Compulsory Listening: Which GOTH albums?

[Cylob]

To start:

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c832/c8321831wvy.jpg

Curve - Doppelganger
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre300/e330/e330837607k.jpg

The Cure - Faith
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c499/c49924v7956.jpg

[zootm]

i don't think of curve as goth. but that's just me.

as for the more "shock!" side of goth, how about this:

http://www.metalwillneverdie.net/speciali/2001/dimmu_puritanical.jpg
dimmu borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

[Xerxes]

I'm sure none of you "Goths" would actually care for reccomendations from the ACTUAL gothic era... so why waste the effort?

[zootm]

go on, i'm not a goth anyway :)

and of course, there's a difference between modern gothic music and classical gothic music. i'd think an educated man such as yourself could deal with one word having twin meanings...

[Xerxes]

Just more of the same caustic vitriol aimed at modern music, you know me.

"Gothic" Music ... quite a misnomer.

[Cylob]

Goth's nothing more than a label (brought about by NME no doubt).

zootm - what the hell's that?!?!?!??! With regards to Curve, Doppelganger has a certain goth feel. The other albums are just 'Curve' (too original to be classified).

[MetallichicA]

Gothic - Of or relating to a style of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate.

Well huh, X, looks like it was very well named to me :p Why not try listening to it before discounting it and sniffing down your nose at us? :rolleyes:


<edit> Zootm, Dimmu's more death metal, I believe. At least, that's what I've seen it classified as. I supposed the two genres can overlap, though, too. </edit>

<edit2> One of my picks: http://www.bexgd.com/pics/ifthenelse.gif
If_Then_Else by The Gathering </edit2>

[Xerxes]

Originally posted by MetallichicA
Gothic - Of or relating to a style of fiction that emphasizes the grotesque, mysterious, and desolate.


http://live.********.com/user_images/T/Telal/1000605914_Cgothtalkazrael1.jpg

Does Azreal Abyss, Prince of Sorrow count as gothic? :p

[Cylob]

By the looks of him, I'd say so! Notice the flat hair at the top (needs a bigger coffin). Adding:

Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
Clan of Xymox - Creatures
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd500/d539/d53948g9xps.jpg

[zootm]

Originally posted by Cylob
zootm - what the hell's that?!?!?!??! With regards to Curve, Doppelganger has a certain goth feel. The other albums are just 'Curve' (too original to be classified).
i've always found them to be quite similar to garbage (at least their early stuff), but with a lot more "edge". i don't know if two bands qualifies as a genre, though.

Originally posted by Cylob
<edit> Zootm, Dimmu's more death metal, I believe. At least, that's what I've seen it classified as. I supposed the two genres can overlap, though, too. </edit>
the use of lots and lots of orchestral parts, and "grander" music always made it seem more like "gothic" music to me. fair dues, though.

[Mr_007]

Good pics!
Please search with:http://www.google.com

[Cylob]

Originally posted by zootm
i've always found them to be quite similar to garbage (at least their early stuff), but with a lot more "edge". i don't know if two bands qualifies as a genre, though.


Curve are their own genre, it's unfortunate that comparisons are drawn with 'Garbage'. The latter are just an industral guitar band (nothing noteworthy), Curve are truly special. Try making a song that's breathtakingly beautiful and at the same time could peel your neighbour's wallpaper.

Luckilly their forray into the mainstream was very brief, so they haven't been tarnished by being popular!

[zootm]

hehe - that does happen too often, granted...