the Wilde Wood

Italy? Black dark ambient. Minimal, atmospheric.

Switzerland? Synthetic neo-classical, dark ambient, darkwave, atmospheric industrial.

comparisons: Sopor Aeternus; Panic on the Titanic; YelworC

Dark rock, darkwave.

Norway. Gothic-style vocals, commercial beats. Electro band, future pop.

comparisons: Apoptygma Berzerk; Covenant; Evils Toy; VNV Nation

Formed 2001?, based in Sheffield

Underground industrial, punk metal.

comparisons: Cubanate

Dark neo-classical, ambient.

Australia. Goth / darkwave, at least one member of which is in Jerusalem Syndrome. Electronic (recently). Dancefloor darkwave, neo-folk. Lost members, became a duo.

comparisons: Joy Division; Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Nottingham. Melodic electro-Goth.

Germany. Neo-classical, romantic darkwave. German lyrics. Active.

comparisons: Lacrimosa; Wolfsheim

Greece. Commercial Gothic metal, 1990s darkwave influences.

comparisons: The Mission

Experimental industrial soundscapes.

Electronics, hardcore, pitchshifted.

Post-industrial pop.

comparisons: NIN; Nirvana

Experimental industrial noise. Bleak, powerful, intense, extreme.

comparisons: PAL; Noisex; Cold Meat Industry

Black metal with a sense of humour. Metal, hardcore.

Electronics, distorted vocals.

comparisons: Zoth Ommog

Belgium. Underground industrial. Industrial, sequences, samples, harsh vocals, tekno house, purist electronic. Claustrophobic, percussive, cold.

comparisons: Vomito Negro; Kliniks; the Graveyard

Ethno-goth, ethereal

Spain? Black metal, death metal, deep vocals, heavy guitars.

Denmark. Dark electronics, industrial, euro darkwave. Sexual themes, cool, dark.

UK? Indie, melancholic, dance.

comparisons: Libitina

Black ambient. Sinister, threatening.

Manchester?

comparisons: The Birthday Party

German? Dark industrial, darkwave. Commerical male vocals.

Pagan Gothic rock.

Germany? Dark industrial, purist electronic, clear programming, samples, distorted male vocals, sinister.

comparisons: Mentallo and the Fixer; Wumpscut

Germany? Commerical electronic. Female vocals, romantic backing.

Germany. Electro, underground industrial.

Ohio gothic band.

Industrial.

Formed mid 1994, based in London to become London's premier Electro-industrial outfit, toured US in 1999. Distorted fast-techno dance. Darkwave industrial with a hard edge. Electronic dance music. Cyberpunk-EBM. Also work (with slightly varying line-ups) under names of Jonbenet, Ethos and Rivet.

UK. EBM. Darkwave, industrial, electro, EBM.

Germany. Gothic metal with mediaeval instruments, dark electronics. War drums, bagpipes, guitars, bodran, pipes.

comparisons: Umbra Et Imago; Inkubus Sukkubus; Soper Aeturnus

Cold purist electronic.

Swedish electro-pop. Germany? Darkwave, electronic dance, synth pop. Commercial Gothic vocals./p>

Purist electronic industrial. Distorted male vocals.

comparisons: Index; Mentallo and the Fixer

Electronic, industrial, dark pop, commercial wave, 1980s Futurism.

French goth, formed when Mal d'aurore split, in 1998. Hard, dark sound, digital effects.

USA. Due to play Flammenzauber festival (2004-early).

UK. Goth-rock in early days. Pagan, commercial female vocals, rock guitar, semi-symphonic programming. Romantic.

Formed 1989 in Cheltenham. Won Tommy Vance's Rock War feature on Radio 1 around 1991.

Gothic, Rock, Strings. Themes of Wiccan and pagan spirituality with vampiric overtones. Popular in Germany.

French goth band

Germany. Synth-based 1990s Goth. Guitars, deep vocals. Moody, atmospheric darkwave.
Electropop.

comparisons: Joy Division; Death in June

Italy. Gothic, black metal. Operatic female vocals. Neo-classical, darkwave.

comparisons: Nephilim vocals.

French goth band

France? Experiment industrial.

comparisons: Cabaret Voltaire

Active

Belgium.

Electronic.

comparisons: Frankie Goes to Hollywood; Thrill Kill Kult; KMFDM

Electronic, harsh, vocoder vocals.

Industrial, dark, apocalyptic, neo-occultist, atmospheric, semi-mediaeval. Whispered vocals.

Death industrial, experimental.

Germany. Industrial, ebm.

Industrial soundscapes, male vocals, dark industrial. Electronic, breakbeats, experimental noise, darkwave.

comparisons: Project Pitchfork vocals

Mexico? Trance, electronics.

London-based, active.

Nu-metal, dark industrial. Chunky guitars, male and female vocals.

Electronic, robotic female vocals, occasional male vocals.

comparisons: CCP; Zoth Ommog; Anne Clarke; Athamay

Germany / Greece. Violins, middle eastern samples?

4-piece Greek/German gothic rock. On hold as the singer has moved back to Greece. Founded by Greek students in Germany. Has been around since 1987, but since 1992 in the current form. Write in English. Psychedelic influences, world music, electronic, progressive, metal elements as well as the main dark and melancholic direction.

Goth, Electro-goth, Industrial. Playing Wave-Gotik 2000.

Darkwave, elements of Goth, electro-pop, industrial.
possibly split up.

Experimental industrial ambient.

Norway. Underground electronic.

Underground industrial.
Dark electro industrial. Violent dancefloor electronic, ebm, menacing vocals.

comparisons: DAF; Orange Sector; Nitzer Ebb

Dark electronics.

comparisons: New Mind

Sweden. Synth pop, electro.

Mexican, formed 23.03.1998, originally called Lehmm, changed name to Isenngard N452, 10.09.1999, before changing name again four months later. Goth, ethereal, darkwave, synthpop, industrial. Keyboards, industrial drums, synths, guitars.

comparisons: Cure, Pornography; Clan of Xymox

Melodic female vocals. Gothic rock.

comparisons: Poetry of Shadows; Strange Boutique; Third and the Mortal

Future pop.

Battery side-project. Ethereal, synthesiser, minimal, female vocals.

Haunting. Molten gothic blues grunge.

comparisons: Babes in Toyland; Queen Adreena; Banshees; Tom Waits meets Cardiacs