dark wave
Moody post-punk subgenre
Dark wave is a style of rock music that emerged in the 1980s, combining post-punk's gloomy atmosphere with synthesizers and introspective, often melancholic lyrics.
The genre draws from gothic rock, new wave, and electronic music, emphasizing moody textures and minor-key melodies: She's been on a dark wave kick lately—Bauhaus, Clan of Xymox, that sort of thing.
Also spelled darkwave.
- synthpopElectronic keyboard-based music genre
- gothic rockMoody post-punk offshoot
- post-punkExperimental rock after '77
- Neue Deutsche WelleGerman synth-driven music movement
- art rockExperimental, ambitious guitar-based music
shoegaze · electroclash · dream pop · Kraftwerk · fog machine · ambient music · experimental music · industrial music · post-hardcore · indie pop · rap rock · progressive rock · Bauhaus · The Cure · melancholy
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