gothic bands

This list is in no way complete, i’m just lazy….;-) i added a new one to the top of the list.

• Gothicello – As the solo project GothiCello, Gerald Nicks is striving for a unique fusion of styles from Ethno Gothic and Industrial to Dark Jazz and Heavy Classical. Also see: Gothicello Merch
• Voices of Masada – a UK based gothic band.
• Absent Me – Sacramento based Rock/Goth band. Site includes music,pictures,upcoming shows and tag board.
• Adfinem – Fansite for the UK band including news, biographies, tour dates, discography, and interviews.
• Aenima – Official site for this ethereal/experimental/gothic group. With news, band story, biographies, release information, photography, and links.
• All Living Fear – MP3s, merchandise, profiles, lyrics, history, discography, photos, and links.
• Altered States – Profiles, discography, show list, reviews, MP3s, and history.
• Amateur God – Dark and gothic electro ambient project.
• Amber Spyglass – Gothic, ethereal and progessive rock.
• Anguish – A gothic darkwave/industrial band from San Francisco with a melancholy/aggro feel. With biographies, song downloads, radio play and show information.
• Arc Gotic – Official site of this Romanian band with a dark, romantic atmosphere. Pictures, lyrics, mp3.
• Archaos – Official band page with a discography, biography and free MP3 samples to download.
• Asrai – Information about this Dutch gothic rock band, including news, a biography, band discography, tour dates, sound samples and pictures.
• Audra – Official band site, with pictures, merchandise, MP3s, lyrics, press, and links.
• Baron Uberman Armenius Bon Von Hugenstein – Musician’s homepage, including information on bands Annabel Lee, and The Flying Buttresses, plus a creature named Smaug.
• Belisha – A gothic rock band from the UK. With background, pictures, news, and MP3s.
• Beseech – A goth/metal band from Sweden, with information, releases, biography, and free MP3 song downloads.
• Beyond Flesh – A project formed by P. Emerson Williams. Artist IUMA page include audio downloads and streaming, background, and links.
• Black Tape for a Blue Girl – Official site. Includes news, audio, photos, band profiles, interviews, and discography.
• Bloob – Singer/songwriter/drummer. Site features news, biography, lyrics, MP3 files, photographs and merchandise.
• Bored Living Slow – Rock band from Central Florida. Site contains audio files, CD ordering information, and contact information.
• Butterfly Messiah – Haunting gothic music, sound samples, photos, reviews, merchandise available for sale, and links to related sites.
• Cassandra’s Myth – The band’s official website, free MP3 download, pictures, gig guide and infos.
• Caustic Soul – A darkwave gothic band from Colorado.
• Cave Of Black Ghosts – Featuring information such as live pictures, audio files and IRC chat about The Cure and The Creatures.
• Cell Division – Dark rock from Zurich, Switzerland. Featuring band background, pictures, MP3s, and streaming audio and video clips.
• Chaos Engine, The – News, profiles, photos, merchandise, and contact information.
• Cinema Strange – Fan site with discography, biography and lyrics.
• Cold Colours – The Official website for Cold Colours, maintained by the band. Includes band biography, photos, Mp3s and latest news.
• Crying Whilst Dying – Two-piece from Kentucky. News, biography, discography, lyrics, and contact information
• Cyril Place – A gothic/industrial project, featuring MP3s, Quicktime video, lyrics, and links.
• Dark Poets Society – Official website of the German goth band Dark Poets Society.
• Dead Artist Syndrome – Official site of frontman Brian Healy and his pioneering Christian Goth band. News, merchandise, lyrics, biography with book list, interviews, and photos.
• Dead Poets Society – Free downloadable music of Gothic/Electronic act Dead Poets Society.
• Deep Eynde, The – Official website.
• Deranged Motives – EBM synth project out of South Florida combining pulsating electronic beats with atmospheric melodic strings.
• DeSade – By blending punk with the haunted melodies of the UK’s new Goth movement, the American Goth sound was born and dubbed death-rock. DeSade has taken a foundation of death-rock and adapted it to modern standards.
• Descendants of Cain – London based gothic band with an outstanding debut album “Aziluth” and the second album “Briah”.
• Diary of Dreams – Polish fanpage including lyrics, galleries, discography and interviews.
• Die Monster Die – Graveyard rock N’ roll.Horror Punk/gothic rock.In the grand tradition of the Misfits.7 songs available to download.
• Die Schlaflosen – A site dedicated to the dark gothic sounds of Die Schlaflosen. Featuring pictures and downloads of this Hollywood based band.
• Dream Disciples – Glasgow, UK band with news, show dates, discography, merchandise, photos, and links.
• Dreams of Sanity – Official band site, featuring photos, albums, interviews, lyrics, free MP3s, and links to other gothic sites.
• Drent, Sid – A Melbourne-based poet, singer and songwriter. With poetry and writings.
• Dual Eden – Official site, including RealAudio and MP3 downloads, reviews and calendars.
• Empty Storage – Progressive darkrock band from Germany.
• Entwine – Fan site for the Finnish goth rock band with news, pictures, discography, lyrics, FAQs and concert reviews.
• Eternal Bereavement – Official website. Contains pictures, member information, music, lyrics, tabs, fan art/poetry, contact information and a message board.
• Eve of Destiny – Eve of Destiny/Haruhiko Ash/Kozi news, info, reviews and pictures.
• Everdespair – Official homepage of the Pop/Heavy Lovemetal playing band.
• EvilRite – The official Homepage of Ritchie Wenaweser from WeltenBrand and his Solo-project EvilRite.
• Excession – Includes news, gig updates,merchandise, links and contact information.
• Fair Bitch Projekt, The – The official website of The Fair Bitch Projekt, a harsh gothic rock band from the gloomy depth of Turin, Italy.
• Fektion Fekler – Official site for news, pictures, and music for this electro group.
• First Church of the Living Dead, The – Christian goth band’s site features articles, MP3s, a newsletter and merchandise.
• Flaming Fire – A “spooky electronic chant” band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. With news, background, and links.
• Flesh Eating Foundation – A Staffordshire, UK band signed to peoplesound. Influences include Depeche Mode, Ministry, The Pixies, Nine Inch Nails, The Smiths, and Skinny Puppy.
• Floodland – Information, reviews, and pictures of this Austrian gothic-rock band.
• Flying Buttresses, The – The official Flying Buttresses website. Everything you ever wanted to know about them and somethings you wish you’d never found out.
• Fra Lippo Lippi – Official site includes history and discography for the Norwegian band.
• Fraglen – A gothy groovilicious female duo who presents an original underground avant garde, esoteric, and eclectic sound for your souls. It’s called Gothic Spirituality Music.
• Frogpad – French electronic pop project. Site includes background information, audio clips, images, and concert dates.
• Ghosting – Official homepage of the German dark gothic band.
• Groupies, The – A girl goth band site, with pictures, song lyrics, news, and listings of clubs in a few German cities, plus London and Los Angeles.
• hAND – Official site of this up-and-coming emo-gothic rock band with sound samples to download, photos and news.
• Holy Kiss, The – A San Francisco-based deathrock band. With pictures, show dates, and link to band mp3.com pages for song downloads and music streaming.
• Howling Syn – A gothic/medieval/metal band from Montreal, Canada. With background, discography, MP3s, pictures, Winamp skins, and links.
• Ikon – Official site includes news, lyrics, discography, MP3 files, and gig dates.
• Imbolg’s Realm – Goth Band from New Jersey, named after the pagan winter holiday. With download of the song Duisigh (Awaken), links,chatroom, pictures, and news on upcoming shows.
• Incus – Incus is a 6 piece darkworld band featuring orchestral and tribal percussion, bass, cello, keyboards, and vocals. With an unusual instrumentation and skilled use of dynamics, Incus produces a spiritually hypnotic, tribal, and dark yet uplifting sound.
• Inertia – London based band with release information, merchandise, news, and links.
• Jacinta Arcadia – Australian Gothic Alternative Artist. Bella Ragazza, Haunting Ambience, Dark Faerytales, Venusian Vocals.
• James, Tyreah – Gothic female vocalist from Florida, formerly with Three Ton Gate. MP3s, photos, art gallery, links.
• Jenn Vix – Official artist website with information and links to news, music and videos.
• Jesus and the Gurus – Over 100 photos and videos and mp3 from the electro shock rock band from Zureich.
• Jesus Cleaver, The – Official site with vivid and emotive lyrics, a lush, beautifully disturbing atmosphere.
• Killing Miranda – News, show dates, profiles, audio samples, images, quotes, merchandise, and links.
• Kismet – An extension of the cult band Mizar this band is Australia based although performs regularly in Macedonia.
• Klaus, Deita – Hear the new album of Deita Klaus, “Order of the Golden Dawn” on MP3 featuring the controversial “Saint Diana,” a song about the former Princess Diana of Wales.
• KQdelirium – MP3s for the solo artist Christopher Quintos.
• Lair of The Shadow Dance – Official band site with images, sounds, information, releases and tour dates on this band from Finland.
• L´Âme Immortelle – Thomas Rainer and Sonja Kraushofer offer news, live reports, and a biography on their main band.
• Last Cry, The – Official site, with then and now pictures of band and crew member.
• The Last Dance – Los Angeles and Fountain Valley, California band site, offering insight on the band, tour dates and some MP3 downloads.
• Leisure Hive – Description and contact information.
• Libitina – The band’s official website, with news, live dates, MP3s, lyrics, merchandise and photos.
• Lilac Ambush – Boston Massachusetts Original Darkwave Band that melds the classic sounds of New Wave, Gothic & Industrial music in a pleasing, modern project.
• Live Not on Evil – Official site contains information about the band and their release “Lucky Stiff”. Contact information, upcoming shows, video for “the Scary Polka”.
• Lucan Wolf – The Lord of the Night’s official site is where you can dig up all the music, merchandise and other grave goods.
• Man and Machines – Man and Machines is Florida’s industrial/electronic mayhem from the depths of the underground scene.
• Mannequin Oddio – Free mp3 music downloads from Orthodox Gothic, Darkwave, Ambient, Industrial, EBM, Post-rock, Experimental, IDM, and Electronica.
• Manuskript – Show dates, merchandise, and discography.
• Marionettes – News, discography, history, photos, and contact information.
• Masochistic Religion – From the gothic hall of fame, Masochistic Religion continues to make music of a dark nature. The Band invites you to join them on their sonic journy from hell.
• Mephisto Walz – Official home page, with lyrics and song information, guitar and bass tabs, photographs, interviews and reviews, releases and related links.
• MerryWidowWeb – The official site for the Jacksonville based Gothic Industrial band Merry Widow.
• Mindshaft – Band originally formed in the mid-90s. Includes band history, reviews, lyrics, gig listing, and music samples.
• Moonspell – Official page of the band from Portugal.
• Moth – Three-piece gothic soundscape ensemble from the UK creating otherworldly sound and mood.
• Mothburner – A Celtic/blues/goth band from Cornwall UK, featuring biographies, pictures and links.
• Museum – A site featuring gothic rock music and images of this southern California band.
• Nemesea – New gothic symphonic metal sensation from Groningen, The Netherlands. Check out the gigs section for upcoming performances.
• Neurepublik – Official site for this Dayton, Ohio based band. With news, audio clips, release information, and links.
• New Risen – Synthpop-gothic musician from Nantes, France. Official site includes news, lyrics, audio, and contact information.
• Night Eternal, The – A gothic/ethereal blend of classical inspiration celebrating the unification of three human voices.
• Nocturne – Official band site with pictures, sounds, biography, mailing list, merchandise and tour dates.
• Odor of Pears – Pictures, music and other information on this unique goth/industrial/world/performance art band.
• Of the Wand and the Moon – Danish folk noir music with Nordic mythological influences. Releases, photos and links to other music sites.
• Of withering ashes – Dark and barren heavy rock landscape, with traces of metal, celtic and gothic rock.
• Ostara – Official site for the music of Richard Leviathan.
• Pandrix Napier – Up and comming Gothic/Hardcore band. Pandrix Napier will pierce and corrupt your soul with the perfect blend of intense hardcore beats surrounded by gothic undertones.
• Paris Grim – Artist pages covering dark side arts, films, music, industrial MP3s, animations, and cryptic tales.
• Passion Play – Oxfordshire, UK band with photos, audio samples, merchandise, links, and contact information.
• Pelt – Fan site for the gothic rock band. With tour information, interviews, pictures and news.
• Razed In Black – Official band site, featuring news, tour dates, photos, audio and video.
• Razor Skyline, The – San Francisco and Seattle-based goth band site, with pictures, news, MP3s and related links.
• Red Badge Moment – Official site for this edgy, passionate, experimental musical project.
• Rhea’s Obsession – Russian fan site in Russian and English, featuring biography, discography, articles, news, pictures, and links.
• Rome Burns – Homepage for the band Rome Burns. Described by Mick Mercer as “Cool Goth with a sense of style that comes naturally”.
• Sabrina – Official site of gothic pop-rock recording, featuring biography, streaming audio, MP3s, photo gallery, news, fan club and links.
• Sand, The – Official site of the gothic rock one-man-band Sisters of Mercy style inspired by the Sandman. Contains free mp3 downloads from “The Memory of Dead Romances” CD, news, pictures, gothic resorces & dark links.
• Savior Sect – Gothic Rock, Dark Wave, Alternative Original Music.
• Schim – The art and music of Schim at their official homepage.
• Science and Horror – Official site for this dark gothic rock band featuring news, reviews, history, and MP3 samples for download.
• Scissorkiss – Fronted by strong female vocals, braced by blistering guitars, and backed by infectious beats, Boston-based Scissorkiss forges a seamless metallic alloy of aggressive gothic dance and dark techno-rock.
• Sekond Skin – Band site for Second Skin Links and events, and band related news for the Gothic and Idustrail set. Audio, photos, and reviews.
• Shades of Winter – Gothic rock band with free mp3s.
• Skeletal Family – Official site for the reformed 80′s goth band. Includes news, discography, gig guide, pictures, MP3s, and guest book.
• Solitary Sinners – Official site for the gothic punk band. With news, show details, lyrics, and links.
• Sopor Aeternus and the Ensemble of Shadows – A European dark band. Featuring background, FAQ, interviews, pictures, discography, lyrics, and MP3s.
• Stiffff Kitties – Popular USA based internationally charting Goth/Industrial/Trance/Dance band with a unique general audience appeal.
• Strangewalls – A New England low-fi/gloom/post-punk/ether noise band, with sounds and reviews.
• Stripper – History, MP3s, show dates, and contact information.
• Stun – Official site with information on this now-split English goth band.
• Swarf – A moody electronica project. With news, biography, MP3 clips, pictures, reviews, show dates, and links.
• Sword Volcano Complex, The – Official site of this new artist whose debut release is on World Serpent. Also including information on SVC and related projects.
• Synoptia – Official artist site, with band information, news, pictures, discography, samples, lyrics, concert information and reviews.
• SYPh0N – An Ohio-based industrial/goth band, with biography, discography, forums and chat rooms.
• Terminal Ready – Official page for the band from Charlottesville, Virginia. With brief member profiles, pictures, show dates, and link to band MP3.com pages for downloads and further information.
• Thanatos – Romantic-pop, dark-folk and goth band on Projekt records, with album and video shopping links.
• Thebrotheregg – Portland Oregon’s Avant-rainpop quartet.
• These Crimson Dreams – History, profiles, photos, audio samples, merchandise, and contact information.
• Tiamat – Lyrics, photos, gallery of art at this unofficial site.
• Tragic Black – The official Tragic Black website with band photography, MP3 audio samples, lyrics, show dates, biography and merchandise.
• Trespass – The official site of the new french Gothic-rock band, news, downloadable mp3s, pictures.
• TuraTempla – TuraTempla is a cyber gothic project in which several musicians make songs in the styles of VNV Nation, Mesh etc. Styles varieing from Cyber to Noise and Industrial all are in TuraTempla soundscape.
• Twelfth of Never – Official site of this Massachusetts-based band. Find sound clips, tour information, personal profiles and band merchandise.
• UltraGrey – Texas-based band’s official site. With full length MP3 and RealAudio files, images, band history, release details and show calendar.
• Vanishing, The – Photos, links, and contact information.
• Vargotah – Official site with news, band, album, tour information, and links.
• Velvet Angel – The official website of the band.
• Vessels of Wrath – A gothic/industrial/metal band from Phoenix, Arizona. With news, background, pictures, lyrics, and MP3s.
• Villian – Information on this deathrock band, plus personal information on their gothabilly drummer.
• ViolentFix – A gothic/industrial project. With news, show dates, discography, and photography.
• Vision Bleak, The – Allen B. Konstanz and Ulf Theodor Schwadorf celebrate creepy and haunting entertainment inspired by the Horror-Novels and -Movies of Max Schreck, John Carpenter, Friedrich Murnau, H.P.Lovecraft or George Romero.
• Voodoo Church – A deathrock band that rose from the early California death-rock horror punk scene in 81-82.
• Wailing Wall – Official web site of the L.A. death-rock/post-punk band, with news, profile, pictures and MP3 audio samples.
• World’s Greatest Band – Metal-goth rock music band. Site features MP3s, CD information and fanclub information.
• 9xDead – Site contains everything you never wanted to know about 9xdead, South Wales premier Dark Rock band.
• Xiphoid Process – New Mexico band’s official site includes news, biography, discography, and MP3s.
• Xteriphonia – Italian darkwave industrial band’s site features news, biography, MP3s, images, tourdates, and contact information.
• Yorick – Includes photos, news, and discography with lyrics and song clips.
• Zeitgeist – Darkwave and gothrock out of Sydney, Australia. Provides information on discography, events, gigs, photos and mailing list.
• Zeitgeist Zero – Site about the UK band includes news, sound clips, photos, and show dates.
• Zoar – Music for the movies in your head.

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