Genre

Gothic

Gothic on LoudQuietLoud: more than 200 artists, including Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Sisters of Mercy and This Mortal Coil. It runs alongside gothic rock, gothic metal and ethereal wave.

Cover of Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

The Cure

post-punk · new wave · alternative

Cover of Sanctuary by Evanescence

Evanescence

gothic rock · rock · female vocalists

Nightwish

symphonic metal · nightwish · gothic metal

Cover of The Rapture by Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees

post-punk · new wave · gothic

Within Temptation

within temptation · bad tagged · female fronted metal

Bauhaus

post-punk · gothic rock · new wave

Lacuna Coil

gothic metal · metal · female fronted metal

Dead Can Dance

ambient · ethereal · darkwave

Album art: Chelsea Wolfe, The Dark

Chelsea Wolfe

experimental · folk · singer-songwriter

Nova

progressive rock · rock · italian progressive rock

Jack Off Jill

alternative · female vocalists · rock

Paradise Lost

paradise lost · gothic metal · death metal

Lisa Gerrard

ethereal · ambient · female vocalists

Christian Death

deathrock · post-punk · gothic rock

Therion

symphonic metal · gothic metal · death metal

The Sisters of Mercy

gothic rock · post-punk · gothic

This Mortal Coil

ethereal · ambient · gothic

London After Midnight

gothic rock · darkwave · gothic

Cranes

shoegaze · dream pop · ethereal

Moonspell

gothic metal · doom metal · black metal

Sirenia

gothic metal · symphonic metal · female fronted metal

Theatre of Tragedy

gothic metal · doom metal · female fronted metal

Clan of Xymox

darkwave · gothic rock · gothic

Saint Avangeline

pop · dream pop · ethereal wave

Tiamat

gothic metal · doom metal · death metal

Emilie Autumn

gothic · industrial · victoriandustrial

Love and Rockets

post-punk · new wave · 80s

Tristania

gothic metal · symphonic metal · female fronted metal

Deathstars

industrial metal · gothic metal · industrial

The Birthday Party

post-punk · deathrock · australian

Peter Murphy

post-punk · new wave · gothic

Concrete Blonde

alternative rock · female vocalists · alternative

The Mission

gothic rock · gothic · 80s

Tarja

symphonic metal · female vocalists · finnish

Love Spirals Downwards

ethereal · dream pop · shoegaze

Alien Sex Fiend

deathrock · post-punk · batcave

Draconian

doom metal · gothic metal · gothic doom metal

Fields of the Nephilim

gothic rock · gothic · goth rock

Rasputina

cello rock · gothic · female vocalists

Strange Boutique

gothic rock · darkwave · ethereal

Genitorturers

industrial metal · industrial · female vocalists

Amy Lee

rock · female vocalists · gothic

She Past Away

post-punk · darkwave · gothic rock

Arcana

dark ambient · neoclassical · darkwave

Visions of Atlantis

symphonic metal · power metal · female fronted metal

Tones on Tail

post-punk · new wave · 80s

Pink Turns Blue

post-punk · darkwave · gothic rock

Specimen

deathrock · batcave · post-punk

Specimen

deathrock · batcave · post-punk

Crematory

gothic metal · death metal · doom metal

Switchblade Symphony

darkwave · industrial · gothic

Snake River Conspiracy

industrial · industrial rock · female vocalists

Charon

gothic metal · finnish · gothic rock

Mediæval Bæbes

medieval · folk · celtic

Project Pitchfork

darkwave · industrial · ebm

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

post-punk · gothic rock · gothic

Virgin Prunes

post-punk · deathrock · batcave

Lacrimas Profundere

gothic metal · doom metal · gothic rock

Black Tape for a Blue Girl

darkwave · ethereal · dark ambient

Skeletal Family

post-punk · gothic rock · deathrock

Rosetta Stone

gothic rock · darkwave · gothic

Elis

gothic metal · symphonic metal · female fronted metal

Xmal Deutschland

post-punk · gothic rock · new wave

45 Grave

deathrock · horror punk · punk

Mephisto Walz

gothic rock · deathrock · post-punk

Scarling.

alternative rock · female vocalists · gothic

Soft Kill

post-punk · coldwave · new wave

Big Boy

hardcore · rock · hardcore punk

Gene Loves Jezebel

gothic rock · post-punk · new wave

Beseech

gothic metal · female fronted metal · metal

Grayscale

pop punk · rock · gothic metal

Das Ich

darkwave · industrial · ebm

Joachim Witt

darkwave · german · ndw

Gothminister

industrial metal · gothic metal · industrial

Lene Lovich

new wave · post-punk · female vocalists

To/Die/For

gothic metal · finnish · gothic rock

Faith and the Muse

darkwave · gothic rock · ethereal

Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows

darkwave · gothic · medieval

Sex Gang Children

post-punk · deathrock · gothic rock

The March Violets

gothic rock · post-punk · goth

Midnattsol

folk metal · gothic metal · symphonic metal

Nosferatu

gothic rock · gothic · hardcore

Nosferatu

gothic rock · gothic · hardcore

Lycia

darkwave · ethereal · dark ambient

Razed in Black

industrial · ebm · darkwave

Diamanda Galás

avant-garde · experimental · female vocalists

Die Form

darkwave · industrial · ebm

Corpus Delicti

gothic rock · deathrock · gothic

Bel Canto

dream pop · ethereal · electronic

Dark Sanctuary

neoclassical · dark ambient · ethereal

Liv Kristine

gothic metal · female vocalists · female fronted metal

Brendan Perry

ethereal · ambient · singer-songwriter

Love Is Colder Than Death

darkwave · ethereal · neoclassical

Paralysed Age

gothic rock · darkwave · gothic

Miranda Sex Garden

ethereal · gothic rock · gothic

Shriekback

new wave · post-punk · alternative

Press

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The singer-songwriter returns for a prestige goth reinvention, singing dramatic anthems of self-preservation that feel grander and bolder than anything she’s ever attempted.

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