With 1985’s Phanasmagoria, The Damned made one of the great goth-punk albums ...

Not every goth essential out there is a full-stop gothic rock song. Many of the songs on this list could be considered gothic rock tunes, but some of them lean toward different genres. Nevertheless, ...

According to Bauhaus’ iconic goth anthem, “Bela Lugosi’s dead.” Yep, that’s true. The actor who gave a legendary performance of Dracula back in the 1930s has long been deceased. Ruben Garcia Jr., ...

Pensacola’s gothic scene is flourishing. What started as periodic evenings of gothic music and dance has grown into monthly events at the iconic Handlebar, and a flourishing new business to support ...

Goth Icon Shares New ‘Dramatic’ Version of Hit Song originally appeared on Parade. Few are more synonymous with goth—be it music, fashion, or lifestyle—than Robert Smith of The Cure. Since forming in ...

About five years ago, in the dark depths of the pandemic, TikTok users suddenly became enamored of a video of dancing bats. The bats weren’t really dancing, just hanging upside down, but the black-and ...

Here are the 5 goth metal bands who deserved to be bigger! Luckily… not all of them are six feet under, and, hopefully, their fanbases will continue to grow. Before exploring our main picks, however, ...

In 2006, Peter Murphy of Bauhaus sat down next to My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way for an MTV interview to promote a new CD collection titled Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box. “I’m trying to work out ...

On June 10, 1991, a young, scruffy Kurt Cobain was loading his gear into the then-abandoned Gothic Theatre. Later that night, Cobain, alongside Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, would ignite the stage ...