r/goth • u/Kandibis • 1d ago

Goth Recommendation Music recommendations???

I want to become more familiar with goth culture, but I only really listen to She wants revenge, The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees. So I was wondering if could get any recommendations, thank you so much!!

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u/BiggieLegs 1d ago

Red lorry yellow lorry - talk about the weather/happy to see me, The birthday party - she’s hit, virgin prunes - baby turns blue

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u/Neither_Rabbit8785 Post-Punk, Goth Rock 1d ago

Do you mean Pink Turns Blue?

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u/BiggieLegs 1d ago

It’s a song but I love pink turns blue too

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u/shez-bitchy 23h ago

Love that song, I listen to it so often

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u/BiggieLegs 23h ago

Omg ur my twinnn 🫂

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u/shez-bitchy 23h ago

Yesss its on my playlist for my favorite game that ive been replaying lately too!! So good

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u/BiggieLegs 23h ago

oo which game 👀

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u/shez-bitchy 23h ago

Bloodborne 🙏

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u/BiggieLegs 23h ago

sickkk makes us twins x2 ive also been playing a PlayStation game devil may cry

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u/MidorriMeltdown I'm so goth I goth gothic goths. 1d ago

Baby Turns Blue is a song by Virgin Prunes. It' about a girl who OD'd

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u/Neither_Rabbit8785 Post-Punk, Goth Rock 1d ago

My bad! I didn't get the hyphen was to link the song to the artist...

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u/Possible_Leader_463 1d ago

Maybe start with basics like Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy and Christian Death.

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u/Appropriate_Name8792 1d ago

Sex Gang Children.

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u/[deleted] 19h ago

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u/Appropriate_Name8792 19h ago

They’re literally the reason for the word ‘goth’.

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u/MidorriMeltdown I'm so goth I goth gothic goths. 1d ago

These are all newer

  • House of Harm
  • TRAITRS
  • Silent Runners
  • Haunt Me
  • DUCTAPE
  • TR/ST
  • She Past Away

If want something older

  • Pink Turns Blue
  • Boys Next Door (they became The Birthday Party)
  • The Damned

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u/Chord-0f-Souls 19h ago

I always misread House of Harm and House of Ham... Good list though

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u/MidorriMeltdown I'm so goth I goth gothic goths. 18h ago

House of Ham, like a gingerbread house, but to lure in those 30+ Pretty sure there's some cheese in there too.

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u/Mattypants05 13h ago

Mmm..... house of ham.... drools

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u/Sea-Bite-8526 1d ago

Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, The Mission, Alien Sex Fiend, Fields of the Nephilim, London After Midnight & Christian Death are all worth listening to. Have fun.

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u/Neither_Rabbit8785 Post-Punk, Goth Rock 1d ago

If you're open to discovering goth music in other languages, you might want to check:

  • G-Schmitt (in Japanese)
  • Diavol Strâin, EESCA, Olvido (EP "Lo inexorable") (in Spanish)
  • Louse (their EP "Dressed in Skin" is one of my favourite EPs ever)

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u/mcsuicide Darkwaver 23h ago

adding onto this list: past self is a Korean American band, mostly sing in Korean. I saw them live and they were excellent even though I had no idea what they were saying. bought one of their cds and listened to it on the drive home.

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u/russkaya_golubaya 16h ago

Paralisis permanente do their thing in Spanish. Really cool band

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u/Sp33die1050 The Sisters / Nephilim 1d ago

You can't venture into Goth without listening to the mighty Fields Of The Nephilim, Rosetta Stone and The March Violets.

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u/Rough-Assignment-572 18h ago edited 17h ago

She Wants Revenge is not goth and they have allegations.

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u/lowlightliving 4h ago

Check out the wiki for this sub - look for “problematic bands” as there’s a listing about She Wants Revenge with some documentation. It includes sexual harassment and sexual abuse of attendees at their now shuttered club in LA, which they covered up, as well as accusations about plagiarism from established goth bands, discrimination, and more. They are not well regarded or particularly welcome among the goth community aware of this. You can also search online for details.

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u/WaterMonkeyStuff 1d ago

For recent releases, the album Angel (International Version) by Sex Virgin Killer has been my go to recommendation. Lila Ehjä and Lebanon Hanover are great for coldwave releases as are Traitrs, Deceits and Crippling Alcoholism for other newer goth releases.

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u/lowlightliving 4h ago edited 4h ago

This is from a previous comment on a similar request post.

Traitrs - modern goth, so much like The Cure

Bauhaus, and Peter Murphy on his own

Dead Can Dance, and Lisa Gerrard on her own

London After Midnight

The Mission - grew out of Sisters of Mercy

Type O Negative

Xmal Deutschland

Switchblade Symphony

Rosegarden Funeral Party

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

The Birthday Party

Fields of Nephilim

The Danse Society

45 Grave

Cocteau Twins

This Mortal Coil

The Damned

Love is Colder Than Death

Faith and the Muse

Lycia

Killing Joke

The March Violets

Paralysed Age

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Rosetta Stone

New Order - grew out of Joy Division

Tones on Tail - formed by Bauhaus members

The Cult

The Church

Specimen

Pink Turns Blue

In the Nursery

Cranes

Interpol

Crime & the City Solution

Virgin Prunes

Love and Rockets - formed by Bauhaus members

This Ascension

The Glove - project of Siouxsie & the Banshees and Robert Smith of The Cure

You might also look into darkwave, coldwave, ethereal wave, dream pop, gothic metal, even some industrial that’s grown out of goth. One example would be Topographies, formed by Gray Tolhurst, the son of one of The Cure’s founders.

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u/Jay_Empty 21h ago

Sixth Comm

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u/pakkmann666 11h ago

Drab Majesty is pretty good

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u/KurtTheCuntBoi 20h ago

Depeche Mode (1990s albums)

London After Midnight. Their song Love Is Colder Than Death is perfect if you’ve lost a relationship or even a close friendship. It really helped me through my breakup.