goth
Black-clad subculture
Goth describes a subculture emerging from 1980s post-punk music, characterized by dark clothing, pale makeup, and an aesthetic embracing the macabre and melancholic.
As a noun, a goth is someone who identifies with this style: She's been a goth since high school.
The music tends toward atmospheric, brooding rock with introspective lyrics.
Goth fashion favors black clothing, silver jewelry, and dramatic eye makeup.
The adjective describes anything associated with this aesthetic: goth clubs, goth bands. (Capitalized Goth refers to the ancient Germanic people.)
darkwave
Somber electronic rock style
- BauhausInfluential modernist design school
- The CureBritish post-punk band
- post-punkExperimental rock after '77
eyeliner · fishnet · platform boots · corset · velvet · lace · ankh · silver jewelry · pale · nightclub
macabre
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- vampiricFeeding on blood
sepulchral · romantic · decadent · nocturnal · shadowy · ornate · baroque · elegant · dramatic · theatrical
- subculturespunk, punks, hippie, hippies, emo
- underground cultureindie, punk, grunge, alternative, underground
- genresaction, comedy, detective fiction, fantasy, horror
- musicmusic, song, songs, singing, singer
- music genresblues, pop, jazz, rock, classical
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
- mall gothDark-styled retail teen subculture
- pastel gothSubculture blending sweetness with gloom
- Goth subcultureDark aesthetic and music community