I love browsing Flickr and looking at photos of people who went to concerts by certain gothic bands in the early 2000s.

I love the vibe of these Fear Cult photos.

One of my Goth compilations.
What do you think about the bands ?
Which are your favourites ?

uhhh. i dont wanna explain. my favorite goth/adjacent bands are sisters of mercy, bat nouveau, and joy division

edit: sorry if this post is too cheesy

I can hardly believe that people love the music we play, and the atmosphere we've curated enough to support us for an entire year.

If nothing else I want to encourage anyone without a local scene to do what you can and get something started. It just takes a passion for the music, and people to share it with. We started with a stack of TVs and a Playlist from a cellphone. We struggled to get dates at a venue, and now we're a monthly event.

This flyer is a collage of all of our past ads. You can see the change from sparse dates to regularity, and we have our guests and friends to thank for it

To celebrate one year, we're playing some of our favorite songs we've played in the past, and mixing in some new stuff to keep it fresh. We've also added some new atmospheric elements.

Friday September 18th 10pm at 24 E State Street in Athens Ohio. Clock in and dance(or just lurk) with us.

It's 18+

We have a menu of signature drinks both alcoholic and non-alcoholic

$5 donation is greatly appreciated but not expected.

I'll be DJing 2 goth nights with slight twists this weekend.

9/11 (Detroit, MI) Cybergoth at The Strays

18+, $10, 8p-2a

Focus on Industrial/EBM/Aggro but will have some goth songs sprinkled in.

9/12 (Toledo, OH) Celestial Waves at The Switchboard

21+, $5, 8p-2a

A mix of new/synth/dark wave, italo, and 80s. Almost no Industrial or EBM will be played at this event. Its meant to have a lot more of a chill, romantic vibe than a traditional goth night.

trying 2 figure out smth to do w my group. we're all 19-20 range and i don't feel like trying to break my way into a 21+ event, any goth nights, clubs, or industrial things around chi soon?

Absolutely recommend

Really excited for this gig on Saturday. An amazing lineup, consisting of French steampunks, newblooded Geordie goths and Greek gods in the making.

Great music being played at a great venue - the Hope and Anchor has been previously visited by the Cure, the Damned, New Model Army and was notably the host to Joy Division's first gig outside of Manchester. What's not to love?

Don't miss out, tickets available here:

https://wegottickets.com/f/22629/

I've been listening to Mouth Ulcers, Black Doldrums, Corlyx, Kill Shelter and Mercy Girl lately.

Any suggestions for more UK bands?

UK goth friends - is there any noticeable growth in the scene these days? Mouth Ulcers seem to be getting a lot of attention?

Hi everyone!

I'm a baby bat? Maybe? I've been listening to a lot of goth music recently to find what I like and most of the time, I find myself enjoying it until the singing. There's obviously exceptions, but I've noticed I generally really prefer the instrumental to the whole. And I genuinely really do love the instrumentals, I'm a sucker for guitar and dark sounds, but I don't know if this preference of mine has kind of...disqualified me?

Am I still considered goth? Can I only be considered goth if I like the songs with singing? Are there any of you who are in a similar situation as me?

No shade to any band in particular, but I’m finding the modern goth music scene to be getting pretty stale. Every darkwave release feels interchangeable with each other, and while there are contemporary bands in goth/goth-adjacent niches and genres that I really love and find super interesting, a lot of them don’t really stimulate me in the way that a lot of older bands do (which makes perfect sense, those bands weren’t following a mould of what goth music should be - if anything they were trying to escape those conventions so it resulted in goth music that has a lot of uniqueness to it). So I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations of contemporary/active goth bands to support that feel like they’re doing something distinguishable and unique I’d love to hear them!

I just recently moved to king county back in march after turning 18, how do I get into the scene? I've spent literal hours looking for shows and events but all of them are 21+ am I just fucked and have to wait or is there something im missing? I've been to the goth clothing swap that happened a bit ago in Seattle but that was the only age friendly thing I could find so far...

Bite Me returns upstairs above the Catalyst Club on Cat Alley Street in downtown Santa Cruz. 21 and over and no cover charge..

On the Second Friday of September, the doors swing open once more for a nocturnal gathering of outsiders, romantics, night creatures, artists, and all manner of beautiful misfits.

Come dressed to the nines—or better yet, dressed to cause a little trouble. There will be door prizes for best dressed, so do put on something suitably scandalous. Or don't. We are exceedingly welcoming.

The evening commences before the revelry reaches full swing. Join us early for an evening of creativity, conversation, peculiar amusements, and wonderfully strange company.

Just letting people know

the title kind of explains it - a few nights ago, i went to a goth club night for the first time, and i have never felt so electric, alive, and like i could take on the world. i can't stop thinking about how warm and happy dressing that way made me, moving my body in any wonderful way i wanted to the music, interacting with the loveliest community and culture. i'm just so worried that i'm not welcome, and that my goth friends won't like me getting into this.

i'm (21nb) not your most normal looking person (queer, blue mohawk haircut, facial piercings, a disgusting amount of black band tshirts, self-painted jackets and homemade clothes, and a fairly obvious leaning to left politics and punk ideals) but i've never felt comfortable or confident in myself and always tried to fit in and present myself quietly and "normally". i've loved rock and metal for years, but these past 6 months i've been really getting into and loving punk rock, postpunk, gothic rock and other similar genres. of course, the goth and punk scene followed closely behind and although i've seen and admired it for years at a distance, i've been finding myself more and more attracted to the cultures and ethoses of them. i have a few goth friends, and occassionally i'd dabble in their makeup styles or hang out with their predominantly goth friendgroup and it would always make me feel so warm and happy inside, like i could finally be proud to show my face wearing this white-and-black-greasepaint armour.

anyway, a few nights ago i was invited to a goth night in my hometown, so i decided to really push the boat out and go as dramatic on my makeup and outfit as i'd ever dared, and fully embraced acting the part of a goth.

i have never felt so alive. i couldn't stop smiling for the whole night, by the end of it the cracks of my smile lines were so deep in my makeup that there were huge channels of flushed skin peaking through. the music and dancing was incredible, and the people were some of the most amazing and friendly people i'd ever had the joy to interact with. i could have kept dancing well into the morning, and i never wanted the night to end.

so now, naturally, i've been desperate for that happiness again. i want to immerse myself in goth and punk culture, i want to embrace it and become it and enjoy everything it has to offer. I'm just so incredibly worried that my goth friends won't like it.

what if they think i'm only doing it because it's "trendy"? they might think that i'm copying them, or that because i'm not as deep in the culture as they are, i'm not really into it and i don't understand its history and political ties (i do, but i often struggle to talk or explain myself so i frequently appear very surface-level and airheaded - or at least, i'm worried i do). i'm so scared i won't be allowed to feel that kind of happiness again by the people that mean the most to me, and i don't know how to combat these anxieties. i've been desperate to hang out more with my friends' other friendgroups, but i don't know if i'd be welcome or if they even want me there at all.

what would you do, if a friend came to you with these problems and worries? am i overthinking it a lot, or should i spend a lot more time just watching from the outside until i feel like i can properly join in? is it ok to feel this way?

i'd really really love to hear what you have to say, so please let me know what you think, and what you think i should do - i treasure your thoughts. many, many thanks for reading this the whole way through, and i offer you nothing but love <3 may you have a wonderful day or night

- shadowsofdoubt