How to Appreciate Goth Music

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Take baby steps to your first real goth album by listening to artists with similar

   Eighties alternative rock bands like The Cure are good places to begin.
   
   Look at songs besides their singles, and get a feel for the music.
   
   When you're ready, move onto less mainstream Gothic bands.
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   Step 2: yet more mainstream qualities.

   For the most part, the mainstream sounds that you will be used to are gone.
   
   The band Bauhaus is considered one of the most well-known and influential goth bands.
   
   Other good starting points can be found in punk and post-punk bands such as Joy Division, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Damned, Sisters of Mercy or Christian Death.
   
   Later you may want to try more specific styles of Gothic music. ,, Artists known to play in this style are Jill Tracy, Salon Betty, Rozz Williams, Katzenjammer Kabarett, Voltaire and Rasputina. ,,,,,,,,, A huge part of "Gothic" music is appreciation of very meaningful and deep lyrics.
   
   You can search online for the lyrics.
   
   Listen to what they are singing about.
   
   The lyrics vary from deeply touching and profound to perforated with a macabre whimsy. , This is a cool type of music.
   
   It has it's own sound, like all genres. , Websites such as and Gothic International, they're websites dedicated to informing others about the subculture, including its music.
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   Step 3: Get a Gothic album

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   Step 4: and prepare for a shift in sounds.

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   Step 5: If you prefer electronic music

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   Step 6: you may want to look into EBM

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   Step 7: industrial

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   Step 8: and dark wave artists such as Neurotic fish

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   Step 9: The Cruxshadows

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    Step 10: Bella Morte

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    Step 11: Das Ich

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    Step 12: You Shriek

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    Step 13: Einstürzende Neubauten and Collide.

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    Step 14: If you are into musical theatre

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    Step 15: you may enjoy dark cabaret music.

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    Step 16: If you prefer softer music you may want to try the bands Black Tape For a Blue Girl

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    Step 17: Dead Can Dance

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    Step 18: syntactic

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    Step 19: and Autumn's Grey Solace.

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    Step 20: If you prefer music with a New Age or Celtic feel

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    Step 21: try listening to Leaves' Eyes

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    Step 22: Elusiveness

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    Step 23: Faith and the Muse

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    Step 24: or FAUN.

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    Step 25: If you want to listen to a band with a good strong voice that sings pop punk (which is more like 'normal' music) than try Emilie Autumn or The Dresden Dolls.

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    Step 26: If you like Hip Hop and R&B style music listening to bands like Tricky

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    Step 27: Kung Fu Vampire

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    Step 28: and Portishead

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    Step 29: If you enjoy Electro Pop music try synthpop bands like Covenant

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    Step 30: Necro Facility

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    Step 31: and Wolfisheim

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    Step 32: If you into metal try bands like Evanescence

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    Step 33: Lacuna Coil

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    Step 34: and Black Sabbath

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    Step 35: If you like Synth try bands like Depeche Mode

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    Step 36: If you enjoy ambient music try bands like Burzum

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    Step 37: and Lustmord

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    Step 38: Listen to the lyrics.

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    Step 39: Realize it is not scary.

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    Step 40: Read websites.

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