early gothic music representatives are like Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus and so on. They are full of melancholy and world-weariness. Music is often icy, with fine aesthetic feeling, but at the same time, it uses a large number of discordant sounds that deviate from the melody line at the register level, which is extremely contemptuous of all traditional music. At the level of lyrics and performance concept, it shows the desolation of life and love. From the rejection of the real state, and then pursue the strange pleasure of the abyss of the soul. On the stage, she/they appeared in extreme crazy costumes, such as Su Kexi's "Ice Queen" with a slightly SadoMasochistic mood, and Bauhaus's lead singer Peter mofei dressed himself as a glamorous bisexual vampire? This subversion and reversal of gender is also manifested in the fanatical obsession with theological (or demonic) concepts. The Sisters of Mercy, founded in 1981, is a rebellion against the musical consciousness of several medieval-loving men. It was once described as Andrew Eldritch, the lead singer of "Watching Rome burn into a pile of rubble with laughter", which broke the religious position of the Goethe Rock Orchestra. For us, cynicism is like the holy water of Catholics. The early post-punk interpretation of life is often full of frustration and despair. For example, Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division, hanged himself in 198. Those notes that consume life have made the immortal classic of JoyDivision and witnessed the whole low-key culture. His gloomy and isolated outlook on life hides gloomy genetic factors, which makes the whole post-punk culture dark gray and dark. In the 198s, a pessimistic era was built in the pedantic music, at least on the level of underground culture in Britain and Europe. In the independent music circle at that time, a large number of dark, morbid and strange bands emerged, and their music originated from endless depression and curse on life. Such as The Mission, All about Eve, Fields of the Nephilem, The Cult and so on. These bands/musicians, who are regarded as desperate, evil and decadent, fled from the extreme destructive consciousness of punk to an introverted and dark world in the opposite direction-that is, the low-key music time and space that occupied most of rock music in the 198s. The form and evolution of Gothic Rock in the British underground music circle is just like a cult reaching out to a troll's palm when it comes to the earth. It appeals to the audience through unimaginable and imaginative evil materials, which not only includes the unprecedented creativity of the holy spirit in the music field, but also includes the unprecedented stimulating visual experience given to people in visual modeling. Neutral identity modeling and heavy make-up are not the patents of the new romantics. Goth seems to be the twin brother of the new romantic personality, and it is the dark and morbid side behind the gorgeous. Now let's learn about the improved style of Gothic music and other related music schools. EBM(Electronic Body Music), which originated in Belgium, is an electronic, cold and black music. Influenced by electronic bands such as Kraftwerk in Krautrock movement in Germany. Front242, one of the founding bands of EBM, is known for its low beat, depressed voice and militaristic commando costume. The Klinik, Insekt, Dive, Click Click, A Split Second and later Suicide Commando are all important bands of BM. Dive and Klinik use sonar noise to create a cold atmosphere in outer space. Suicide Commando incorporates more dance elements. Similar music styles are called Industrial in the United States and Canada, such as Front Line Assembly and Skinny Puppy. The synthetic music and multi-level sound they produce are very suitable for wearing headphones to enjoy. The classic albums of Front Line Assembly, Classic Bums Are Causal Grip (199) and Tactical Neural Implant(1992), are worth collecting by everyone who likes EMB. Speaking of which, we haven't talked about Germany yet, which is the important town of Gothic music now. Many German bands are used to the music label of DARKWAVE. Project Pitchfork is the first German band involved in the field of Gothic music. Although their music style has changed, it has always been a popular group. The first album "Dhyani" is also a classic, with typical black music and critical lyrics. The members of Deine Lakaien band have a deep musical foundation, and they have made romantic songs like "Love me to the end". The works have a certain degree of medieval feeling. A large number of groups in Germany keep their mother tongue when singing, such as Goethes Erben, and the name of the band speaks for itself. Their first three albums are like a trilogy, independent and interrelated. Lacrimosa, Tilo Wolf and other bands constantly try to express music by adding elements of metal music. Of course, we must know the group Das Ich. Their classic album is Die Prophet, and the songs in the album are complicated and the lyrics are full of wisdom. Calvay Nada, a representative group of dark electronic music school, sings alternately in German and Spanish. Their most distinctive feature is the bass of lead singer Brenal, and the lyrics mostly involve political and social topics. From this point of view, this band is different in the Gothic music kingdom. Generally speaking, due to the romantic plot, most bands in Germany are the combination of romantic songs and dark electronization. Nowadays, the music in the Gothic category is more and more diversified. For example, darkfolk songs are represented by current 93, death in June, solivitis and Fire+Ice. The early C93 works were difficult to understand experimentally, and then David Tibet used his personal thinking to explore the direction of acoustic folk songs. Deathin June, the predecessor band of C93, has been controversial since the release of its first album Nada, and they have even been accused of extreme right-wing tendencies. But what impressed us most about DIJ was pagan sacrificial music. If you want to listen to this kind of music, please go to World Serpent, an excellent music label, and several bands mentioned above have all released their works. By the way, there is also an Italian group Ordo Equitum Solis that should also be worthy of our attention. Many gothic bands have some medieval plots, and they combine medieval music with modern creative techniques. There are many such medieval groups in Germany, and the music creators generally have a good background in classical music education. The famous orchestras include Qntal, Estampie, Freiburger Spielleyt and so on. This kind of music is more influential in Italy, such as Ataraxia and Camerata Mediolanense, which have made many excellent music works. This kind of combination not only attracts Gothic audience, but also attracts some classical music appreciators. The music of The Moonlay Hidden Beneath a Cloud and Rosa Crux absorbed the elements of festival music. Of course, the styles of many bands are very difficult to define, such as Take Kirlian Camera in Italy, which has changed every year for 2 years. However, the music theme of French eroticism dark electronic band Die FORM mostly involves S/M (sexual abuse), and each of their works brings us new surprises. The piano sound of another band from France, Collectiond 'Arnell Andrea, is very distinctive and has become its own unique symbol. The works of In the Nursery band, which is good at composing orchestral music, are very suitable as accompaniment in movies. In northern Europe, Sweden, the brand Cold Meat Industry has produced many unique music works through years of hard work. Its bands have various styles, such as bloody experimental bands Brighter Death Now and Deutsch Nepal, atmosphere music group Raisond 'Etre, neoclassicism The Protagonist, Tianyin group Arcana and so on. Speaking of auditions, if you want to know more about auditions, please listen to representative bands like Love is Colder Than Death, Black Tape for a Blue Girl and Stoa. In the text of Gothic music, we can savor some imaginary sentences involving religion, sex, death, despair, Christ and even the unthinkable. These are all indispensable parts of Gothic music, Gothic Rock, which covers the music under the vague and ethereal external body, and everything is so mysterious. The style of Gothic rock can be said to be inherited from Joy Division, especially the hobby of promoting the bass to the lead position, which can not be completely shaken off until today's post-Gothic dynasty. Those voices that suppress low or distorted voices, heavy bass, psychedelic guitar sounds, drums full of accusation, occasional screams like a ghost crying god, music forms as heavy as a stone mill or as wild as falling apart, and pale faces of Rock Music: When you feel helpless about life, do you think of what is hidden behind it? Is it the isolation of the soul? Is it the shadow of death? Or a tragedy in the world? Gothic Rock is a kind of music subversion which is based on unconscious abstract expression rather than deliberate. Just like facing a gloomy winter climate, we are invaded by Gothic culture, and in the dehumanized post-industrial modern society, we are chasing an experience of living and dying. There is also Barry's musical foresight, except Rock Music, which has always been true colors. In that pessimistic 198s, Gothic, a subculture living in the shadow of mainstream culture, had already crossed the boundaries of music and became a way of life, an attitude towards life and a black country pursued by Gothic believers. After the vague 199s, Gothic rock in today's next century has been deconstructed into fragments and mutilations, and The Sisters Of Mercy and The Mission, the former Gothic patrons, have long abandoned their followers. However, in today's Dark-Wave movement, under the formalism of Death Folk songs, Post-Industrial noise, Dark Ambient music and neo-classic, we are still delighted to find that Gothic is still the most vital and influential genetic gene in these underground cultures. In this revolution that broke through and burst the lust and gender, the so-called ideal model of Goethe's subculture "hermaphrodite" became a beautiful weapon to smash imprisonment. See, the alien who used to be regarded as a demon bravely got rid of the pale heaven, ground the angel's face and reached the eternal ruthless desire. In the second half of the 2th century, it invaded the garden of non-mainstream music and became a very different branch of alternative music. If you are familiar with the historical context of new music, you will know that from the late 197s to the 198s, some bands were branded as "Post Punk Cool", "Neo-Classical" or "Neo-Hippies" respectively, and gradually blended into the future Gothic rock school. If the early PostPunkCool's interpretation of life is depression and despair (such as the suicide of Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division), Then, the "Sisters of Kindness" and their fellow bands such as "The Mission", "All about Eve", "Fields of the Nephilem" and "The Cult" may be based on various annoying customs in reality. In the album "God's Own Medicine" of the "Church", the first song "Wasteland" at the beginning of the story ironically sang "I still believe in God, but God no longer believes in me." This is a blasphemous declaration, presenting a shocking fact: for a long time, the power structure of God and man is just like the subject and object of sex structure. In this album, it is repeatedly scrutinized that while overthrowing faith, death is no longer a prop used by the father to intimidate, but an erotic utopia of traitors. Just like in the song "Love Me to Death", the peak of lust is beautifully laid out without being fixed by the rigid "Dominance-submission" relationship; That is to say, in the field of death (scarcity), the fatal negative passion is not controlled and suppressed, and its own aesthetics is developed. Undeniably, "death" is almost a key word in the cultural level of Gothic rock music. When some conservative voices or anti-frustration forces try to attack Gothic rock music and the secondary culture with this point, we can see two responses: for example, the band "Christian Death", which deals with dark and painful feelings, for them, the scenes of corruption, eschatology and destruction derived from death are enough to make us approach the "ultimateorgasm". In some albums such as "Only Theat"