Darkwave · GenresWhat is darkwave?
Darkwave is an umbrella term which refers to a movement that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave and Post-punk music. Building upon the basic principles of those musical movements, dark wave evolved through the addition of dark, thoughtful lyrics and an undertone of darkness.
About darkwave
Dark wave is inseparably connected with the stylistic developments of the late 1970s and the 1980s. In the 1980s a versatile subculture developed within the dark wave movement, whose members were called "wavers" or "dark wavers".
From Last.fm, where 34,631 listeners have tagged music as darkwave.
Artists to start with
Albums to hear first
Clan of Xymox
Let Them Be Alien
Creatures
Freak Perfume
Careful
Abyss
Anastasis
Serpentine GalleryDarkwave songs
- The Perfect Girl by Mareux
- Little Dark Age by MGMT
- Tear You Apart by She Wants Revenge
- Your Love by She Wants Revenge
- Gallowdance by Lebanon Hanover
- Sacrifice by London After Midnight
- Sister by She Wants Revenge
- Ritüel by She Past Away
- These Things by She Wants Revenge
- Take the World by She Wants Revenge
Darkwave on Risocast
White LightSidewalks and Skeletons · 2015
A Different ArrangementBlack Marble · 2012
Goth (Slowed + Reverb)Sidewalks and Skeletons · 2023
FluxLove Spirals Downwards · 1998
Flux (Deluxe Edition)Love Spirals Downwards · 2023
ExorcismSidewalks and Skeletons · 2022
TRSTTR/ST · 2012
Private LifeTempers · 2019
The Perfect GirlMareux
Neighbouring genres
In the other family. All genres
coldwavechoralbig beatchiptunedigicorechansoncrunkdembowdarksynthcontemporary christiandjentbandaQuestions
- What is darkwave?
- Darkwave is an umbrella term which refers to a movement that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave and Post-punk music. Building upon the basic principles of those musical movements, dark wave evolved through the addition of dark, thoughtful lyrics and an undertone of darkness. Dark wave is inseparably connected with the stylistic developments of the late 1970s and the 1980s.
- Who are the best-known darkwave artists?
- By Last.fm listening: Mareux, She Wants Revenge, London After Midnight, Ikon, Twin Tribes and Clan of Xymox.
- What genres are similar to darkwave?
- On Risocast it sits with coldwave, choral, big beat, chiptune, digicore and chanson.
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Updated 6 October 2026
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