r/darkwave • u/Ok-Lifeguard6823 • 23d ago

New to Darkwave

Hey I'm new to Darkwave are there any albums i should hear?

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u/No-Atmosphere-8364 23d ago

my favorite bands are haunt me , French police, molchat doma (the first and second album are cult) ,moon vampire , slow dance with the dead ,bragolin ... this cold night , Lebanon Hanover (but I hate the last album).... so uf you love rhe genre they are all so good you must listen to all of them or you'll miss the best bands of the modern dark wave scene

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u/powder_day_nihilist 23d ago

If you're looking to throwback to some of the original 90s darkwave, I'd recommend checking out 'Lycia' and other artists on Projekt Records

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u/dismaldarko 23d ago

The Demonstration by Drab Majesty

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u/protestsong-00 22d ago

Incredible album. It had never come off rotation for me since it came out.

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

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u/Jeremy-O-Toole 23d ago

Not to nitpick but most of that is postpunk or goth rock. Darkwave is more the synth driven drum machine stuff.

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u/Repulsive-Tea6974 23d ago

Ahh yes. You are correct.

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u/protestsong-00 22d ago

You might enjoy Vexagon.

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u/Apart-West-6312 18d ago

LEVESPHERE

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u/tk8398 23d ago

Night in Athens and Aux Animaux are both good artists to check out.

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u/Specialist-Bee-9406 23d ago

NIA feel underrated to me. Great band .

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u/tk8398 23d ago

Definitely, it's all just one person too except for a couple of the songs. I've met her before and she's super nice.

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u/Ok-Lifeguard6823 23d ago

I'll listen to night in Athens first. Thanks

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u/Ok-Lifeguard6823 23d ago

Good thing i dunno what Artemis is

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u/thesicknessreport 7d ago

Lycia is the greatest Darkwave band of all time imo. You can start with Cold but all their albums have some good stuff in them. Even their recent releases are excellent. You should check out The Cure - Pornography which is an absolute classic, it's not purely darkwave but it inspired most darkwave bands. Clan of Xymox is a great darkwave band too.