What Is Darkwave, Anyway?

Darkwave emerged in the 1980s at the crossroads of post-punk, new wave, and goth — moody, synth-driven, romantic in the way only the genuinely melancholy can be. From the cold European minimalism of Clan of Xymox and Lebanon Hanover to the modern revival of Boy Harsher, Twin Tribes, and She Past Away, it’s a sound built on atmosphere, restraint, and the beauty of the dark.

On Darkwave.FM we cast a wide net: the darkwave core, plus its siblings — goth, deathrock, coldwave, EBM, industrial, futurepop, and synthwave. If it lives in the shadows, it belongs here.