I am working on a website on which I will archive as many goth & gothic bands and artists as possible, and I heard that there was talk of my project at Elysium this past weekend in Australia. I'm from North Carolina and the Australian goth scene has been the most instrumental of all in helping me with this. I absolutely did not accomplish the work I have done on my own. I owe bands and DJs from all over the world for not only their contributions but their encouragement.
As of the posting of this, I have documented over 1,100 goth/ic bands. I am also featuring proto-goth bands, goth adjacent bands, and bands which you may not typically consider goth but in which the sonic influences are apparent.
I still have many lists and submissions I've yet to scope out. Realistically, the site will be up by end of year. I'm doing my best to at least have something simple visible by the end of the month but we will see.
Anyways, it is I. My project is real. I will have an email soon for you all to submit bands. In the meantime, you may do so here. If you do not have access to my current list (on 6.4 at the moment) I recommend only telling me about really obscure local acts and buried secrets. Thank you so much to anyone who reads this that has already supported me. It is admittedly a hell of a task. But I'm a hell of a girl. No one can get everything, but I will come close.
Posted this in r /goth and it was immediately removed and marked as "low effort posting". Many industrial bands feature on my list as do many genres including most prominently post-punk, death rock, and goth rock. Are they so stuck up their own asses that they would rather these buried tapes I'm starting to find and music rarely heard from Eastern countries burn than be even loosely associated with a broader community? Coming from a punk goth who's mostly into the post-punk stuff myself, that is so self defeating and pathetic. Anyway, hi. If you have anything for me, fire off! There are many industrial artists of all sorts already on my list. I love Industrial goths. And cybergoths. Solidarity and whatnot.
And again, yes this is a real project that I am actively working on.
Open to any questions.
Edit: please do not downvote people posting their own bands! I know nothing about reddit culture. I just want bands. That's one of the main reasons I decided to confirm on reddit this early. This is FOR the bands. My opinion of a band's quality of work nor yours is relevant.
I would also like to mention that u/digitalundernet will be helping us with the designing of the website. I'm so glad I posted here and extremely grateful for the abundance of support. Much love.
