Those trad goth sounds....

[James Blast]

Hmmmm, never equated a hair do with a good laugh.

[scotty]

Hmmmm, never equated a hair do with a good laugh.

You would if you had seen my attemt at dying mine Black in about 87/88 ish , trust me James...............you'd have pished yer sel'

[Izzy HaveMercy]

For the new gothic music, in various subgenres, I prefer:

Type O, My Dying Bride, Tiamat, Katatonia, Cradle of Filth (still, sorry peeps, they are just fantastic), Zeromancer, The Gathering (as mentioned some days ago in another thread).

IZ.

[Izzy HaveMercy]

Oh DO remind me... what does modern gothic sound like?

IZ.

[scotty]

I prefer The Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, The Skeletal Family, Ghost Dance The m*****n, The Cult, Bauhaus, Alien Sex Fiend, Sex Gang Children, March Violets, Salvation, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry..........oops, I thought somebody said "TRAD goth?

[MadameButterfly]

I prefer The Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, The Skeletal Family, Ghost Dance The m*****n, The Cult, Bauhaus, Alien Sex Fiend, Sex Gang Children, March Violets, Salvation, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry..........oops,

oops, and you forgot Siouxsie & the Banshees!

[James Blast]

n' Play Deid

[MadameButterfly]

What about Miranda Sex Garden?

[scotty]

What about Miranda Sex Garden?

If you're offering.........I'm on the next Ferry

[MadameButterfly]

What about Miranda Sex Garden?

If you're offering.........I'm on the next Ferry

First let's start with the tattoo scotty, you know the one you would pay for...

[wild bill buttock]

Oh DO remind me... what does modern gothic sound like?

IZ.

Like f**king heavy metal if any of those bands you mentioned are anything to go by

[SomeKindOfStranger]

Ghost of Lemora are a fine modern day goth band with more 'traditional' tendencies.

And to add my tuppence worth to the Star Industry debate - agree with Maisey, Nineties is good but the Velvet album as a whole is a fantastic album.

Modern goth? Hmmmm depends who you believe

[Nic]

Ghost of Lemora are a fine modern day goth band with more 'traditional' tendencies.

And to add my tuppence worth to the Star Industry debate - agree with Maisey, Nineties is good but the Velvet album as a whole is a fantastic album.

Modern goth? Hmmmm depends who you believe

And with Ghost of Lemora you could mention groups like Bloody Dead and Sexy, Chants of Maldoror,
Miguel and the Living Dead, Shadow Reichenstein & The Last Days of Jesus.

All fearly good bands in my book.

[Izzy HaveMercy]

Oh DO remind me... what does modern gothic sound like?

IZ.

Like f**king heavy metal if any of those bands you mentioned are anything to go by

Oh. Cool!

IZ.

[eotunun]

I remembered some others songs whom I heard some songs of which were quite good:
Morbid Poetry and The Cheshire Cat, not to forget The Faces Of Sarah (we allready had them elsewhere)
Children Of The Eighties by Morbid Poetry is a nice anthem for oldtimers..

[Nic]

I remembered some others songs whom I heard some songs of which were quite good:
Morbid Poetry and The Cheshire Cat, not to forget The Faces Of Sarah (we allready had them elsewhere)
Children Of The Eighties by Morbid Poetry is a nice anthem for oldtimers..

Cheshire Cat has done some really good songs.

I'm surprised you've heard of them, you're not Swedish right?

[eotunun]

Nej, jag är tysk.
Sombody mentioned Rammstein..

[DeWinter]

Well, since I live in Finland now, I suppose I should mention HIM, who before the god-awful "love metal" era did a fair m*****n-esque style of music. These days they do songs for fifteen year old self-mutilators, and their lead singer keeps doing these weird groaning noises . And I'm sick to death of seing his fish-face and receeding hairline in every Finnish newspaper and magazine..
Also "The 69 Eyes" who are a walking goth cliche. They dress like and sound like a mix of the Sisters/Type O, but have absolutely no sense of irony and do it all with utter seriousness.

[Thea]

Well, since I live in Finland now, I suppose I should mention HIM, who before the god-awful "love metal" era did a fair m*****n-esque style of music. These days they do songs for fifteen year old self-mutilators, and their lead singer keeps doing these weird groaning noises . And I'm sick to death of seing his fish-face and receeding hairline in every Finnish newspaper and magazine..
Also "The 69 Eyes" who are a walking goth cliche. They dress like and sound like a mix of the Sisters/Type O, but have absolutely no sense of irony and do it all with utter seriousness.

I quite like both of them. But more than that, I like "Jykevää on Rakkaus" by Valo & the Agents. Now that's dark, man!

[Nic]

Nej, jag är tysk.

Mein Gott, er spricht Schwedische
I don't speak German so good as you clearly can see...

Sombody mentioned Rammstein..

[smiscandlon]

Just noticed this thread.

Rosetta Stone were good too.

Aye, they were - past tense. A great band, but 1995's 'The Tyranny of Inaction' was mostly shit. Rounded off their career with a couple of odd albums thrown together for Cleopatra, I think (say no more).

Did you know that Carl North took his bass else where and formed the Dream Disciples?

No, he didn't. Dream Disciples released at least four CDs before North jumped on board. 'In Amber' was a classic.

(Edit - notice Matt's beaten me to it)

London after Midnight are a brillient take on the goth sound, Sean adopting the Eldritch 'we're not goths' attitude whilst being the gothest of them all. THE 90's goth rock album is Pscho Magnet, although there other full length release is worth it for the song 'you're best nightmare'.

Alright in small doses. I'd heard a number of their tracks (which I liked) before eventually buying 'Psycho Magnet' (which bored me rigid).

Inkubus Sukubus are female fronted goth rock (as opposed to metal), they like to sing about how pagan they are. They have a die hard following, but I would recomend the album 'Belladonna and Aconite' listen to the title track for an idea of the sound.

Ah, they did me some favours back in the day (when they were still called Incubus Succubus). Always had a soft spot for them.

were the horatii any good?

Can't remember actually hearing any of their stuff. Though I'm sure Roo was at Art School with me. Perhaps not surprisingly, he was a big goffik fud.

If its a Trad goth sound you're after,I'm afraid you have to go abroad and suffer from cringeworthy english-as-a-second-language lyrics.Worth checking out;
Love like blood
Garden of delight

Partial to a bit of Love Like Blood. The vocals are mostly awful and they were very very derivative back in the day, but I think they eventually managed to carve their own unique sound thanks to a rather good guitarist.

I'm sure I've got a Garden of Delight album somewhere - produced by That Guitarist.

(Edit - no, I'm talking bollocks - it's a Flowers of Romance album. Easy mistake to make.)

Tapping the vein, if female fronted goth is your thing.

It is. As are they.

Marionettes
Nosferatu (1991-94 and then 2004-> eras only!!)

Love the Marionettes!

And yes, Nosferatu have wobbled between the brink of genius and being so bad they should've been put out of their misery. Incredible the difference a vocalist can make, isn't it?

Also "The 69 Eyes" who are a walking goth cliche. They dress like and sound like a mix of the Sisters/Type O, but have absolutely no sense of irony and do it all with utter seriousness.

Not sure I agree. How can you be utterly serious dressed in a Halloween costume?



And ... I'm spent.

[eotunun]

Nej, jag är tysk.

Mein Gott, er spricht Schwedische
I don't speak German so good as you clearly can see...

Sombody mentioned Rammstein..

I wouldn´t say I speak swedish. I started learning. but as I do so completely on my own, I found it a bit pointless to do so without having the chance to practice. That´s why I haven´t done a bit of learning in the last year..
There are schools which offer courses, but I can´t afford them. (The cheapest within my range costs 80€ each month. I hope they enjoy the hole in their head.) Why I want to speak swedish? I want to understand my old Volvo!
Och jag tycker sverige är jättebra. Probably a stupid way tp put it..
By the way, did you lot know Rosetta Stone´s "The Witch was a The Rattles cover?
The first time I heard a song by them I actually liked. I sometimes wonder how rock survived its early years.

[Nic]

I wouldn´t say I speak swedish. I started learning. but as I do so completely on my own, I found it a bit pointless to do so without having the chance to practice. That´s why I haven´t done a bit of learning in the last year..
There are schools which offer courses, but I can´t afford them. (The cheapest within my range costs 80€ each month. I hope they enjoy the hole in their head.)

I wish I could speak German, always liked the language, only picked up a few lines and words listening to German music and watching films.
I had the chance to read German when I was still studying but was stupid enough to pick computer science instead.
Was to young back then probably...

Why I want to speak swedish? I want to understand my old Volvo!

Och jag tycker sverige är jättebra. Probably a stupid way tp put it...

Sounds fine in my ears!

[eotunun]

Sounds fine in my ears!

<- Ugly but proud..

[Rafster]

i saw an interview with 69 eyes on youtube and the arrogance/and desperation to be so very goth made me turn off within seconds. having said that, i also saw an interview with and that also had me heaving. it was on a VT promotion in the USA and, to me, he appeared a right twerp. sigh.

type o negative were very good. their first album "slow deep and hard" kind of married NY hardcore punk with goth but second album "bloody kisses" is just brilliant. slowly got worse after that.

it seems that any goth band that is self consciously goth is bound to sound bad, just like self conscious indie, baggy or prog rock. its when bands unknowingly move into that terrain that it actually works: ie type o, gathering etc.

proof of this: the first couple of waves of goth bands mostly didn't have silly goth names.