large collection of questions and answers. Much of the information comes from Sascha Konietzko.
  • KMFDMania – Includes discography, history, links, original poems, and audio.
  • Launch.com: KMFDM – Features a biography, videos, photos, reviews, news, and a community message board.
  • A Magic Carpet Ride to Hell – Contains news, biography, discography, images, tablature, articles, interviews, videos, Real Audio, wave files, and links.
  • Massive Attack: The KMFDM Webring – Houses over 60 sites.
  • Metropolis Records: KMFDM – Detailed biography of the band from one of their record labels in the United States. MP3 and realplayer audio clips are included.
  • Mission: MDFMK – Current news, full discography, multimedia, excusive content – maintained by an mdfmk representative.
  • MSJ – Post-WWIII interview with Sascha Konietzko.
  • RollingStone.com: KMFDM – Includes a biography, discography, photos, articles, video, links and message board.
  • Szero’s KMFDM – Band discography, lyrics, interviews and reviews, history, and old news. No longer updated.
  • VH1: KMFDM – News, album reviews, audio downloads, biography, discography, links, and bulletin boards.
  • Lab Productions Music Magazine: KMFDM Interview – Post-WWIII interview with Sascha. (November 10, 2003)
  • Lab Productions Photo Extravaganza: KMFDM – Live pictures from the House of Blues in Chicago, taken by Jason Allen. (October 26, 2003)
  • Seattle Weekly – Sascha and Lucia interviewed by Andrew Bonazelli. (October 15, 2003)
  • Electromeda – Sascha talks about the breakup of the band, Sanctuary records, the band members, and what’s to come in this interview. (October 3, 2003)
  • DNA Lounge: KMFDM Featuring Pig Photos – Live pictures taken at the DNA Lounge. Also includes live photos of 16 Volt and Kidneythieves from the same show. (June 2, 2002)
  • USATODAY.com – Sascha answers fan-submitted questions. (February 6, 2002)
  • Sonic Boom: KMFDM Interview – Interview with Sascha Konietzko, Tim Skold, and Gunter Schultz. (November 3, 1997)
  • Ledernacken – Homepage of German musician Ledernacken. Has Realaudio audio samples, photo gallery and discography.
  • lemur – Official site of the tribal/industrial band.
  • Life-X-Zero – Industrial music witch technoid influences.
  • Loathias – News updates on the Toronto band, and the side project Bio Grove.
  • low distortion unit – The official website of the french industrial rock band that composed the music of “Alone in the dark 4″.
  • Laibach – Official homepage includes biography, discography, bibleography, manifesto, interviews, poster images, and information about side projects and NSK.
  • Laibach – Fan site includes audio, discography, interviews, pictures, video, tour dates and history.
  • Laibach – The art and music of Laibach plus the Neue Slowenische Kunst.
  • Omega’s Laibach Web Page – A fan page with tour information, CD reviews and pictures. Warning: automatically plays a midi file upon loading.
  • The Unofficial Laibach Web Site – Includes news, history, links, concert information, and discography.
  • Metropolis Records – Leaether Strip – Official page featuring history, discography, and audio clips from the record label.
  • Manufactured Soul – Futuristic electro-industrial based in Norfolk.
  • Mercy Cage, The – Official website for New Zealand darkwave/industrial band.
  • Meurs et Ressuscite – Discography, press-book, MP3 and RealAudio samples for the punk industrial band.
  • mindFIELD – Official site for the electronic/techno/industrial/whatever band from Worcester, Massachusetts. Includes biography, MP3s, photos, and tour information.
  • Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud, The – A band releasing music since 1993. With news, background, discography, press, pictures, and links.
  • Murder By Modem – American band’s page features biography, discography, and photos.
  • All Music Guide: MC 900 Ft. Jesus – Profile, and discography with reviews.
  • MC 900ft Jesus Page – Fan site includes a discography with cover images, sound files and lyrics.
  • SWerquin.net: MC 900 Ft Jesus – History and discography.
  • All Music Guide: Meat Beat Manifesto – Biography, and discography with reviews.
  • Ink 19: Meat Beat Manifesto: In Dub – Review by Bill Campbell of the dub remix of the RUOK? album.
  • MBM Web – Official site for Meat Beat Manifesto.
  • Rollingstone.com: Meat Beat Manifesto – Includes a biography, discography, photos, links and message board.
  • Al Jourgensen – Tribute to the man behind such constellations as Ministry, the Revolting Cocks and 1000 Homo DJs.
  • Just One Fix – News, information, links, multimedia, current releases, lyrics, and discography.
  • Ministry – Official site includes news, tour dates, biography and discography, audio and video clips, pictures, and “Piss Army,” a fan club.
  • Ministry.nu – Devoted to the biggest industrial rock group and their fans. Site has news, tour dates, and information on side projects by band members.
  • RollingStone.com: Ministry – Includes a biography, discography, photos, articles, links and message board.
  • Stéphane Burlot Photographie: Ministry – Photos from two Paris shows, 1999 and 2002.
  • TrouserPress.com: Ministry – Extensive biography and a discography.
  • VH1: Ministry – Includes album reviews, music news, audio downloads, biography, discography, links, and a bulletin board.
  • Kooler Than Ascii – Resources – The TKK FAQ, discography, lyrics, samples listing and interview archives.
  • The Mindway – Tour dates, verified news, rumors, releases, and photos.
  • Rykodisc Records – Reissued 3 formerly-out-of-print albums in April, 1999; track lists and sound clips RealAudio, news, tour information and a message board.
  • Sinsation – General band information, a few pictures, two sound clips and an answer to the question “Why Isn’t TKK Ever On MTV?”.
  • Thrill Kill Kids – Pictures of TKK fans.
  • Thrill Kill Kult – Mailing list.
  • WBER – A picture of Jackie Black and Groovie Mann at a college radio station.
  • Yahoo Groups: The Shock of Point 6 – Forum with news and rumors.
  • Natural Selection – One-man project out of Florida. Site includes art, writings, and RealAudio files.
  • Necessary Response – Offers news, message board, and audio streaming.
  • Nervous Sys-op – Electronic Industrial Dance band that offers mp3s of their work.
  • Nervous System – The official site for the underground band from Maryland which specializes in industrial metal music.
  • Netherfabrik – The official site for electro-industrial music project. Site is run by the artist, and contains pertinent news, a conceptual description of the band, and contact info.
  • No Name Desire – Official site of the EBM band from Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Noisex – Official information site about the German industrial-rhythm-noise project.
  • Null Character – Official site for the one-person industrial/dance/rock project. With news, background, personal photos, and links.
  • The NIN Hotline – Frequently updated source for news and events. RSS feed available
  • Nine Inch Nails – Official site includes news, discography, tour dates, video clips, and answers to submitted questions. RSS feed available.
  • Digital Noise – Unofficial Nothing Records news, articles, reviews, and forum.
  • Lyrics Freak: Nine Inch Nails – Lyrics sorted alphabetically or by album.
  • MTV.com: Nine Inch Nails – Features music video clips, album reviews, live performances, and interviews.
  • The NIN Collector – Lists all official releases, domestic and foreign, with rarity index.
  • Nine Inch Nails Bass Tabs – bass tabs for a number of songs
  • The Nine Inch Nails Webpit – Includes a bootleg archive, discography information, lyrics, articles and links to many sites on the “NINternet”.
  • Nineinchnails.net – News, store, forum, FAQs, graphics, and audio and video downloads.
  • RollingStone.com: Nine Inch Nails – Includes biography, recordings, pictures, articles, video files, and message board.
  • VH1: Nine Inch Nails – News, biography, musical influences, audio clips, pictures, and music videos.
  • Oomph! – Fan site for the German band founded in 1991. With background, profiles, pictures, news, audio and video clips, and links.
  • Overbeyond – French electro industrial duet. Influenced by bands such as Suicide Commando, Dive, Velvet Acid Christ or Kirlian Camera.
  • Park, Remo – German rock/industrial/electronica/progressive musician; includes history, lyrics, and song downloads. German and English.
  • platEAU – Minimalist techno sounds of cEvin Key and Co.
  • Psycho Industry – A musical project mixing metal and industrial music. Listen to the tracks in RealAudio, order the album, news, history, live sessions, and contacts.
  • PTP – Devoted to the Ministry side-project PTP (Programming The Psychodrill), a band with only one two-song single. History, discography, lyrics, images, and rare information.
  • The Pigface Homepage – Official site includes news, discography, the ultimate line-up list, photos, RealAudio, interviews and lyrics.
  • Pigface – Photos by Jacqueline Peterson taken at the Quest in Minneapolis. (December 12, 2003)
  • Onion AV Club – Interview with Martin Atkins on Invisible Records and planting trees for Bon Jovi drummer, Tico Torres. (April 2, 1998)
  • Splendid: Pigface – A review of Pigface’s “A New High in Low.” (September 22, 1997)
  • Official Project Pitchfork Homepage – An extensive fansite: with news, biography, discography, pictures, song samples, lyrics, and other band-related content.
  • Family ov Psychick Individuals – Large archive of information, including a comprehensive discography with cover pictures.
  • Genesis P-Orridge and Psychic TV – Profile of the band from Invisible Records, with RealAudio sound samples.
  • Psychic TV Discography – Discography, plus Genesis P-Orridge and related artists.
  • RC Drone – Features MP3s, show dates and live pictures.
  • Reactor Mind – Official site for the Skinny Puppy influenced band. Offers news, discography, images and downloads.
  • Reel Homepage – Homepage for REEL, from Amsterdam, Holland. Especially check out the music from their album “Stock Ausfahrt”.
  • Reisswolvf – Homepage with full length MP3s, contact information, a collection of related links and a webrings section.
  • Reyne, Jordan – Underground New Zealand-based artist creating industrial-tinged apocalyptic folk-noir. With MP3s, discography, reviews, gigs, and links.
  • Rammstein – Official English site. Discography, specials, information on the date and location of new Rammstein concerts, and a restricted access fan area.
  • Paul Shrine 2002 – Tribute to Rammstein guitarist Paul Landers with photographs, news, observations, polls, sounds, and a biography.
  • Pretty Boy Playground – Fan shrine to Rammstein lead guitarist Richard Kruspe. Features pictures, fan submitted artwork and fiction, and humor articles.
  • RollingStone.com: Rammstein – Biography, photo gallery, discography with album ratings, trivia quiz, and a message board.
  • VH1: Rammstein – Album reviews, news, audio downloads, biography, discography, links, and bulletin board.
  • What Would Till Do – Offers interviews and conversations with Till, pictures, and other fan links.
  • RollingStone.com: Revolting Cocks – Biography, photo, and discography.
  • TrouserPress.com: Revolting Cocks – Review of the band’s career and recordings.
  • TVT Records: Revolting Cocks – Discography and information.
  • Savage Republic – 1980s Los Angeles seminal industrial/rock/experimental band. This official site hosts audio and video downloads and a historical archive.
  • Silent Science, The – A Los Angeles based electro/synth pop act similar to Apoptygma Berzerk, VNV Nation, De/Vision, Elegant Machinery and Neuroactive. With news, biography, and contact information.
  • Six Past Seven – An industrial/ambient project based in Germany. With news, downloads, discography, and links.
  • Skeptical – Electro-industrial solo artist based out of Middletown, Connecticut.
  • Slaughter Productions – A death-industrial project of Italian artist Marco Corbelli’s since 1992. With information on some of his more than 100 cassettes of death ambient, experimental and similar genres.
  • Smallcreep – Official website, news, reviews, pictures, MP3 downloads.
  • Solaria – Industrial band from New Jersey. Official site hosting information and media.
  • Speck – Biographies, links, real audio, and upcoming news about new releases.
  • Spiral-Shaped Mind – One-man industrial band’s official site hosts information about the band, a message board, sample song downloads, and an “opinions and beliefs” section.
  • Still Life Decay – Features biography, photos, discography and news.
  • Substate Reactor – The official home page of Atomic Music. Reviews, artwork, and lyrics. Join the State to receive a free catalogue and stickers.
  • Symbiot – A techno-thrash industrial band. With background, news, gig dates, pictures and links.
  • Synthetic Dream Foundation, The – Experimental industrial and classical music composer from Tampa, Florida; includes news, biography, MP3s, images and links.
  • Syrynge – Cleveland, Ohio band’s site features news, a biography, MP3s, pictures, concert schedule, and contact information.
  • Chaos Control: Severed Heads – Interview from 1996 with Mark Ellard.
  • Exiles – The mailing list that continues on from the official list’s closure.
  • Godsend: Severed Heads Interview – Interview from 1990 with Tom Ellard.
  • Sevcom Com Com – Home site of the electronic group Severed Heads. Features streaming radio, galleries, music sales, and sound files.
  • Severed Heads – Independent site endorsed by the band, featuring the complete discography and other archive material.
  • Severed Heads: Come Visit the Big Bigot Again – Retrospecive review of “Come Visit the Big Bigot.”
  • The Severed Heads Liberation Front – Features lyrics, FAQ, and liner notes.
  • Snarl Texts: Severed Heads – Interview with Tom Ellard from 1994.
  • Vivisect: Severed Heads Discography – Text discography, with a review of the “Dead Eyes Opened” 1994 CD single.
  • Litany – News about Skinny Puppy and related projects, such as ohGr, Download, The Tear Garden, platEAU and cEvin Key.
  • Skinny Puppy – A detailed profile and discography from Last Sigh Magazine.
  • Skinny Puppy Central – Fan site includes discography, interviews, lyrics, photos, and mail list information.
  • Skinny Puppy Web Ring – Index of pages about Skinny Puppy; listing of sites and membership form.
  • Static – Skinny Puppy history, discography, side projects and lyrics.
  • Subconscious Studios – cEvin Key’s record label featuring a wide variety of bands influenced by Key and Skinny Puppy.
  • The Urban Fracture – Fan site includes history, discography, images, articles and interviews, and a personal collection of SP memorabilia.
  • Slick Idiot – Fansite includes reviews, live show photos and artwork.
  • Slick Idiot – Official site includes release information, tour dates, pictures, lyrics, store and media clips.
  • Taunt – Goth/Industrial band based in Glasgow, Scotland. Includes news, tour dates, and samples in MP3 format.
  • Trans-Dimensional Voice – Band site with song samples in MP3 or RealPlayer format, and artist writings.
  • TV – A harsh ebm industrial band influenced by artists such as KMFDM, Pig, Front 242, Ministry and Skinny Puppy. With background, MP3s, show dates, pictures, reviews, and links.
  • Official Test Dept site 2004 – Official Test Dept site featuring archive material. Former members current activities including sonic art and multi media installation, event, performance, soundtrack and video work.
  • Test Dept – Official but out-of-date band website, with band information and history.
  • Test Dept. – Fansite dedicated to this industrial music group that came out of Britain during the 1980s. Includes a partial discography, reviews and band information.
  • Throbbing Gristle – Official site of the band and their Industrial Records label includes news, photo galleries, discography, performance list, technical information, and archives of texts and memorabilia.
  • Vigoramity – Homepage of Winnipeg based industrial band, Vigoramity.
  • Viktim – Official homepage for the band based out of south Jersey. News, downloads and MP3s.
  • Violent Work of Art – Official unofficial home of the Industrial-Techno-Death-Jungle band from Sweden.
  • VX – Indiana based electronic band with a female vocalist.
  • Metropolis Records: Velvet Acid Christ – News about new releases, with sound files.
  • Velvet Acid Christ – Official site includes lyrics, news, biography, discography, interviews and pictures.
  • All Music Guide: VNV Nation – Profile, and discography with teviews.
  • Musicfolio: VNV Nation – Discography, album reviews and ratings, with links to similar future-pop/EBM artists.
  • VNV Nation – Official site, with biography, album information, tour details, photos and MP3 samples.
  • Ed Klein’s Music Database – Discography.
  • Funeral Diner – News, biography, lyrics, discography, sound clips and other multimedia, pictures, and interviews.
  • Indulge Your Senses – Biography from a :Wumpscut: press release and a discography with small pictures of some of the release covers.
  • Metropolis Records – News direct from the source, short biography, discography of releases available from Metropolis and sound clips.
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  • Alien ezine – Provides news, reviews, interviews, band profiles and upcoming events.
  • Choking on Sulphur – Interviews, new releases, reviews, scene news and a web based radio station.
  • Cybase23 – The UK industrial music webzine. Featuring editorials, scene news and interviews.
  • Enter the Machine – Industrial music webzine, with reviews, photos and links.
  • Grave Concerns – E-zine with industrial band interviews, album reviews, news and links.
  • HeadMuzik – Industrial music and experimental design.
  • Industrial Kollective.org – Toronto based webzine featuring events, reviews, interviews and links.
  • Industrial Music – A historical and cultural discussion of the industrial music genre, including bands, music and subculture.
  • Industrial Nation – Webzine covering industrial, gothic, electro and experimental music in all its forms.
  • LoopZine.TV – Monthly gothic and industrial music zine with images and music of featured artists in RealPlayer format, and industry news. Available on PointCast, e-mail delivery, or online.
  • Moving Hands Music Magazine – Industrial, electro, goth and EBM.
  • Reflections of Darkness – Offers news, concert reviews, interviews, and an events calendar.
  • Sick Among the Pure – Offers news, interviews, reviews, and events updated monthly.
  • Side-Line – Magazine from Brussels covering industrial, gothic, EBM, synthpop, darkwave and related music. Features reviews, interviews, news, concert listings and a weekly newsletter.
  • Sonic-Boom Magazine – An industrial/gothic music magazine. Site features archived back issues from July 1995 to November 1998.
  • Sordid Magazine – Interviews, reviews and features covering gothic, industrial, EBM, electro, atmospheric and related genres.
  • Wrapped in Wire – Covers industrial, gothic, electronic, synth and darkwave. Features include reviews, albums for sale, links, an art gallery and humor.
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Apr 022008
  • About.com Guide to Industrial Music – Industrial news, extensive links, original features, bulletin boards and chat.
  • Brainwashed – Record label containing articles and contacts for several experimental bands, including Nurse With Wound, Coil, and The Legendary Pink Dots.
  • CyberDen – Industrial, gothic, darkwave, and ambient music news and reviews.
  • DarkSonus – Features news, articles, reviews, forums, and classifieds catering to dark music.
  • Darkwave Produktions – Booking agent for dark electronic/gothic/industrial/EBM underground shows for the Philadelphia area. With event and venue listings.
  • Faceless Angels – This underground industrial goth band of the East Bay Area of California is now supplying the WWW with samples of their music, pictures of the band, lyrics, and more.
  • Failing Life – Site contains information on unsigned bands, and includes reviews and a forum.
  • Hamburg Industrial Index – With information on electronic projects such as Das Kombinat and Notstandskomitee, the Hörbar industrialbar of Hamburg, and a mailorder catalog.
  • Industrial 101:Lyrics – A humorous discussion on properly writing lyrics in an industrial style.
  • The Industry – Information on several industrial bands, including discographies and biographies, news, and links.
  • Musick Forum – Discussion group geared toward industrial, EBM, and darkwave musicians.
  • Remixwars – Encourages industrial, EBM, synthpop, and darkwave artists by offering news, forums, tools for remixing, and a radio station. Requires a login.
  • The Shadows – Fan site with Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson information, pictures, and links.
  • This Hell – Information about the bands Lapsed, Lexincrypt, and Symbiont.
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Apr 012008
  • Ant-Zen – Audio and visual arts label featuring industrial music, chilling ambient, technoid rhythms and power electronics.
  • Artificial Noise Records – Based in Los Angeles, California, USA. Focus on Industrial Rock, and Experimental, Ambient. Artists include Skinprobe, godkomplex and Chaos Frequency. Websit includes news, releases, message board and links.
  • Brainscream – Music label featuring artists Alien Vinyl, Seth, Pippilina, Vanishing Voices and Waking Born.
  • Ceiling, The – Canadian label with experimental, industrial, noise and drone releases on vinyl, CD and cassette.
  • Cold Meat Industry – Swedish Industrial and Post-industrial label. Artists include Sophia, Institut, and Arcana. News, artist bios, audio samples, discography.
  • Cop International – San Francisco based industrial label. Featured artists include Index, Sonar, Pain Station and Razorskyline.
  • Cyberdelia Records – Greek industrial record label.
  • Cyberware Productions – Finnish label specializing in EBM, industrial gothic and darkwave.
  • D S B P – Distributes and releases electro, industrial and EBM music. Features mail order service.
  • Darkshovels Records – An independent industrial, rock and experimental label. Also offers custom vinyl decal creation services.
  • DDV Laboratories – Specializing in dark, industrial/gothic-influenced and experimental music. Signings include Jordan Reyne, Dr Kevorkian & the Suicide Machine and Genevieve.
  • Dependent Records – German electro-industrial label.
  • Dis Productions – Located in Belarus, offers Industrial and Dark Electronic. Catalog and contact information.
  • Extrinia – Australian industrial label.
  • Frozen Empire Media – New York based label/mailorder dealing in post-industrial, powernoise, dark ambient, IDM and other forms of experimental electronic music.
  • Hermetique – French industrial music label.
  • Hymen – Record label for rough technoid and ambient noises. Includes catalog of releases.
  • Invisible Records – Chicago-based label promoting bands including Dead Voices on Air, Killing Joke, Genesis P. Orridge, Sheep on Drugs and F.M. Einheit. Contains news, links to artists’ sites, catalog and articles.
  • Kaos Kontrol – Finnish label and distributor for industrial music. Features releases, events and magazine information.
  • Ladd-Frith – Promoting industrial, punk, noise, experimental and dark ambient artists such as Blackhouse, Psyclones, Lilith and Orbitronik.
  • Luminal Records – Record label discovering and promoting dark music.
  • Mandarangan Recordings – An industrial/power electronics/noise label based in Chicago. Also home to experimental recording project Insomnia. With catalog and distribution information.
  • Maschinenmusik – Label for industrial, EBM and dark ambient music. Featured artists include Cai777, Jana, Sekret, Steelcrush, Psaiclone and Cult of Consciousness.
  • Maschinenwelt Records – German label covering industrial, dark-electro, synthpop, gothic and EBM artists. Includes band information, MP3 downloads and online purchasing.
  • Metropolis Records – Domestic label for a large number of well known industrial, power noise, dark ambient and other electronic music acts.
  • M.I.R. Records – Industrial label based in Central America.
  • Mobilization Records – Home to artists including F-Space, Savage Republic, Wonder, Ethan Port and Scot Jenerik. With press, audio clips, online shopping, and links.
  • Mute Records – London based label promoting a variety of industrial, electronic and alternative artists. Featuring Recoil, Laibach, Moby and Barry Adamson.
  • Myotis Records – A Belgium-based label and mail order house for industrial, ambient, noise, and experimental electronic music.
  • Nilaihah Records – Industrial, darkwave and electronic record label.
  • Razor Records – A young label from Massachusetts looking to sign local New England metal, gothic, industrial and synthpop bands.
  • Reality Records, Inc. – Independent record label featuring many genres. MP3, video, and audio clips.
  • Redstar Bp. Label – An Hungarian label releasing Industrial and Rap.
  • Staalplaat – An organization that includes a record label, print publisher, radio show, shop, mail-order and distribution for ambient dance, dark experimental, plunderphonic, sound poetry and electronic avant-garde.
  • Subconscious Studios – Record label of industrial artist Cevin Key. Carrying various artists as well as some of his releases.
  • Tesco Distribution – Offers industrial, noise, power electronics, dark ambient, neofolk and experimental releases.
  • ToneZone Records – Independent record label specializing in goth and industrial music. Featuring artist pictures, biographies, MP3 and audio-video files.
  • Van Richter Records – Aggro-industrial label featuring artists The Fair Sex, Girls Under Glass and Sielwolf.
  • We Are … Records – Home to jazz-influenced industrial techno band Iris-T-Shirt and ambient experimental dance artist SpivKurl.
  • WTII Records – Label focusing on electro, industrial, synthpop, gothic and darkwave music. With news, events, artist and release information.
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Mar 312008
  • Anything Box
    - Group based in Los Angeles, CA. Includes free MP3 files, online ordering
    and current events.
  • Attic
    Base
    – Based in Salt Lake City, UT. Contains info, news and CDs for
    sale.

  • Blancmange
    – Contains a complete discography as well as a mailing list
    offering.
  • Blue October UK
    - English synthpop ensemble on A Different Drum Records.
  • Cosmicity -
    Artist from Detroit, MI. Includes a complete list of releases, photos, links
    to audio samples and latest news.
  • A Covenant
    of Thorns
    – Includes biography, discography, official news, free MP3
    files and photos.
  • David
    Vesel
    – Inspired by European dance sounds, seasoned with American rock,
    David walks the grey space inbetween. Based in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Dead Poets
    Society
    – Official site features news, biographical information,
    pictures, streaming music, MP3 downloads, and online album purchasing.

  • De/Vision
    – Based in Frankfurt, Germany. Includes news, products and
    discography.
  • The
    Dignity of Labour
    – Official web site. Melody-driven, 80’s-flavored,
    synthpop band from Denver, CO. Site has MP3s, photos, discography, bio.

  • Droom
    – Synthpop band from Canada that some are calling the next New
    Order. Thier debut recording for free download.
  • Eternal Ethos
    - electronic synthpop, with Ambient feelings
  • I Satellite
    - Old-school electro Synthpop New Wave artist similar to late 70’s early
    80’s bands like Ultravox, Japan, John Foxx, Human League, Trans-X,
    Alphaville, and Kraftwerk & using only vintage analog synths.
  • I, Synthesist
    - I, Synthesist is the electro music of Chris Ianuzzi, collaborating with
    multimedia/video artist Anna Krych as well as various other performers to
    create surrealistic, futuristic musical environments that take concerts
    beyond the average.
  • Iris – Group
    based in Texas, includes news, online ordering of CDs, biography and
    discography.

  • Kilna
    – Contains news, photographs, lyrics, MP3 files, and message
    board.
  • A Modern
    Effigy
    – Based in NYC, the official website contains news and info.

  • Morado
    – Morado has spent the last year locked in his studio producing
    music that crosses genres, exploring the boundaries between synthpop,
    darkwave, and hip hop.
  • Mythics, The
    - Official site contains news, info, photos and CDs for sale.

  • NukleoN
    – Includes information, MP3s and online ordering of CDs.
  • Null Device
    - Madison, WI, based synthpop duo on Nilaihah Records.

  • Paris By Air
    – Contains MP3s, online ordering of CDs and latest news.
  • Round Eyed
    Devil
    – Official website contains news, info, photos and free MP3 files.
  • Scurge -
    South Florida synthpop veterans are well-traveled, have impeccable New Wave
    creds, and are a great listen.
  • Simulator
    - Pittsburgh based synthpop group, containing official information, news,
    and photos.

  • Steve Fairnie
    – Fansite that contains information, links and history.

  • Sverm Project
    – Contains free MP3 downloads of progressive synthpop and
    new age influenced by 80’s pop synthesizer artists/bands like Vangelis,
    Tangerine Dream, Mike Oldfield.
  • Synth Pop Och
    Cyber Kultur
    – SPOCK is based in Sweden. Includes online ordering of
    CDs, biography, discography and lyrics.
  • The Tic Tok Men
    - Synthpop/darkwave trio from Portland, OR, covering musical space from
    Kraftwerk to industrial music to ambient.
  • Wave
    in Head
    – Group based in Germany. Contains official news, history, CDs,
    links and events.

  • Blake’s Synthpop Page
    – Contaings alphabetical listings of over 3,200
    CDs. Includes FAQ, CD trade list, featured artists, new CDs and Kon Kan
    discography.

  • Control-Alt-Delete
    – Fan club containing links, news and compilation CD
    information.
  • A Different
    Drum – The Source for Synthpop
    – Record label based in Utah, containing
    online ordering and news. Some of their artists include B!Machine, Cosmicity,
    Echoing Green, Faith Assembly, Iris and The Nine.

  • DJ Virto’s Synthpop of the Week
    – Contains links and information
    regarding sites and resources.

  • Electric Dreams
    – A London nightclub for eighties new wave and synthpop.

  • Energy Rekords/October
    – Swedish record label. Some artists include Das
    Ich, Front 242, Front Line Assembly and Iris.
  • Eternity
    Records
    – Record label containing artist information, online ordering
    and free items. Some artists include Sissy Prozac, Marcel, Float and Saft.
  • Hand Held Halo
    Records
    – Record label based in England. Contains news, free MP3 files
    and online store. Artists include Gebrauche-Musik, Intervox, Seven Words and
    Phear.
  • Hard-to-Find
    Synthpop
    – A searchable list of rare music, containing record label
    information.

  • The History Of Synthpop
    – Complete with artist information and
    synthesizer model information.

  • Intelligent Communications
    – Record label containing news and online
    ordering. Some artists include All for One and Distant Dark Spaces.

  • Jive 55
    – Contains detailed information on 55 of the most important new
    wave, new romantic and synthpop artists of the late 70s to late 80s.
  • Kinetic
    Response Records
    – A synthpop and electronic on-line music store,
    resource and independent record label. Some of their artists include
    Loveless and Attic Base.
  • Pop
    Academy
    – Fanzine located in Japan containing links, news, and artist
    information.

  • Synthphony Records
    – Record label based in New York, containing online
    store, news and artist profiles. Some artists include Intact and Shades of
    Grey.
  • Synthpop
    For The Masses
    – Includes reviews, artist links and discoveries. Located
    in Austria.

  • The Synthpop Network
    – Includes artist links, news, label information,
    club information and a section to listen to music.

  • Synthpop Now
    – Contains history, MOD files, links and events.

  • Synthpop Showcase Events
    – Event producers/promoters. Some artists
    include Beborn Beton, Secret Secret and Count 2 Infinity.

  • SynthpopNet
    – Includes reviews, chat room, links and news.
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Mar 232008

Gothic Dresses
By Robert Panciera

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Gothic aesthetics is something that usually shocks others and is generally frowned upon, but little do those who do not understand it know that being goth is about this one thing: art.

In today’s world, underground and more obscure types of culture, music, and fashion are very hard to come by due to its scarcity. Hot Topic is definitely the ‘biggest’ fashion store for gothic culture and other types of similar interests (yet the popularity is seldom). Goths are found here and about, but there are many people who wish to stick with more ‘mom and pop’ or ‘DIY” (Do It Yourself) type chains.

Hot Topic, as well as other places in a big city may not be exactly what people are looking for due to price and availability of the desired gothic clothing; many have now started using the internet to search for gothic-related clothing and items for purchase rather than having only things in a normal store available to them.

Finding these stores may be a bit hard for others due to the lack of them on the internet, but if you prefer to buy clothing, as well as other gothic related items, using a smaller mailorder type website is your best bet. ‘Big chainstore’ generally translates into, ‘big factories’ which means that the items you are buying are not usually paid attention to and given the detail that it requires to end up with a quality product.

Finding quality gothic related clothing products for a good price is hard to come by at any given major chain store, so finding more of a smaller place is definitely your best bet for getting the quality product that you want for an even cheaper price than you’d pay in a store located in a mall.

Click here for more information on finding the store that suits your needs for gothic clothing

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Gothic Clothes Styles – From Romantic Goth to Cybergoth
By Liza Lee

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Traditional period Goth garb usually consists of mostly black clothing along with some white and are often accessorized with silver or pewter. The stereotypical gothic outfit sometimes referred to as the romantic look may include elaborate gowns and corsets, veils, full skirts, neck corsets, fishnets, lace and velvets. Also popular are tight-fitting trousers, pointy boots, flouncy poet or pirate shirts and footwear with buckles. I find the simplicity of traditional Goth style lends itself to variation, and is can be combined with fetish elements to give it a dark and romantic edge.

Closely related to the Romantic (Victorian, Elizabethan, Renaissance) Goth style is the Gothic Lolita style that emerged from Japan, usually a combination of black and white, often black with white lace and typically decorated with ribbons and lace trims. Frilly, ruffled or lace-trimmed Victorian blouses are also popular with Gothic Lolitas and designs are usually modest, sometimes with long lace-capped sleeves and/or high-necked blouses. Some additions may include mini top hats, parasols, and lace headdresses.

Most recently, Goth fashion has been infiltrated by forward-thinking styles that are more futuristic, science fiction and youthful. UV-reactive colors and materials, progressive fashions, huge shoes and boots, wild hair extensions using artificial materials, often with an undercut shave, goggles, cybernetics, androgyny, the influence of cyberpunk or anime themes and body modification are some of the elements of Cybergoth. A full-spectrum of bright or neon colors are an exciting addition to black. For example, a popular combination is black with hot pink, a flattering color for most skin tones.

Of course, you can borrow elements of one or more gothic subcategory and sometimes this is dependant on the occasion. For gothic theme parties, you may combine elements of vintage, Victorian and fetish to create a costume that is intentionally spectacular and fantasy-oriented as an artistic display.

For more gothic clothes tips and photos, visit http://www.goth-style-secrets.com

Liza Lee
Goth-Style-Secrets
http://www.goth-style-secrets.com

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