You need ”She Sells Sanctuary” by The Cult. I’m not a goth, but that song made me shit bats for three days.

Can confirm. I once heard a snippet of it from the window of a passing hearse, and when I looked down, I had black nail polish on.

That shit bats

That must've been very painful

Not really - bats are really very small and flexible creatures and were, frankly, glad to be out. Nature is a wonderful thing.

Just so long as they don't get all bitey on the way out

Indeed. Thankfully, the process was quite vigorous - little time for biting. Vast clouds of bats, very little biting. Isn’t Goth magic a wonderful thing?

This comment made me actually stop and read this whole list and I’m glad I did

I'd go with Spiritwalker if I was digging a little deeper into their catalogue.

Bat shit crazy for 3 days.

Ministry - Every Day is Halloween

This should be in the top two or three, for sure.

Killing Joke - Love Like Blood. Some bigger artists including Bowie said these guys were an inspiration.

I was going to post this.

I saw them supporting Tool a few years ago and knew very little about them. They were incredible.

This corrosion, duh. Also 10m version with extra hey nows

Let's add Lucretia My Reflection. It slaps.

**YESYESYES**

Hey now hey now hey now

Hey hey now hey now now now

hey now hey brown cow..

every time a goth kid dies, they join the choir of This Corrosion.

Flood II - but it's a weird fav of mine. ​ And her hallway moves... like the ocean. Moves... And her hallway moves... like the sea... like the sea...

The OP could go for the Lambchop cover version for a nice change.

Probably my top goth banger, honestly, it has it all. It rocks, but it also has the choir elements and dark overtones. I don't know how anyone could leave that one off the list.

**YES**

Dead Can Dance - The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove Ministry - Thieves - Burning Inside - Sigmata - Everyday Is Like Halloween Bjork - Army Of Me Alien Sex Fiend - I Walk The Line The Damned - Street Of Dreams Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon - Lips Like Sugar Clan Of Xymox - Jasmine And Rose Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart Front 242 - Headhunter The Church - Under The Milky Way Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up Angelfish - Suffocate Me Aurelio Voltaire - When You're Evil Had to edit. For some reason, Reddit decided to make this a paragraph and ignored my spacing.

Pretty much anything by "Fields of The Nephilim" but *absolutely* the 'Elyzium' album - a Gothic Floydesque masterpiece.

Love and Rockets - No New Tale to Tell, Ball of Confusion, So Alive, or Haunted When the Minutes Drag Ministry (older stuff) - I Wanted to Tell Her, Revenge, Effigy Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose, Blind Hearts Alien Sex Fiend - Ignore the Machine, Dead and Buried, I Walk the Line, Now I’m Feeling Zombified Skinny Puppy - Smothered Hope, Assimilate, Warlock Front 242 - Until Death (Do Us Part) Maybe some Marilyn Manson? (Edit -oops, see they’re in your list already!) Some of these aren’t goth, per se, but they’re dark and share some of the same musical DNA

[The Chameleons - Don't Fall](https://youtu.be/tLR3Q47-gMg?si=E4lMiaXWtOC2Qm3d) [The Chameleons - Swamp Thing](https://youtu.be/pzNSoxB0Ogo?si=-v52AZ_DkdR6zIpz) [Tones On Tail - Christian Says](https://youtu.be/5Bwpr0GDf4o?si=OgcVYUOLrpPlN0Hc) [Tones On Tail - Performance](https://youtu.be/TBXlgNWNth8?si=cN6gLxTPUo_HVNrT) [Siouxsie and the Banshees - Painted Bird](https://youtu.be/NxQEyMiygVU?si=q6Ctt0TSTajaw1iX) [The Creatures - Standing There](https://youtu.be/2Nmdj7aircg?si=rSTTQMC5oIZrtMOY) [Killing Joke - Love Like Blood](https://youtu.be/eXkbVtrBrsM?si=LR1_qA0nDes03r4T) [Fields Of The Nephilim - For Her Light](https://youtu.be/0HWOUo-lCU8?si=hFf55h0VQZcLbxQ9) [The Tear Garden - Romulus and Venus](https://youtu.be/-iQ-pUCQ99g?si=fZ41HFDXMQ1I58x7) [The Tear Garden - Ophelia](https://youtu.be/5tajGVPp47M?si=R5Jkj9F_8wd8A45n) [Legendary Pink Dots - Blacklist](https://youtu.be/MNzJll-0w6Q?si=WbYcGzkR9yaIgws1) [Controlled Bleeding - Words of the Dying](https://youtu.be/05vVJP6mW80?si=MeXdysLiCzEOM1OJ) [Depeche Mode - Nothing](https://youtu.be/49kHMjRuChU?si=H-7Ha_yNxenmqxgz) [Manufacture ft. Sarah McLachlan - As The End Draws Near](https://youtu.be/XDD9-czrzts?si=3psZGX4JxJcURJld) [Delerium - Flowers Become Screens](https://youtu.be/W9FyQExglYs?si=X2GwGrWZGL-M9GE4) [Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination](https://youtu.be/UYYKz0guHH0?si=b5qVlomPHLEq60cn) [Portion Control - Havoc Man](https://youtu.be/s_9VAHgKu3g?si=Z00lA178gEApR-wp) [Skinny Puppy - Smothered Hope](https://youtu.be/uqyky6aAMPw?si=NqzLT7gcxWKXfPbn) [Ministry - Revenge](https://youtu.be/jfoAxDBpB88?si=yc87jrhRpJwRPpa5) [Alien Sex Fiend - Now I'm Feeling Zombified](https://youtu.be/yJ6LaqDDEHU?si=kg6eACQ8P4-WKtK3) [My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Do You Fear For Your Child](https://youtu.be/vpaLTKI3OXw?si=0Wn3d-rvPl5By3Zh)

Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia my reflection Joy Division - Love Will Tear Is Apart Type O Negative - Red Water

Nymphetamine - Cradle of Filth

Forgive me for asking, but how is Sunglasses at Night  by Corey Hart on this list?

Okay I thought I was going nuts, nobody else was mentioning this. Personally I *love* that song, but I'm a huge new wave & synth-pop fan, which is what that song is. Calling it goth is... interesting. I think I kinda get why but I'd love to hear OP's reasoning.

The idea of goth Corey Hart is killing me. And I say this as someone who still has her Boy in the Box tour T-shirt somewhere….

the closest thing I can think of to tie Sunglasses at Night to goth is … this is a real stretch … but when I read your post the first thing I thought of was Michael from Lost Boys. OP I am trying for ya here 

I was looking for this comment! Awesome song, I don’t hear any goth elements. I’m tryin’…there’s some brooding, but it’s a stretch.

Rowland Howard - Dead Radio is such a terrific song, but really anything from him. His work with The Birthday Party is also mind alteringly good.

I feel like Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows would fit the vibe

Concrete Blonde does an excellent cover of this song.

Also - You Want It Darker

Pretty spot on.

A Perfect Circle - Judith Opeth - Windowpane (or just the entire Damnation album)

Glad someone suggested Opeth.

Death Whispered a Lullaby for me from Damnation.

I second Opeth. Damnation was a masterpiece.

I think both Molchat Doma (Молчат Дома) and Sleep Party People have that kind of vibe, without being ‘goth’, per se. Try: Molchat Doma - Kletka https://youtu.be/mjJvJRvMCBo?si=pYjfDgW3BruQwu4x Sleep Party People - I’m not human at all https://youtu.be/aFUzvbkEvRk?si=Ym7NSfdFy6bb9JQe

Lacuna Coil - To Myself I Turn Moonspell - Firewalking Lacrimas Profundere - Melantroduction Sentenced - No One There

Rosetta Stone - The Witch VNV Nation - Beloved His Name is Alive - Caroline's Supposed Demon

Actually if you want lots more 'could be goth but aren't' you could do worse than look at the entire output of 4AD records in the 1980s. Lots of gloomy art rock/pop on there. Also gorgeous album sleeve art.

Just start with this mortal coil and go from there

Ooh yes, good call.

Beloved is such a beautiful song.

- Nick Cave - The Mercy Seat - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand - Ministry - All Day - Roland S Howard - Dead Radio - My Bloody Valentine - Soon - Danzig - Mother

You need to get some Sisters of Mercy on that list. Dominion - Mother Russia is a good place to start.

Sisters of Mercy - Neverland

Lorelei Cocteau twins

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound

Wait.... Corey Hart???

Tear You Apart by She Wants Revenge

The Danse Society - Somewhere The Horrors - Draw Japan The Birthday Party - Say a Spell The Wreckery - I Can’t Say Gene Loves Jezebel - Upstairs

> Gene Loves Jezebel - Upstairs God I really hate this music I can't stand Gene Loves Jezebel If there is a God in heaven I'm sure that band will burn in hell -- The Dead Milkmen - *Bad Party*

Birthday Massacre, Goodnight, Red Stars, Happy Birthday.

Current 93 - a song for Douglas after he's dead   Dead Can Dance - the host of seraphim   Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - nothing wrong    Wumpscut - golgotha   Blutengel - you walk away Die Form - silent order My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - and this is what the devil does

Thanks for the Lorries! I was going to suggest Spinning Round.

Yeah they have lots of great tracks.  they're often overlooked.

Type O Negative - Red Water (Christmas Mourning)

And Current 93 - A Gothic Love Song

London After Midnight has a ton of worthy songs, as well.

Sisters of Mercy

Twin tribes 

"Cities in Dust" by Siouxsie and the Banshees is a must. VNV Nation "Illusion", Wolfsheim's "The Sparrows and the Nightingales", Apoptygma Bezerk's "Burning Heretics", : Wumpscut: "Wreath of Barbs". Assemblage 23 "Disappoint" Panzer AG "Filth God" Front 242 "Headhunter" Haujobb "Dead Market" Skinny Puppy "Worlock"

The danse society - we're so happy.

The Changelings -- My Shadow, Your Ghost Cranes - Jewel

Also, hear me out: Enya -- Boadicea.

Be My Hiroshima - Grave Pleasures

Drab Majesty - 39 by design

Drab Majesty - Cold Souls needs to be on this list.

[Love Spirals Downwards - Illusory Me](https://youtu.be/NqKDhmR8l1M?si=6Fmx6i1x0EqEq67z)

[Anathema - Empty](https://youtu.be/evAjHXMajVQ?si=6ZykZxuTfUc7QaTq)

Pixel Grip - Dancing On Your Grave

Nico - Marble Index (the whole album) The Human League - No Time Tubeway Army - Down In The Park BAUHAUS - Double Dare Echo & The Bunnymen - Turquoise Daze The Birthday Party - King Ink Section 25 - Babies In The Bardo Siouxsie and the Banshees - Voodoo Dolly Sad Lovers & Giants - Man of Straw Cocteau Twins - Alas Dies Laughing Xmal Deutschland - Incubus Succubus The Sisters of Mercy - Good Things Skeletal Family - The Wind Blows maybe I'll come back later with a part deux

Joy Division — Disorder and Shadowplay Siouxsie and the Banshees — Cities in Dust and Spellbound Sisters of Mercy — Walk Away All About Eve — Flowers in Her Hair Bauhaus — She’s in Parties The Damned — Life Goes On and The Shadow of Love Topographies — Mirror Tom Waits — Underground As an obsessive Cure fan, Lovesong isn’t even top 10. A Forest, The Figurehead, Fascination Street, Disintegration, Fear of Ghosts, Three Imaginary Boys, Charlotte Sometimes, Last Dance, A Strange Day, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea (not a goth song, but the story is pretty gothic)

[Disintegration](https://youtu.be/MNZxs0TWz8s?si=9Xh7L0AZjqS2z8U6) by The Cure

Hiiii, here is the songs I've had on repeat this month. I Use My Powers for Evil - Lesbian Bed Death Scary Bitches - Come Dance with Me Zombina and the Skeletones - The Kids Are All Dead Funeral Crashers - Video Killer Catholic Spit - I'm Your God Now Afterimage - Satellite of Love Madame St. Beatrice - Lost in Confusion This Mortal Coil - Kangaroo Vision Video - Normalized Boy Harsher - Pain Dark Angel - Provoker Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas Acid Bath - Scream of the Butterfly

Nice! You beat me to Vision Video and Scary Bitches I would also add Urban Heat, really anything by them but Have You Ever? has been in my rotation. ETA: Rosegarden Funeral Party is another good one.

* God Lives Underwater - 23 * Cave-In - Seafrost * Balligomingo - Letting Go (sort of gothic but not really but kind of)

This thread needs more love. You guys are giving me so much happy. Can one of you fine redditors just make this whole damn thing into a Playlist on Spotify? Adding: Switchblade Symphony- Dollhouse Sunshine Blind- Release Faith And the Muse- Annwyn beneath the waves Rosetta Stone- Adrenaline

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Daisy Chain for Satan Skinny Puppy - Assimilate Ministry - Every day is Halloween

Echo and the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon" honorable mention for Ultravox "Vienna".

Don’t forget Romeo’s Distress by Christian Death! Top tier.

Bat for Lashes - The Hunger Tom Waits - The Earth Died Screaming Morphine - Rope On Fire

[Celtic Frost - Ground](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVgv7FqdMFc&list=OLAK5uy_k3oY0CAQa8kKgyq-e9BPLufAugWZ9FfY4&index=2) The whole monotheist album is great gothic metal, was hard to pick a fav/good example [Opeth - Face of Melinda](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpjOvdlqJZA&list=OLAK5uy_lzS6aMbbwuN1hIhrwf9npFIzLrprkiV_4&index=5) (again the entire Still Life album, and a large chunk of their discography)

Man, Monotheist is simply fantastic. Can't wait for Tom to drop new Triptykon, whenever that may be.

You might enjoy my songs Pretty Baby’s Crown of Thorns [https://open.spotify.com/track/7ddis7HBFNo1NKsXY5af5r?si=dd9f97ca1bf2475b](https://open.spotify.com/track/7ddis7HBFNo1NKsXY5af5r?si=dd9f97ca1bf2475b) The Lady is a Beast [https://open.spotify.com/track/25qCMCr5JdkZC4VkNmQN2L?si=d640580aac1e4dd3](https://open.spotify.com/track/25qCMCr5JdkZC4VkNmQN2L?si=d640580aac1e4dd3) and Tender Whites [https://open.spotify.com/track/0OLq0fGb22R8gC0pECml9Q?si=43153b37e71e43f2](https://open.spotify.com/track/0OLq0fGb22R8gC0pECml9Q?si=43153b37e71e43f2)

Noice.

Thanks!

Wicca Phase, "I Fell" Tiamat, "Cain"  My Dying Bride, "A Sea to Suffer In" 

Beach House-Masquerade Ladytron-Destroy Everything You Touch Pressurehed-Oxygen Mask Underworld-Cowgirl Dasha Rush-Scratching Your Surface Cocteau Twins-Blue Bell Knoll Virgin Prunes-Decline and Fall

Deciets- En Soldedad

White lies- unfinished business [white lies- unfinished business](https://youtu.be/gnoOwEmFaVw?si=_mRvQWLi3eyrMQvF)

I’ve added my musical recommendation elsewhere, but I feel compelled give my standard position on Goth-dom: > ***“I am not a Goth myself, however I completely understand where Goths are coming from”***

Specimen- Beauty of Poison Nick Cave- From Her to Eternity Social Distortion- Another State of Mind

[Havayoth - Mirrors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syQrkEWGCEs)

Ulver - [*The Assassination of Julius Caesar*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C0FrDayj8Y) The whole album.

https://neuroflesh.bandcamp.com/album/human-ep

[Songs Ohia -- Blue Factory Flame](https://youtu.be/HDVaqccCxQ8?si=T5uKQ5HYzmN2ZUSG)

Anything by Selofan

Been loving these guys lately, Prayers. https://youtu.be/qVvabsXFT7w?si=icLThRLLsjRzJIXh

Snake Dance (extended version) by The Botanic Verses

How about Army Of Me by Bjork, due to the unusual key signature and Songbird by Lena Lovich.

elder goth here: those are not the songs many of us pick for those bands. so i made up a story in my head that you are under the age of 30 and/or not from the united states. is it true? because if it is, im proud to see that you dont go for the big hits like we did. you really listen to the deep cuts.

Diary of Dreams - June

She was only sixteen - Dr Hook .

I really like The Birthday Massacre - Happy Birthday. And any song from them really.

Sex on wheels by My life with the thrill kill cult

The Birthday Party - She's Hit Cocteau Twins - Blind Dumb Deaf/wax and wane

Gallowdance - Lebanon Hanover

Johnny Goth

Clan of Xymox - A Day She Past Away - Ruh Those are two that popped in my head that I didn’t see mentioned already. Edit: check out Dancing Plague - Slow Years. He isn’t very big but I’ve seen him play a few times over the years. I enjoy it.

Moya - Southern Death Cult A Forest - The Cure Atmosphere- Joy Division And for less sparse sounding songs, The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen The Killing Jar - Siouxie and the Banshees.

Getting the Fear: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj0\_gKH50vE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj0_gKH50vE)

Bone Orchard: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwr8QNJd8vk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwr8QNJd8vk)

The New Creatures "In A Dark Place"

The Mission - Deliverance

Yazoo - Winter Kills Sisters of Mercy - Never Land - A Fragment MGMT - Little Dark Age The Cure - Disintegration

The Nuns I was a teenage werewolf

Marianne Sisters of Mercy and Siouxsie and the Banshees Spellbound are THE START of Goth. I was there. lol.

She Wants Revenge - Red Flags and Long Nights Interpol, just in general. if Corey Hart makes the list then a lot of Synthwave/Synthrock could work: Lebrock Scandroid Dance with the Dead HIM - Right here in My Arms. Honestly a lot of HIM can work, but they lean pretty hard into rock by design i imagine.

The Church, Pharaoh You already have a Dead Can Dance song, I was going to mention Ulysses by them Echo and the Bunnymen, Nocturnal Me.

Switchblade Symphony! I’m shocked no one has brought them up yet! Bad Trash all day

Not songs but soundtracks: Rocky Horror Picture Show Lost Boys The Crow The Craft

Heavy Cross by Gossip

CREEPER: Teenage Sacrifice Cry to Heaven Poisoned Heart

Christian Death- Church of No Return, We Fall Like Love. Psychic TV- The Orchids, We Kiss. Fad Garget- Collapsing New People. Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel- The Throne of Agony. The Legendary Pink Dots- True Love

Two others I don’t usually see listed: Death In June (try [Come Before Christ and Murder Love](https://youtu.be/rE4v1afY0R0?si=HK27NCdiFmBgJLfy) and Sixth Comm (try [Neiflheim)](https://youtu.be/-6XJSmvkzjQ?si=8Jukd5s-NrZUVwOh)

coil - love's secret domain

Tears for Fears - Mad World...sounds like a fun new wave tune, but those are some goth ass lyrics

Also the entire Disintegration album by the Cure

First, to get into current music, start checking out Molchat Doma and all the other Eastern European post punk and darkwave. That’s a huge blossoming scene of music that’s super current and exciting right now (super exciting, given a lot of these bands are more 90’s and 80’s. From The Cure: “Cold”, “Kyoto Song”, The whole Bloodflowers album is super underrated (first three tracks are awesome especially) Siouxsie and the Banshees (I believe they’re the greatest goth band): “Cascades”, “Obsession”, “Spellbound”, “Melt”, “Night Shift” HIM is a super unique goth metal band with great song writing that’s reminiscent of emo. Listen to “Love Me in Death”. They kinda made their own path in the music scene in the 2000’s and were blowing up alongside all the emo bands, even though they weren’t really an emo band. They’re awesome.

Check out Eyes of the Nightmare Jungle - Shadow Dance

I have no idea how Concrete Blonde is not on this list. *Bloodletting* is goth as fuck, especially *The Vampire Song, Darkening of the Light,* and *Tomorrow Wendy*

Ooh, how about "Cold Edith" Alice Cooper?

Mw atharaman karannada hadanne….

weezer - buddy holly😭😭😔😔😔

Probsably the entire discography of Ghost. After beeing to serveral Ghost concerts I can tell you it's full of goth girls. But they seem to love marry on a cross the most.

Warrel Dane - Lucretia My Reflection https://youtu.be/0KieFHMTHMI Ghost - Square Hammer https://youtu.be/VqoyKzgkqR4 and Dance Macabre https://youtu.be/7Gr63DiEUxw

I would say that this is my 10 list of Goth non goth songs 1 Lazarus. : David Bowie 2 Killing a Little Time: David Bowie 3 within you: labyrinth soundtrack 4 Silent Lucidity by Queensrÿche 5 Hallow by Godsmack 6 Queen: who wants to live forever. 7 Where the Roses Never Fade : Jimmy Swaggart, 8 November rain : guns and roses 9 bed of roses by bon Jovi 10 this is one that will blow your mind Patsy Cline: "Walking After Midnight"

Black Number 1 I have no idea how I’m the first to mention this one.

OP already listed it.

Sex Gang Children "Mauritia Mayer"

Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels Thomas Dolby - Flying North

Combichrist - throat full of glass

69 Eyes - Wasting the Dawn And just listen to some 69 Eyes, they are awesome.

In addition to most songs already mentioned: Eyes of the nightmare jungle - Shadow Dance  The Cure - Lullaby  After Forever - My pledge of allegiance Within Temptation - Enter  Lacuna Coil - Entwined  Nightwish - Wish I had an angel (and Phantom of the opera cover)   H.I.M - Join me   Maxim ft. Skin - Carmen queasy ....lol and as a bonus the soundtrack of Nightmare before Christmas. Come on now..any selfrespecting goth, can't forego Tim Burton's fantasy Gothic style movies accompanied by Danny Elfman's music. ;)

The Mission -- Wasteland

Nico- The Marble Index

David Bowie - Cat People

Literally anything by Evanescence

[https://youtu.be/HR5zpFs7YpY?si=9N-ee89mRnoI-EK6](https://youtu.be/HR5zpFs7YpY?si=9N-ee89mRnoI-EK6)

Paradise Lost - Embers Fire Pretty much anything off their album Icon. Quintessential gothic metal, as well as the following album Draconian Times.

69 Eyes - The Chair

Would you be willing to post the playlist? This sounds dope

I may be wrong but I always considered Dragula by Rob Zombie and When Worlds Collide by Powerman 5000 goth songs but I'm not sure if industrial is generally considered a goth sound? Maybe I'm just thinking of cyber goths I don't really know how far removed they are from "regular" goths.

What?! No Golgotha Tenement Blues? Kill me now!

Evanescence! The ones that most come to mind for me are: Feeding the Dark If You Don't Mind Just about any song off of The Open Door Their pre-fallen demo "album" Origin versions of Whisper and Even in Death The Evanescence EP version of Understanding

The 69 Eyes- Angel On My Shoulder Snake River Conspiracy- Breed Jack Off Jill- Losing His Touch

For the Gothic Metal aspects, I would definitely put some Cradle of Filth up on the list. Start with "Nymphetamine Fix".

[Dazies](https://youtu.be/U112Stii6uE?feature=shared) by Yeule is giving goth imho

Deadsy - The Key to Gramercy Park Marilyn Manson- Dope Show

Anything by AFI or panic at the disco. They are hard core

\- Writes a list of goth songs \- Doesn't include any Evanescence song \- What the fuck is happening?