Ever wondered how modern music has become so epic? Of course, the popular artists of our day have learned a thing or two from ...

About five years ago, in the dark depths of the pandemic, TikTok users suddenly became enamored of a video of dancing bats. The bats weren’t really dancing, just hanging upside down, but the black-and ...

World Goth Day is an annual worldwide event that celebrates goth music, fashion and art on May 22nd. It began in 2009 as Goth Day, started by two DJs from the BBC, the superbly named Martin OldGoth ...

Finnish quintet HIM have always occupied a special space in the dark rock world, mixing up goth and metal with a touch of pop in a way that endeared them to a legion of fans worldwide. Although more ...

Dark country, also known as gothic Americana, mixes traditional country instrumentation with haunting melodies and macabre storytelling. Emerging from roots in folk, gospel, and blues, it creates an ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Recently, we had the chance to review Gothic Council member Carmilla Voiez’s debut novel Starblood, a tale of demons, castration and plenty of spooky goodness. In the novel, Voiez brought up the ...