The layout of this guide is terrible - it's hard to tell what text goes with what album - but the suggestions are solid.

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[–] 5 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Yeah that's really difficult to follow.

I can't fault the suggestions without getting picky about genre definitions (Dead Can Dance as goth rock?!). They're all solid albums though.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, DCD is generally more neo-folk in my experience. Cocteau Twins shoegaze and ambient. Which isn't to shun either one or say they aren't goth etc. Just not the epitome of rock. The rest are solid though, kind of omitting ole captain sensible and rat scabies. I'll be damned if I made such a list and left out The Damned.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Brendan Perry's songs match my mental picture of goth rock on that first Dead Can Dance album specifically, to the point that I'm wondering if you've only listened to their later albums. Lisa Gerrard's songs fit in smoothly, the album to me feels like goth rock with neoclassical interludes. The best Brendan Perry song on that one is track 8 (A Passage in Time), give it a listen and tell me if I'm crazy for thinking that's exactly what goth rock sounds like.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    What is going on with the flags? All the English bands have a UK flag but Cocteau Twins has a Scottish flag (Scotland is also in the UK, at least for now!).

    Christian Death were from California, I have no idea why the UK flag is on there.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    I’d substitute Floodland with First And Last And Always. Jim Steinman-era Sisters of Mercy is essentially Gothloaf, and once you hear that, you can’t unhear it.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Just to start...

    Where is F&TM? (or Strange Boutique before it?)

    Where is This Ascension?

    Where is The Shroud?

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