Genre

Gothic Rock

Gothic Rock on LoudQuietLoud: more than 100 artists, including Bauhaus, The Cult and Christian Death. It runs alongside gothic, deathrock and dark cabaret.

Cover of Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

The Cure

post-punk · new wave · alternative

Cover of The Rapture by Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees

post-punk · new wave · gothic

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

post-punk · rock · alternative

Within Temptation

within temptation · bad tagged · female fronted metal

Bauhaus

post-punk · gothic rock · new wave

The Cult

hard rock · rock · gothic rock

Killing Joke

post-punk · new wave · industrial

Dead Can Dance

ambient · ethereal · darkwave

Album art: Chelsea Wolfe, The Dark

Chelsea Wolfe

experimental · folk · singer-songwriter

Christian Death

deathrock · post-punk · gothic rock

The Chameleons

post-punk · new wave · dream pop

Tamaryn

shoegaze · dream pop · experimental

This Mortal Coil

ethereal · ambient · gothic

Cranes

shoegaze · dream pop · ethereal

Clan of Xymox

darkwave · gothic rock · gothic

The Sound

post-punk · new wave · 80s

Love and Rockets

post-punk · new wave · 80s

T.S.O.L.

punk · punk rock · hardcore punk

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

Alien Sex Fiend

deathrock · post-punk · batcave

Fields of the Nephilim

gothic rock · gothic · goth rock

Rasputina

cello rock · gothic · female vocalists

Tones on Tail

post-punk · new wave · 80s

Specimen

deathrock · batcave · post-punk

Specimen

deathrock · batcave · post-punk

Preoccupations

post-punk · noise rock · art punk

The Wake

post-punk · new wave · gothic rock

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

post-punk · gothic rock · gothic

Virgin Prunes

post-punk · deathrock · batcave

Black Tape for a Blue Girl

darkwave · ethereal · dark ambient

Xmal Deutschland

post-punk · gothic rock · new wave

45 Grave

deathrock · horror punk · punk

Soft Kill

post-punk · coldwave · new wave

Gene Loves Jezebel

gothic rock · post-punk · new wave

Deadman

nagoya kei · visual kei · j-rock

Esben and the Witch

post-punk · experimental · electronic

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Creeper

punk rock · horror punk · punk

Angelfish

alternative rock · female vocalists · rock

Sex Gang Children

post-punk · deathrock · gothic rock

Nosferatu

gothic rock · gothic · hardcore

Lowlife

post-punk · shoegaze · dream pop

Lowlife

post-punk · shoegaze · dream pop

Corpus Delicti

gothic rock · deathrock · gothic

Benediction

death metal · old school death metal · british

Bloody Dead and Sexy

deathrock · gothic rock · post-punk

Creature Feature

darkwave · industrial · gothic

DECEITS

post-punk · melodic hardcore · gothic rock

All About Eve

gothic rock · gothic · female vocalists

Bambara

post-punk · noise rock · shoegaze

EverEve

gothic metal · doom metal · german

The Bolshoi

post-punk · new wave · gothic rock

Samhain

horror punk · deathrock · punk

Darling Violetta

gothic · dark pop · female vocalists

Play Dead

post-punk · gothic rock · deathrock

And Also the Trees

post-punk · gothic rock · new wave

Katarsis

post-punk · lithuania · alternative rock

Daniel Ash

post-punk · gothic rock · alternative

Velvetine

trance · vocal trance · progressive trance

Velvetine

trance · vocal trance · progressive trance

Heartworms

post-punk · indie pop · indie

Heartworms

post-punk · indie pop · gothic rock

Robert Smith

gothic · pop · post-punk

Meridian

trance · gothic rock · black metal

End of Green

gothic metal · gothic rock · depressed subcore

The Wolfgang Press

post-punk · 4ad · gothic

All Your Sisters

post-punk · coldwave · darkwave

Ausgang

post-punk · deathrock · batcave

Asrai

gothic metal · female fronted metal · gothic rock

Bat Nouveau

deathrock · post-punk · gothic

The Southern Death Cult

post-punk · gothic rock · deathrock

KUKL

post-punk · experimental · icelandic

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David J

alternative rock · alternative · post-punk

Death of Lovers

post-punk · shoegaze · darkwave

Big Electric Cat

gothic rock · darkwave · gothic

Slate

ambient · electronic · post-punk

1919

post-punk · gothic rock · deathrock

Belgrado

post-punk · deathrock · punk

Siglo XX

post-punk · coldwave · new wave

Gossamer

gothic rock · darkwave · gothic

Fiction

post-punk · japanese · czech

Dreadful Shadows

gothic rock · gothic metal · darkwave

Dalis Car

post-punk · new wave · darkwave

Mass

post-punk · heavy metal · hard rock

Dog Race

gothic rock · post-punk · dream pop

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Mass

post-punk · heavy metal · hard rock

The Gothic Archies

indie · bubblegum gothic · gothic

Part 1

anarcho-punk · gothic rock · post-punk

Soul

soul · post-punk · funk

Crippling Alcoholism

noise rock · gothic rock · post-punk

Wasteland

hardcore · death metal · gothic rock

VENUS GRRRLS

punk rock · grunge · garage rock

The Lords of the New Church

post-punk · new wave · gothic rock

The Cassandra Complex

ebm · industrial · post-punk

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Labels

Labels in this genre

Beggars Banquet

Home to Bauhaus, The Cult & Gene Loves Jezebel

4AD

Home to Bauhaus, Clan of Xymox & Xmal Deutschland

Season of Mist

Home to Christian Death, Meridian & Asrai

Related genres

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