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"Gothic Country" (also known as "Dark Country", "Southern Gothic" and "Gothic Americana") is a genre of CountryMusic characterized by its dark sound and lyrics. It is, in essence, a combination of AlternativeRock, GothRock, or HeavyMetal and CountryMusic.

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"Gothic Country" (also known as "Dark Country", "Southern Gothic" and "Gothic Americana") is a genre SubGenre of CountryMusic characterized by its dark sound and lyrics. It is, in essence, a combination of AlternativeRock, GothRock, or HeavyMetal and CountryMusic.
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* The Music/BlueOysterCult are more famed for being a hard rock band with a Gothic tinge. But their first album ''Music/BlueOysterCult1972'' has the standout track "Then Came The Last Days Of May" which can best be described as stealth country music played by heavy rockers. The theme is one not usually covered by [=C&W=]: three buddies set out, with a guide they mistakenly think they can trust, to cross the Mexican border via a desolate desert so as to buy drugs. in the desert, their guide murders all three to steal the drugs money. The song is from the point of view of the last man to die, in the manner of a lonely cowboy on the frontier.

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* The Music/BlueOysterCult are more famed for being a hard rock band with a Gothic tinge. But their [[Music/BlueOysterCult1972 first album ''Music/BlueOysterCult1972'' album]] has the standout track "Then Came The the Last Days Of of May" which can best be described as stealth country music played by heavy rockers. The theme is one not usually covered by [=C&W=]: three buddies set out, with a guide they mistakenly think they can trust, to cross the Mexican border via a desolate desert so as to buy drugs. in the desert, their guide murders all three to steal the drugs money. The song is from the point of view of the last man to die, in the manner of a lonely cowboy on the frontier.



* "Bury Me In Southern Ground" by Rebel Son. The song is sung from the point of view of someone who had a hard life "on a reconstructed southern land" and is now old and on his death bed.

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* "Bury Me In in Southern Ground" by Rebel Son. The song is sung from the point of view of someone who had a hard life "on a reconstructed southern land" and is now old and on his death bed.
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* Music/ViolentFemmmes
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The country version

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** An alternative cut for the title track of ''Music/FireOfUnknownOrigin'' exists that turns the song from a hard-driving rock anthem to a more mellow country-themed ballad. Listen '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3lOrj3ODPY here]]'''.
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They say the West is nice this time of year - that's what they say!

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* The Music/BlueOysterCult are more famed for being a hard rock band with a Gothic tinge. But their first album ''Music/BlueOysterCult1972'' has the standout track "Then Came The Last Days Of May" which can best be described as stealth country music played by heavy rockers. The theme is one not usually covered by [=C&W=]: three buddies set out, with a guide they mistakenly think they can trust, to cross the Mexican border via a desolate desert so as to buy drugs. in the desert, their guide murders all three to steal the drugs money. The song is from the point of view of the last man to die, in the manner of a lonely cowboy on the frontier.
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* Music/JohnnyCash (Though he played with dark subject matter his entire career, he work in this genre peaked with The American Recordings in the 90s where he reworked a lot of darker rock and metal songs into stripped-down folk ballads)

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* Music/JohnnyCash (Though he played with dark subject matter his entire career, he work in this genre peaked with The American Recordings in the 90s '90s where he reworked a lot of darker rock and metal songs into stripped-down folk ballads)



* Music/TomWaits skirts the edges of this genre, though most of his music is closer to Gothic Folk than Country. ''Music/TheBlackRider'' and ''Music/BoneMachine'' specifically tackle the kinds of rural themes endemic to the genre.

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* Music/TomWaits skirts the edges of this genre, though most much of his music is closer to Gothic Folk than Country. ''Music/TheBlackRider'' and ''Music/BoneMachine'' specifically tackle the kinds of rural themes endemic to the genre.
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* Music/LLCoolJ inexplicably performed a gothic CountryRap [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiOTD2v-jfI for an IKEA commercial]].
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* Music/NeilYoung has a few. The best known is "Down by the River", a murder ballad which may be partly based on "Banks of the Ohio" and "The Knoxville Girl". "Running Dry" also counts. His long-time bass player Billy Talbot has one called "Living in the Spirit World".
* Music/JimWhite is more of an "Americana" or as Greil Marcus says "Old Weird America" artist, but that'll inevitably include some dark rural and Gothic Country tunes. Possibly the best known is "Still Waters."


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* GhostlyGoals: Ghosts are common, they may want revenge or simply to communicate.


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* OrWasItADream: Paranormal experiences are frequent, with the protagonist often unsure if they're RealAfterAll.
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* Music/TheHandsomeFamily
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* The Pine Hill Haints


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* The Rooster's Crow
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* Normally-indie duo Charming Disaster dipped their toes into Gothic Country with "Ghost Story," a twangy banjo duet about a widow being haunted by the ghost of her ex-lover, who killed (and was killed by) her husband in a DuelToTheDeath.[[iindex]]

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* Normally-indie duo Charming Disaster dipped their toes into Gothic Country with "Ghost Story," a twangy banjo duet about a widow being haunted by the ghost of her ex-lover, who killed (and was killed by) her husband in a DuelToTheDeath.[[iindex]][[index]]
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* "Country Death Song" by Music/ViolentFemmes is about a farmer in the midst of a drought with little food. The song tells from his perspective about how in desperation he wakes his youngest daughter one night and takes her to a cave where he pushes her down a well. It ends with him telling the listener about how he's "going to the barn to hang [himself] in shame".
* Normally-[[AlternativeIndie indie]] duo Charming Disaster dipped their toes into Gothic Country with "Ghost Story," a twangy banjo duet about a widow being haunted by the ghost of her ex-lover, who killed (and was killed by) her husband in a DuelToTheDeath.

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* "Country Death Song" by Music/ViolentFemmes is about a farmer in the midst of a drought with little food. The song tells from his perspective about how in desperation he wakes his youngest daughter one night and takes her to a cave where he pushes her down a well. It ends with him telling the listener about how he's "going to the barn to hang [himself] in shame".
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* Normally-[[AlternativeIndie indie]] Normally-indie duo Charming Disaster dipped their toes into Gothic Country with "Ghost Story," a twangy banjo duet about a widow being haunted by the ghost of her ex-lover, who killed (and was killed by) her husband in a DuelToTheDeath.[[iindex]]

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!Gothic Country Artists:

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* Lindi Ortega

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* Lindi OrtegaMusic/MeganJeanAndTheKFB



* Lindi Ortega



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