the Wilde Wood

Deep, distorted, harsh male vocals. Industrial, metal, electro, fast dance. Early, though not amongst the original, industrial pioneers, formed 1984?

USA guitar-based industrial programming

Metal industrial, darkwave
comparisons: Ministry; Leechwoman

Feedback, distortion, moaning vocals
comparisons: Quaalude; Jesus and Mary Chain; Pink Floyd

Folk, metal. Have recently (2003) worked with Edward Tudor-Pole (and the rest of Tenpole Tudor?)

comparisons: New Model Army; Judas Priest; Clannad; Testament; Levellers

German? Instrumental electronic, sampled vocals.

German? Guitar-based industrial
comparisons: NIN; Ministry

Ambient art experimental dark industrial, electro beats and rhythms, analogue synth instrumentals. Sexual, magical themes, male, female vocals, dark ritualistic, fetish sex music.
comparisons: Depeche Mode

UK underground, male, female vocals, gothic electronic.
comparisons: 4AD

Italian?

Swiss, danceable rhythms, strings, sequencers, techno
comparisons: YelworC; Amgod

German? Dance, trance, instrumental, synths, atmospheric

Active (2003-09-29). Played in Frankfurt.

Greek? Formed 1985, goth band, ethereal, screaming, opera, avant-garde, techno-ambient trance.
comparisons: Klaus Nomi

Metal industrial, electronic, post-Gothic, some guitar-based.
comparisons: Squid

Noise, industrial

Inactive / changed name to Goteki. Postmodern graveyard disco music for the insane. Bubblegum industrial, electronics, drum machines. Darkwave, Largebeat pioneers. Lightsabre battles, laser fights, free aliens. Dancey music.
comparisons: Virgin Prunes; Alien Sex Fiend; Sex Gang Children

Industrial, trip hop, alternative post rock. Sequencing, digital, some acoustic guitars and instruments, samples, distorted vocals. Anti-capitolist.
comparisons: Swans vocals

Fort Worth. Loud crunchy guitars, clear vocals.

comparisons: Lowsunday; My Bloody Valentine; Slowdive

Industrial / powernoise / noise.

Formed 1992 by Denny, based in New York. Psychedelic side of Goth, strings, acoustic, harsh, discordant. Early 80s feel.

1980s pop

Hawaii-based. Romantic, emotional electronic sounds, Gothic sensibilities.
comparisons: Depeche Mode; Tears For Fears; The Mission

Gothic ensemble with neo-mediaeval alchemy, antique influence and 90s Gothic sound. Mediaeval, 'Rustic'.

Atmospheric, instrumental.

Mid eighties band.

Dark neo-folk

Dark electronics

Formed summer, 2000, Colarado.  Electronic darkwave.

Swedish

comparisons: Metallica; Black Sabbath

Swedish synth pop, gothic influences, pagan mediaeval.

German guitar-based experimental

Neo-classical experimental side project of Emperor
comparisons: Mortiis

Industrial repetitive rhythms, distorted sounds.
comparisons: The Severed Heads

Belgian? Power noise

Member from Nocturne from Invisible Records. Dallas, TX, USA. Industrial, digital hardcore/noise. Formed late 2003.

UK and USA band. Early gothic influences, latterly American guitar-based industrial.
comparisons: Ministry

Norway. Underground electronic.

Dark ambient Percussive spinoff of Arcana, without female vocals, and more percussive, classical. Early mediaeval militaristic, agressive style.
comparisons: Dead Can Dance

Another band called Sophia

Post-gothic electronic, female lead vocals. Dark, mystical.

German Gothic band, mystical themes, growing mediaeval influences. Neo-classical, black ambient, neo folk. Released a number of tapes before the first CD album. Anna-Varney worked on the German translations for London After Midnight - Selected Songs From The End Of The World.

Norway. Underground electronic.

Swedish goth-metal duo, very guitar orientated.

German? Classical goth.
comparisons: Love is Colder Than Death; Dead Can Dance

Active, based in Midlands?

Male vocals, melodic lullabies, synthesiser, acoustic guitars, electronics at times, atmospheric strings.

Dark, electronic dance.

Australian solo project

USA hard, dance industrial, some guitar samples

Started off performing between art films at the Scala Theatre? cinema

Very Stun-ish, indie influences, post-Goth.

Dark experimental minimal music.
comparisons: Tomb of Time; Cpinalonga; Cold Meat

French? Romantic female lead vocals, post-gothic guitar wave, neo-classical, darkwave.

Brandon left in 1992 to go solo, returning in 1998

Side project of Seize. Darker, harsher sounding EBM

German? Electronic industrial and commercial sounds

Goth, industrial, darkwave.

Underground experimental.

Atmospheric, darkly romantic.

Electro, industrial, darkwave side project of ND.

Italian?
comparisons: Bauhaus; Joy Division; Ikon

Ambient, violins.

Italian? Gothic rock, post-punk, atmospheric, Death Rock
comparisons: Christian Death; batcave; Blood and Roses; Ausgang; Danse Societyz

Worked with Math Howden

Amongst the original inustrial pioneers. SPK stands for System Programming Korporation.

German? Industrial, distorted vocals, electronic.
comparisons: Skinny Puppy; Delirium

Swedish synth pop (unsurprisingly with a Star Trek focus), goth, electro. Name allegedly stands for Star Pilot On Channel K.

Gothic dark Industrial. Voted best unsigned band two years running in Metal Hammer. Now named 616 Abortions.
comparisons: Marilyn Manson; Korn

Formed in November 1978 by Ash and Murphy who write a few songs that are later used by Bauhaus. First shows played in December at Northampton's Nene College of Art Christmas Ball. David J replaces Barber after one more show and renames group Bauhaus 1919.

Full name SSV-NSMABAAOTWMODAACOTIATW allegedly stands for Screw Shareholder Values, the Andrew Eldritch 'album' he recorded to escape his WEA/East West contract. Mumbly.

Portland, Oregon, USA. Horror, Gothic music. Used to be three women and three men, now (2003-11) four women and two men.

Robust guitar and real drums, Uncle Nemesis.

Side project of Kirlian Camera.

First London gig was 24.07.1999, released a single at Whitby, 1999. Possibly reforming soon.

Belgian Goth, power rock. Eighties Goth with twenty-first century techno-twist.
The Merry Thoughts; Sisters of Mercy; Suspiria

Swedish? Indie, goth, futurist, electronic, synth pop
comparisons: Inaura; Curve

Italian? Ex-members of Frozen Autumn, female and male vocals. Synth-pop, darkwave.

Italian? Spiritual, swirling, atmospheric
comparisons: Project (the label)

German electronic music, German vocals, electro darkwave, synth pop
comparisons: DAF

German dancefloor industrial, breakbeat-electro.
comparisons: NIN

Part of the 'Bromley Contingent' which included Billy Idol and Siouxsie Sioux. Involved with Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1977 to 1996. Composed the soundtrack for Nigel Windgrove's banned Visions of Ecstasy, 1989. Has released a solo album or two since the Banshees split up.

German? Dark electronic, deep vocals.

Belgian? Oppressive soundscape, electronic ambience, post futurist, modern German darkwave influences.

Trad goth, guitars, male vocals, German-style darkwave, UK-style Gothic rock.
comparisons: Nephilim; Sisters; Love Like Blood; Play Dead; The Merry Thoughts

Goth

German language minimalist darkwave.
comparisons: Goethes Erban

Heavy industrial, distorted vocals.

German goth group. Neo-classical, operatic, mediaeval, neo-folk.
comparisons: Wagner

West Coast USA post-punk group, brooding tribal sound, female vocals.
X-mal Deutschland; Siouxsie and the Banshees

Swedish? Very heavy
comparisons: Ministry (without the samples)

USA-based swirly gothic.

Canadian industrial, electro, deep male vocals, keyboards.
comparisons: Front Line Assembly

Claustrophobic soundscapes
comparisons: Lustmord; Throbbing Gristle

Ireland-based?

Italian bleak, melancholic apocalyptic neo-folk.

US / German? Dark, romantic orchestral electro, Darkwave.
comparisons: Meat Beat Manifesto; Ministry (Land of Rape and Honey)

London-based goth, trance, rock. Modern synths; 80s touches; rock, goth guitars; deep, mysterious vocals.
comparisons: Billy Idol.

Guitar-based gothic, alternative band

LA-based moody, dark electro-goth solo project.

UK indie pop

Formed in 1972. Electro-punk. New York duo. Influenced many Goth, industrial and electronic bands. Avant-garde, rockabilly, minimalist in places.

comparisons: Stooges; Velvet Underground

Belgian ebm hardcore electro-industrial. Sparse, cold, modernistic, intense. Dark electronics, distorted vocals, power noise.
comparisons: Skinny Puppy; YelworC; CCP

comparisons: Tom Waits.

British, active. Rob Holliday and Monti have worked together and seperately with the creatures/curve/the jesus and mary chain/laibach, they recently co-produced Gary Numans 'Pure' album.
Due to play a main stage slot at mera luna festival on aug 10th and a release in germany is to happen in sept
comparisons: Ministry; Nine Inch Nails; Gravity Kills

USA? Complex sounds with gothic emphasis.
comparisons: Portishead; The Cranes; Switchblade Symphony

Sweden. Gothic rock, guitar-based and keyboards.
comparisons: Dreadful Shadows; Love Like Blood; Medicine Rain

Uses Voudoun imagery

Norway. Underground electronic.

Active since 1991, CWHK and Caroline founded the band in San Francisco and have a son called Skye Strummer (1999). Goth, industrial, death rock, dark electro/dance, harsh power noise. Distorted tones.
comparisons: X-Mal Deutschland; Siouxsie and the Banshees; Ghost Dance

US all-girl group, punk, metal, glam, Goth

Norwegian black metal, melodious, technically able.

Modern dancefloor, gothic aesthetics. Formed 1993, split up in late 1997 (announced at DBM).

Experimental noise, death industrial.

Active (2003-11). Jamie was on vocals, now (2003-11) on drums.

Dark ambient, claustrophobic.

Metal, guitar-based dancy industrial

Belgian Gothic, atmospheric, experimental. Strings, bass lines.
comparisons: Wagner; Cure; Joy Division.

Formerly Heart of Snow.

Jarboe joined around the time of Children of God (the most 'Goth' of their albums). Dark sinister sounds, well-thought out guitar riffs, twisted backing vocals, dead pan vocals. Post-rock, ambient dronescapes. Great Annihilator is mellow / punishing industrial...

German 90s Gothic, ex-Secret Discovery members. Guitar-based Gothic Rock.
comparisons: Mission; early Sisters; Emma Conquest; Pink Floyd

Darkwave, death metal, tribal magikal semi-ritualistic music. Named after the Swart Alfar (Dark Elves) from Norse mythology.
comparisons: Aleister Crowley; Lord Byron; De Sade.

Norway. Underground electronic. Light, bouncy synthpop. Modern synth pop from ex-Apop members.

comparisons: Wolfsheim; Iris

Amongst early German goth bands.
comparisons: Nephilim; Hawkwind; the Doors

Formed 1990/1991 in San Francisco, by Susan Wallace and Tina Root, split up around 2000/1? Gothic, electro, celtic, dance with diverse influences. Combination of dark, classical, electronic, jazz, trip hop. Name from cutting up elements and forming symphony of beauty and nastiness. In later years synths pretty much took over from guitars, goth-hop style.Classical music, hard guitar, hard drums, nasty vocals. Drummer is also the trombone player. Harp, strings, bells, opera singing. Signed to Cleopatra in 1994. Into nursery rhymes, children fairy tales, fantasy... Heavy beat industrial, electronica and classical/theatrical styles of music. TheBladies.com
Rumoured to have recently split up, Tina now in band called Tre'Lux?
comparisons: Siouxsie Sioux; Dead Can Dance.

Solo project.

Toronto. Dark, gothic, industrial. Active (2003).

Side Project of Leeb and Fulber. Harsh dance, trance, atmospheric, ambient, dreamscape electronic music.

French goth band

Gothic commercial Darkwave, Darkbeat.
comparisons: Sneaky Bat Machine; Narcissus Pool; Nekromantik; Faithful Dawn.

Pagan female duo.

German Gothic 70s-rock-influenced, mournful, sparse at times. Gothic, fetish art imagery. Record at Dorge's Black October studios.
comparisons: Sisters; Pink Floyd

Gothic rock

German harsh electro industrial.