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Dark Wave is to SynthPop what PostPunk and GothRock are to NewWave; [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs This is Your Premise on Goth.]] Basically, Dark Wave is Goth's brooding angst, but on synthesizers rather than guitars.

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Dark Wave is to SynthPop what PostPunk and GothRock are is to NewWave; [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs This is Your Premise on Goth.]] Goth. Basically, Dark Wave is Goth's brooding angst, but on synthesizers rather than guitars.
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Dark Wave is to SynthPop what GothRock is to NewWave; [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs This is Your Premise on Goth.]] Basically, Dark Wave is Goth's brooding angst, but on synthesizers rather than guitars.

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Dark Wave is to SynthPop what PostPunk and GothRock is are to NewWave; [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs This is Your Premise on Goth.]] Basically, Dark Wave is Goth's brooding angst, but on synthesizers rather than guitars.
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Dark Wave is to SynthPop what GothRock is to PunkRock; [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs This is Your Premise on Goth.]] Basically, Dark Wave is Goth's brooding angst, but on synthesizers rather than guitars.

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Dark Wave is to SynthPop what GothRock is to PunkRock; NewWave; [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs This is Your Premise on Goth.]] Basically, Dark Wave is Goth's brooding angst, but on synthesizers rather than guitars.
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* Music/YouseiTeikoku
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* Real Life (Originally straight {{New Wave| Music}}[=/=]{{Synthpop}}, but shifted in the DarkerAndEdgier direction starting in the late '80s)
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* Music/TheSoftMoon
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** Martial Canterel
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* Vandal Moon

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* Vandal MoonMoon (crossed with UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}})
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* ADULT. (Crossed with [[{{Techno}} Detroit techno]] and old-school [[{{Industrial}} EBM]])
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** ''Music/PlayingTheAngel'' (2005)
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** ''Music/{{Ultra}}'' (1997)
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* Until BEN

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%%* DarkerAndEdgier: Than AlternativeDance or SynthPop, which it is often closely related to.

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%%* * DarkerAndEdgier: Than AlternativeDance or SynthPop, which it is often closely related to.



%%* EchoingAcoustics: Much like in GothRock and DreamPop, this is quite common. Especially when the band in question is DreamPop-influenced.

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%%* * EchoingAcoustics: Much like in GothRock and DreamPop, this is quite common. Especially when the band in question is DreamPop-influenced.DreamPop-influenced.
* GenreMashup: A lot of this happens, since the genre has a varied set of influences and a somewhat vague definition (for example, non-electronic artists such as Rasputina and Voltaire are sometimes even classed as Darkwave due to their lyrical themes and promotional aesthetics!).



%%* GothRock: A genre it was influenced by and sometimes overlaps with.

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%%* * GothRock: A genre it was influenced by and sometimes overlaps with.with. The genre as a whole can basically be described as GothRock plus SynthPop.



%%* SillyLoveSongs: More common in this genre than in GothRock or {{Industrial}}, oddly enough. Still nowhere near ubiquitous, though.
%%* SynthPop: There are a lot of Dark Wave artists that count as both.

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%%* * SillyLoveSongs: More Straight love songs are more common in this genre than in GothRock or {{Industrial}}, oddly enough. Still nowhere near ubiquitous, though.
%%* * SynthPop: There are a lot of Dark Wave artists that count as both.both, mixing the atmospherics of dark wave with the catchy song structures of synth pop. A good way to think of this genre is as the gothed up version of synth pop, in fact.
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* Music/Propaganda

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* Music/PropagandaMusic/{{Propaganda}}
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* Music/Propaganda
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** ''Music/ABrokenFrame'' (1982)
** ''Music/ConstructionTimeAgain'' (1983)
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** ''Music/SomeGreatReward'' (1984)
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** ''Music/ConstructionTimeAgain'' (1983)
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** ''Music/ConstructionTimeAgain'' (1983)
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* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: A lot of this happens, since the genre has a varied set of influences and a somewhat vague definition (for example, non-electronic artists such as Rasputina and Voltaire are sometimes even classed as Darkwave due to their lyrical themes and promotional aesthetics!).
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* Music/TheKnife
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** ''Music/MusicForTheMasses'' (1987)
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* Skin (Music/{{Swans}} side project. Mixed with neofolk)

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* Skin Music/{{Skin}} (Music/{{Swans}} side project. Mixed with neofolk)

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* Autumn (Also GothRock)

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* Autumn Music/{{Autumn}} (Also GothRock)



* Austra (Crosses over with DreamPop)

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* Austra Music/{{Austra}} (Crosses over with DreamPop)



** The Rain Within (Crosses over with UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}})

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** The Rain Within Music/TheRainWithin (Crosses over with UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}})



* Coldkill (Collaboration between Rexx Arkana of FGFC820 and Eric Eldredge of Interface)

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* Coldkill Music/{{Coldkill}} (Collaboration between Rexx Arkana of FGFC820 and Eric Eldredge of Interface)



* Fockewolf (Also {{Industrial}})

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* Fockewolf Music/{{Fockewolf}} (Also {{Industrial}})



* Future Perfect (Also [[{{Industrial}} Futurepop]])

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* Future Perfect Music/FuturePerfect (Also [[{{Industrial}} Futurepop]])



* In Strict Confidence (Also {{Industrial}})

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* In Strict Confidence Music/InStrictConfidence (Also {{Industrial}})



* Lebanon Hangover (also GothRock)

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* Lebanon Hangover Music/LebanonHangover (also GothRock)



* London After Midnight (Crosses over with GothRock)

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* London After Midnight Music/LondonAfterMidnight (Crosses over with GothRock)



* Lycia (Also DreamPop)

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* Lycia Music/{{Lycia}} (Also DreamPop)



* Perturbator (mixed with UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}})

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* Perturbator Music/{{Perturbator}} (mixed with UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}})



* Reapers (Their self-titled song [[FilkSong is based on the antagonists of the]] ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series)

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* Reapers Music/{{Reapers}} (Their self-titled song [[FilkSong is based on the antagonists of the]] ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series)



* She Past Away (also GothRock and PostPunk)

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* She Past Away Music/ShePastAway (also GothRock and PostPunk)



* Switchblade Symphony (Primarily on their first album; later albums combine this with a TripHop sound)

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* Switchblade Symphony Music/SwitchbladeSymphony (Primarily on their first album; later albums combine this with a TripHop sound)



* X-O-Planet[[/index]]

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* X-O-Planet[[/index]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Than AlternativeDance or SynthPop, which it is often closely related to. However...
** LighterAndSofter: Compared to a lot of {{Industrial}}, Dark Wave can seem friendly and accessible- it's not nearly as noisy or aggressive.

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* %%* DarkerAndEdgier: Than AlternativeDance or SynthPop, which it is often closely related to. However...
** LighterAndSofter: Compared to a lot of {{Industrial}}, Dark Wave can seem friendly and accessible- it's not nearly as noisy or aggressive.
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* EchoingAcoustics: Much like in GothRock and DreamPop, this is quite common. Especially when the band in question is DreamPop-influenced.

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* %%* EchoingAcoustics: Much like in GothRock and DreamPop, this is quite common. Especially when the band in question is DreamPop-influenced.



* GothRock: A genre it was influenced by and sometimes overlaps with.

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* %%* GothRock: A genre it was influenced by and sometimes overlaps with.with.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to a lot of {{Industrial}}, Dark Wave can seem friendly and accessible- it's not nearly as noisy or aggressive.



* SillyLoveSongs: More common in this genre than in GothRock or {{Industrial}}, oddly enough. Still nowhere near ubiquitous, though.
* SynthPop: There are a lot of Dark Wave artists that count as both.

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* %%* SillyLoveSongs: More common in this genre than in GothRock or {{Industrial}}, oddly enough. Still nowhere near ubiquitous, though.
* %%* SynthPop: There are a lot of Dark Wave artists that count as both.
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** Music/SongsOfFaithAndDevotion is one of the primary examples.

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** Music/SongsOfFaithAndDevotion is one of the primary examples.''Music/{{Violator}}'' (1990)
** ''Music/SongsOfFaithAndDevotion'' (1993)
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** The Rain Within

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** The Rain WithinWithin (Crosses over with UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}})
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* Day Twelve
** Mari Kattman
** Helix (Collaboration between Mari Kattman and Tom Shear of Assemblage 23)
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* Perturbator (mixed with UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}})

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