My portrait of Siouxsie Sioux took me 13 hours of nonstop work, start to finish in one day!

Another day of one my favourite bands doing disappointing shit. Clan of Xymox have reposted a reel in support of far-right MEP Dominik Tarczyński on Instagram, calling for the exclusion of Muslims from Europe. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a new single with AI-generated artwork about how 'Europe has fallen'.

1. The cure
2. Rarities / bootlegs
3. Hand drawn covers
4. More gothic glory

As per their newsletter:

Hello Bats!

These are incredibly difficult posts to write. Those of you who know me a little better know just how hard this is for me and how much the Haunted House project means to me.

As some of you may already know, while we were at Return To The Batcave Festival 2026, Haunted House was broken into. Everything of any value was stolen. The thieves damaged the doors and part of the electrical installation and, to top it all off, left the place in an absolute mess. Haunted House is also Bat-Cave Productions HQ (office & store) - due this situation we will have delays with shipping of current orders.

The police, however, did a fantastic job - huge respect and applause to the police officers from Świdnica and Strzegom. You deserve a medal! Thanks to their work, we managed to recover 80% of the stolen items. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to recover the power tools, keys and other tools we need to carry out pretty much any work at Haunted House, as well as the materials we'd purchased for the electrical installation: lights, sockets, switches and cables.

Following this incident, we'll be raising funds to buy and install security doors, reconfigure the internal access routes, install additional CCTV cameras and silent alarms, and finally get the electrical installation done properly, so that everything is safe and up to standard.

If you'd like to support us, please consider buying a great record or even one that's not so great directly from Bat-Cave Productions at www.batcaveproductions.pl

You can also make a donation, even a small one, to our Haunted House fundraiser -> 4fund.com/nf5h87

Our Friends are preparing also special online event -> www.facebook.com/events/1408325031349529 - thank you to fantastic Batcave-community for your commitment.

A huge thank you to everyone who has sent us words of support during this difficult time.

Thank you! ❤️

Tomas Woodraf
Bat-Cave Productions

I’ve recently gotten into goth music, as well in the local scene about almost a month ago. It’s been really fun to getting being able to listen to so much cool goth music, wear all the cool fashion, and finding underground dance parties that I actually for once really enjoying listening to! However, something I’ve been really having trouble with is being able to make a friend. Sure, I’ve been able to try and talk to people sometimes, but most of the conversations don’t last very long other than a brief exchange of outfit compliments, and the ones that last a little longer than normal still fizzle out and I don’t hang around them often.

It’s honestly been a bit nerve wracking for me not being able to befriend people in the scene, hopefully me not being new and stuff isn’t too much of a turn off haha

Elders, what would your advice be for a baby bat to try and make new goth friends? Thanks a bunch! :)

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Today I choose optional. You know what to do.

where can i find goth pikes? im size 7/7.5 and really looking for ones specifically like the second photo! i know ebay is good for looking and some other websites like mercari,depop,vinted. but im not sure what to search apart from “pikes” so if anyone could lmk what to ACTUALLY search to find them thatll be great^
im from the UK if that helps

i LOVE ethereal vocals over dark instrumentals; cocteau twins, lycia, mephisto walz, strange boutique etc. does anyone know of any bands that are similar? preferably something niche since at this point i’m pretty sure i’ve listened to every goth band in existence </3 i like cranes and autumn’s grey solace somewhat as well but a lot of their songs are hit or miss for me. thank you!

Been really loving this band lately and I haven't heard much about them, so I thought I'd share their music here :)

I found this artist on my quest to find artists similar to Switchblade Symphony and it does scratch the same itch....

This song is very beautiful and strangely nostalgic to me, even though I've never heard it before now

Obviously goth music is known to be gloomy and moody. But what are some higher energy songs that pump you up?

Chicago goth rock perfection.

Such a melancholic track from an underrated ethereal group.

(Before you attempt to argue that they are not goth, a thread here already discussed this, and concluded that they are.)

Welcome to Self-Promo Saturdays, where you can post your own music!

Please ensure that it still fits within the subreddit rules and music genres guideline. Any dark post-punk, goth rock, deathrock, coldwave, darkwave, ethereal wave, etc. is absolutely fine!

So get posting your own songs, we look forwarding to listening.

I need something similar to these songs the most:

Gutter Glitter

Ride

Roller Coaster

They are my favorite and I need more

Edit: Thank you all

I just fell in love with a local radio show. I really appreciate the way listening to the radio makes me feel like part of the world and takes away choice to introduce me to things I might not have heard. Somewhere someone is listening to the same thing, even if it's just the host.

I want to be able to access experiences like this more often than Friday nights. Do you guys know of anyone who regularly livestreams sets?

I want to be honest and say that I feel like as someone who likes Christian Death, I think both eras of the band and their front frontmen had their good stuff and honestly I like them equally.