Powerful, haunting female vocals, subtle Gothic/electronic/darkwave programming.  Ethnic dance rhythms.
comparisons: Anne Clark; Sarah Nox

Electronic fetish dance music.
comparisons: Faithful Dawn

Swedish? electronic future pop.  Female vocals, powerful beats

Finnish, have worked with Jyrki and Nauku from Two Witches
comparisons: Two Witches

German electronic pop, 80s electronic sounds, romantic synth pop.
comparisons: Mesh

Swedish? classic-style gothic rock
comparisons: Sisters, Type O

Dark-techno, guitar-based industrial, dance beats, electronics.
releases: Zoon; Funker Vogt.

Romantic songs, neo-classical
comparisons: Sol Invictus; Black Tape; Stoa

1985-1989?

German (and German language) black metal, orchestral (no guitars)

Swedish Darkwave, male and female vocals, death industrial with crunchy distorted synths and orchestral strings.
comparisons: Jaz Coleman (Killing Joke)

Death rock, darkwave electronics, progressive gothic doom metal, classical influences.  Amnesia produced by Brunno Kramm of Das Ich.
comparisons: Lacrimosa

German electronic darkwave
comparisons: Anne Clarke; Athamay

Dark ambient, clautrophobic, satanic

German? dark sample-driven experimental, tape manipulation, art-inspired, ambient.

Gothic vocals, rock.  Connections with Das Ich.
comparisons: Love Like Blood; Dreadful Shadows.

Swedish German-style synth with Swedish-style electro pop, industrial Darkwave.  Named after the British military port?

US? Sparse semi-experimental, guitar-based industrial, dark trance, dance beats.

Experimental.

German?  Ambient trip hop, minimal, sparse atmospheric.

UK-based US-style Death rock
comparisons: Inkubus Sukkubus

comparisons: Play Dead; Killing Joke

Dark Gothic metal

German dark Gothic wave, electronic pop, synth sound.  Late 80s, early 90s, proto Darkwave.
comparisons: Depeche Mode

German Industrial.  Electronic distortion, samples, distorted.

US Goth, samples, occassional sequencers.

German darkwave, electronics.  Deep male vocals, sparse instrumentation, samples

German, metal overtones in beginning, pure metal later on.
comparisons: Sisters; Nephilim

German, modern Darkwave, 80s futurism
comparisons: Depeche Mode; Blancmange

German electronic, purist progressive mixed genre.  German and English lyrics with vampire interest.
comparisons: Umbra

Presumably named after the Seely court?

Kraftwerk songs covered in Latin American style

Three keyboard players and a guitarist.

Swedish?  Dark, intense, militaristic, claustrophobic and lush strings.

Greek black metal, gothic metal.  Deep, dark vocals, guitars
comparisons: Lacrimosa

Berlin, Germany-based Gothic, heavy metal.  Have worked with Jyrki (Two Witches)
comparisons: Bauhaus; Dreadful Shadows; Metallica; Into the Abyss; Darkside Cowboys

Denver, Colorado death-rock group.  Occult imagery, industrial, Gothic melodies, pure metal guitars.
comparisons: Nephilim; Dreadful Shadows; Love Like Blood

Polish?  Totally influenced by Nick Cave.
comparisons: Nick Cave; the Birthday Party

German? dark electronic.  Assumed to have been named after the film.
comparisons: Tangerine Dream

Atmospheric trio, neo-classical
comparisons: Heavenly Voices

German darkwave electro industrial

Australian electro avant-garde experimental.  Dance beats, tuneful, short-wave radios, high-pitched vocals

Active (again) in the UK.

US-based surf punk, Hollywood horror and Death Rock.
comparisons: The Cramps

Finnish commercial industrial pop, synth pop
comparisons: early Covenant

Greek symphonic black metal

Formed 1994 in Helsinki, Finland.  Trio with gloomy style, classical.
comparisons: Die Laughing

Dark rock
comparisons: Dawn of Oblivion

Gothic, US-style Industrial, atmospheric

Formed by Eva O and Rozz Williams.  Before his death in April, 1998, Rozz had just finished work on a new album.

Darkwave, classic/neo Goth with heavy Germanic feel and female vocals

German?  Experimental atmospheric, dark gothic

German?  Guitar industrial
comparisons: NIN

German?  Dark electro, romantic, darkwave, industrial, techno

Post-punk, alternative techno, pre-Goth-style.

Active, formed Hallowe'en 1991.  Gothic, darkwave, ethereal with mystic, guitar-based melodies and strings.

French?  Gothic, drum machine, delayed guitars, deep male vocals

Electro-industrial side-project of Thomas (L'ame immortelle)

Dark electronic darkwave industrial.  Produced by Carlos Peron (Yello)

Japanese thrash, punk orientated progressive black metal, strings

German?  Electro darkwave.

Purist underground electronic industrial

Chaos-inspired dark dance, experimental, instrumental dance

Cyber-punk glam

Electro breakbeats, rock vocals
comparisons: Deine Lakain

Portugese?  Delicate experimental acoustic
comparisons: Death In June; Goethes Erban

German?  Bouncy romantic synth pop

German?  Moody, dark electronic pop darkwave

Brazilian electronic experimental German-style

Brazilian analogue-driven electronics

Polish experimental industrial, sparse, ambient, distorted male, female vocals

Finnish Gothic-industrial, metal.  Members of Two Witches, Lacrimosa, Love Like Blood, Shade Factory.

Seattle-based darkwave band

Norwegian Gothic/death-metal, black metal band, female vocals, gutteral male vocals, strings, cruncy guitars, violins.

Formed London, England September 1976 - 1996, first gig in late 1976.  Started out as primitive art-punk band formed from the so-called Bromley Contingent (Janet Susan Ballion (born 1958/05/27) appeared in the infamous Grundy interview).  Peter Fenton left in June 1977, John McKay joined in July 1977.  Punk, proto-Gothic.

Swedish neo synth pop

Hard guitar-based industrial rock
comparisons: Revco

Gothic rock, rock, industrial (of late).  Were building a new studio in Adam Pearson's house in Leeds (1998).

Ambient

US-based.  Guitar-based industrial metal

nearly neofolk

Finnish?  Sleaze rock, glam metal, goth.
comparisons: Lords of the New Church; Type O Negative; early Mission; New York Dolls; Sonic Temple; Cult; Tiamat

Post-punk goth
comparisons: Death Cult; Theatre of Hate

Indie-influenced
comparisons: Bowie; Blur

Deep, distorted, harsh male vocals.  Industrial, metal, electro, fast dance.  Early, though not amongst the original, industrial pioneers, formed 1984?

USA guitar-based industrial programming

Metal industrial, darkwave
comparisons: Ministry; Leechwoman

Feedback, distortion, moaning vocals
comparisons: Quaalude; Jesus and Mary Chain; Pink Floyd

German?  Instrumental electronic, sampled vocals.

German?  Guitar-based industrial
comparisons: NIN; Ministry

Ambient art experimental dark industrial, electro beats and rhythms, analogue synth instrumentals.  Sexual, magical themes, male, female vocals, dark ritualistic, fetish sex music.
comparisons: Depeche Mode

UK underground, male, female vocals, gothic electronic.
comparisons: 4AD

Swiss, danceable rhythms, strings, sequencers, techno
comparisons: YelworC; Amgod

German?  Dance, trance, instrumental, synths, atmospheric

Greek?  Formed 1985, goth band, ethereal, screaming, opera, avant-garde, techno-ambient trance.
comparisons: Klaus Nomi

Metal industrial, electronic, post-Gothic, some guitar-based.
comparisons: Squid

Noise, industrial

Inactive / changed name to Goteki.  Postmodern graveyard disco music for the insane.  Bubblegum industrial, electronics, drum machines.  Darkwave, Largebeat pioneers.  Lightsabre battles, laser fights, free aliens.  Dancey music.
comparisons: Virgin Prunes; Alien Sex Fiend; Sex Gang Children

Industrial, trip hop, alternative post rock.  Sequencing, digital, some acoustic guitars and instruments, samples, distorted vocals.  Anti-capitolist.
comparisons: Swans vocals

Formed 1992 by Denny, based in New York.  Psychedelic side of Goth, strings, acoustic, harsh, discordant.  Early 80s feel.

1980s pop

Hawaii-based.  Romantic, emotional electronic sounds, Gothic sensibilities.
comparisons: Depeche Mode; Tears For Fears; The Mission

Gothic ensemble with neo-mediaeval alchemy, antique influence and 90s Gothic sound.

Atmospheric, instrumental.

Dark neo-folk

Dark electronics

Swedish

comparisons: Metallica; Black Sabbath

Swedish synth pop, gothic influences, pagan mediaeval.

German guitar-based experimental

Neo-classical experimental side project of Emperor
comparisons: Mortiis

Industrial repetitive rhythms, distorted sounds.
comparisons: The Severed Heads

Belgian?  Power noise

UK and USA band.  Early gothic influences, latterly American guitar-based industrial.
comparisons: Ministry

Dark ambient  Percussive spinoff of Arcana, without female vocals, and more percussive, classical.  Early mediaeval militaristic, agressive style.
comparisons: Dead Can Dance

Post-gothic electronic, female lead vocals.  Dark, mystical.

German Gothic band, mystical themes, growing mediaeval influences.  Neo-classical, black ambient, neo folk.  Released a number of tapes before the first CD album.  Anna-Varney worked on the German translations for London After Midnight - Selected Songs From The End Of The World.

Swedish goth-metal duo, very guitar orientated.

German?  Classical goth.
comparisons: Love is Colder Than Death; Dead Can Dance

Male vocals, melodic lullabies, synthesiser, acoustic guitars, electronics at times, atmospheric strings.

Later became Death Cult, then The Cult.

Australian solo project

USA hard, dance industrial, some guitar samples

Started off performing between art films at the Scala Theatre? cinema

Very Stun-ish, indie influences, post-Goth.

Dark experimental minimal music.
comparisons: Tomb of Time; Cpinalonga; Cold Meat

French?  Romantic female lead vocals, post-gothic guitar wave, neo-classical, darkwave.

Side project of Seize. Darker, harsher sounding EBM

German?  Electronic industrial and commercial sounds

Atmospheric, darkly romantic.

Electro, industrial, darkwave side project of ND.

Italian?
comparisons: Bauhaus; Joy Division; Ikon

Ambient, violins.

Italian?  Gothic rock, post-punk, atmospheric, Death Rock
comparisons: Christian Death; batcave; Blood and Roses; Ausgang; Danse Societyz

Amongst the original inustrial pioneers.  SPK stands for System Programming Korporation.

German?  Industrial, distorted vocals, electronic.
comparisons: Skinny Puppy; Delirium

Swedish synth pop (unsurprisingly with a Star Trek focus), electro.

Gothic dark Industrial.
comparisons: Marilyn Manson; Korn

Full name SSV-NSMABAAOTWMODAACOTIATW allegedly stands for Screw Shareholder Values, the Andrew Eldritch 'album' he recorded to escape his WEA/East West contract.  Mumbly.

Robust guitar and real drums, Uncle Nemesis.

Belgian Goth, power rock
The Merry Thoughts; Sisters of Mercy; Suspiria

Swedish?  Indie, goth, futurist, electronic, synth pop
comparisons: Inaura; Curve

Italian?  Ex-members of Frozen Autumn, female and male vocals.  Synth-pop, darkwave.

Italian?  Spiritual, swirling, atmospheric
comparisons: Project (the label)

German electronic music, German vocals, electro darkwave, synth pop
comparisons: DAF

German dancefloor industrial, breakbeat-electro.
comparisons: NIN

Part of the 'Bromley Contingent' which included Billy ido and Siouxsie Sioux. Involved with Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1977 to 1996. Composed the soundtrack for Nigel Windgrove's banned Visions of Ecstasy, 1989. Has released a solo album or two since the Banshees split up.

German?  Dark electronic, deep vocals.

Belgian?  Oppressive soundscape, electronic ambience, post futurist, modern German darkwave influences.

Trad goth, guitars, male vocals, German-style darkwave, UK-style Gothic rock.
comparisons: Nephilim; Sisters; Love Like Blood; Play Dead; The Merry Thoughts

Goth

German language minimalist darkwave.
comparisons: Goethes Erban

Heavy industrial, distorted vocals.

German goth group.  Neo-classical, operatic, mediaeval, neo-folk.
comparisons: Wagner

West Coast USA post-punk group, brooding tribal sound, female vocals.
X-mal Deutschland; Siouxsie and the Banshees

Swedish?  Very heavy
comparisons: Ministry (without the samples)

USA-based swirly gothic.

Canadian industrial, electro, deep male vocals, keyboards.
comparisons: Front Line Assembly

Claustrophobic soundscapes
comparisons: Lustmord; Throbbing Gristle

Ireland-based?

Italian bleak, melancholic apocalyptic neo-folk.

US / German?  Dark, romantic orchestral electro, Darkwave.

Guitar-based gothic, alternative band

LA-based moody, dark electro-goth solo project.

UK indie pop

Belgian / German?  ebm hardcore electro-industrial.  Sparse, cold, modernistic, intense.  Dark electronics, distorted vocals, power noise.
comparisons: Skinny Puppy; YelworC; CCP

USA?  Complex sounds with gothic emphasis.
comparisons: Portishead; The Cranes; Switchblade Symphony

Spanish?  Gothic rock, guitar-based and keyboards.
comparisons: Dreadful Shadows; Love Like Blood; Medicine Rain

Uses Voudoun imagery

Active since 1991, CWHK and Caroline founded the band in San Francisco and have a son called Skye Strummer (1999).  Goth, industrial, death rock, dark electro/dance, harsh power noise.  Distorted tones.
comparisons: X-Mal Deutschland; Siouxsie and the Banshees; Ghost Dance

US all-girl group, punk, metal, glam, Goth

Modern dancefloor, gothic aesthetics.  Split up in late 1997 (announced at DBM).

Experimental noise, death industrial.

Dark ambient, claustrophobic.

Metal, guitar-based dancy industrial

Belgian Gothic, atmospheric, experimental.  Strings, bass lines.
comparisons: Wagner; Cure; Joy Division.

Jarboe joined around the time of Children of God (the most 'Goth' of their albums).  Dark sinister sounds, well-thought out guitar riffs, twisted backing vocals, dead pan vocals.  Great Annihilator is mellow / punishing industrial...

German 90s Gothic, ex-Secret Discovery members.  Guitar-based Gothic Rock.
comparisons: Mission; early Sisters; Emma Conquest; Pink Floyd

Brighton-based, originally a duo, soaring female vocals, melancholic orchestral atmospheres, beats, electro rushes.  Name from curly strips of metal waste from a lathe (small, cute and shiny, but still hard as nails)

Darkwave, death metal, tribal magikal semi-ritualistic music.  Named after the Swart Alfar (Dark Elves) from Norse mythology.
comparisons: Aleister Crowley; Lord Byron; De Sade.

Modern synth pop from ex-Apop members.

Amongst early German goth bands.
comparisons: Nephilim; Hawkwind; the Doors

Formed 1990/1991 in San Francisco, by Susan Wallace and Tina Root, split up around 2000/1?  Gothic, electro, celtic, dance with diverse influences. Combination of dark, classical, electronic, jazz, trip hop.  Name from cutting up elements and forming symphony of beauty and nastiness.  Classical music, hard guitar, hard drums, nasty vocals.  Drummer is also the trombone player.  Harp, strings, bells, opera singing.  Signed to Cleopatra in 1994.  Into nursery rhymes, children fairy tales, fantasy...  Heavy beat industrial, electronica and classical/theatrical styles of music.  TheBladies.com
Rumoured to have recently split up, Tina now in band called Tre'Lux?
comparisons: Siouxsie Sioux; Dead Can Dance.

Side Project of Leeb and Fulber.  Harsh dance, trance, atmospheric, ambient, dreamscape electronic music.

Gothic commercial Darkwave, Darkbeat.
comparisons: Sneaky Bat Machine; Narcissus Pool; Nekromantik; Faithful Dawn.

Pagan female duo.

German Gothic 70s-rock-influenced, mournful, sparse at times.  Gothic, fetish art imagery.  Record at Dorge's Black October studios.
comparisons: Sisters; Pink Floyd

Gothic rock

German harsh electro industrial.