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| Goth Music
Moody. Dark and morbid themes. Electronic, guitar or orchestra based, at either fast or slow tempos |
Gothic Rock - guitar and drums bands, with dramatic and loud (male) lead singers. Catchy. 80s. Eg, The Mission, The Cult, Bauhaus, Belisha. Pagan Goth - sweet or heavy female vocals. Can be orchestral & choral, guitar based, or both. Eg, Ataraxia(medieval), Inkubus Sukkubus (rock), Switchblade Symphony (ethereal rock) and Die Laughing (rock) Punk Goth - older goth such as Bauhaus, Specimen. Low-bass music, interestingly sung :P Romantic Goth - long power cords, sweet drawn out vocals, emotive and slow. Ex., Cure, Big Electric Cat, Hungry Lucy Power Goth - cathcy sing along tunes, exciting guitar/voice combinations. Eg., Sisters of Mercy, :Wumpscut: Minimalist Goth - slow, broken, singing style is wide ranging, misanthropic. Ex., Kirlian Camera |
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| Metal
Multiple guitars, drums and loud male vocalist. Modern metal has taken to adding electronic sounds, perhaps a drum machine, and the occasional vocoder. |
Heavy Metal - Primarily: Guitars -> voice -> drums. High distortion. Vocals vary from sung to shouted, chords vary from single-note repition to highly complex ballads Black Metal - intense and fast, the chords all blur together, the singing is high pitch and faded, included are nasty samples, screaming. Ex., Emporer |
| Industrial |
Metal Industrial - Fast, looped guitars with drum-based rhythmns. Vocals can be anything from sweet goth-style ambience to chanting and shouting. EBM/industrial - Electronic dance - less emphasis on guitar work and more on samples and beats. Techno Industrial - More ambient, clean sounding industrial, no guitars (or light, faded out looped samples). Ambient Industrial - this is a hard to classify genre, is like sweet rolling dance with eerie samples, smoothed out drum machines and non-harsh (non-metal) vocals Power Noise - High distortion, high noise, dance orientated, no vocals, extreme. Eg Converter, Noisex, Wumpscut |
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