Electric
The Cult
April 6, 1987Best Gothic Rock Albums
Explore Gothic Rock albums, classic releases, hidden gems and influential records. This page helps music lovers discover albums connected by genre, sound and musical history.
Bloodflowers
The Cure
February 2, 2000
Ultraviolet
All About Eve
October 26, 1992
Intruder (Gary Numan album)
Gary Numan
May 21, 2021
Children of God
Swans
October 19, 1987
God Is a Bullet
The Mission
April 5, 2007
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Nick Cave
March 3, 2008
Ritual
White Lies
January 17, 2011
Fetisch
Xmal Deutschland
April 11, 1983
Draconian Times
Paradise Lost
June 12, 1995
Peppermint Pig
Cocteau Twins
April 4, 1983
The Nephilim
Fields Of The Nephilim
September 13, 1988
Abyss (album)
Chelsea Wolfe
August 7, 2015
Bauhaus 1979–1983
Bauhaus
November 15, 1985
Drama of Exile
Nico
July 20, 1981
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Dead Can Dance
July 27, 1987
Alice (The Sisters of Mercy song)
The Sisters Of Mercy
November 21, 1982
Skinty Fia
Fontaines D.C.
April 22, 2022
Closer (Joy Division album)
Joy Division
July 18, 1980
If Two Worlds Kiss
Pink Turns Blue
February 15, 1987
Violator
Depeche Mode
March 19, 1990
Strawberries
The Damned
October 7, 1982
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
October 8, 1996
Mesh & Lace
Modern English
April 10, 1981
The Origin of the Feces
Type O Negative
May 12, 1992
Your Funeral... My Trial
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
November 3, 1986
Fire Dances
Killing Joke
July 15, 1983
From the Inside
Alice Cooper
November 17, 1978
The Back Room (album)
Editors
July 25, 2005
Is Nothing Sacred?
The Lords of the New Church
September 8, 1983
Deep
Peter Murphy
December 19, 1989
Blood (This Mortal Coil album)
This Mortal Coil
April 22, 1991
Carnage
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
February 25, 2021
...If I Die, I Die
Virgin Prunes
November 4, 1982
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
June 19, 1981
Bloodletting
Concrete Blonde
May 15, 1990
Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ
Christian Death
October 18, 1988
The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Crow
March 29, 1994
From the Lions Mouth
The Sound
November 26, 1981
Beneath the Eyrie
Pixies
September 13, 2019
She Wants Revenge
She Wants Revenge
January 31, 2006
Script of the Bridge
The Chameleons
August 8, 1983
The Hurting
Tears for Fears
March 7, 1983
The Open Door
Evanescence
September 25, 2006
Adore (album)
The Smashing Pumpkins
June 2, 1998
The Holy Bible (album)
Manic Street Preachers
August 30, 1994
White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
Swans
May 6, 1991
Show (The Cure album)
The Cure
September 13, 1993
Japanese Whispers
The Cure
December 16, 1983
The Head on the Door
The Cure
August 30, 1985
Disintegration (The Cure album)
The Cure
May 2, 1989
Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape
Bauhaus
December 10, 1982
Touched by Jesus
All About Eve
August 26, 1991
Mourning Sun
Fields Of The Nephilim
November 28, 2005
Let Love In (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album)
Nick Cave
April 18, 1994
First and Last and Always
The Sisters of Mercy
March 11, 1985
Camera Obscura (album)
Nico
July 12, 1985
Spleen and Ideal
Dead Can Dance
November 25, 1985
Dreamtime
The Cult
August 31, 1984
Galore
The Cure
October 28, 1997
Fallen (Fields of the Nephilim album)
Fields Of The Nephilim
October 7, 2002
Pure
Gary Numan
November 7, 2000
Floodland
The Sisters Of Mercy
November 16, 1987
Storm
Pink Turns Blue
September 10, 2010
The AERDT – Untold Stories
Pink Turns Blue
April 15, 2016
Anything
The Damned
December 1, 1986
The Peel Sessions
Joy Division
November 8, 1986
Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind)
Gary Numan
October 9, 2013
Children
The Mission
February 29, 1988
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
June 15, 1979
Vision Thing
The Sisters of Mercy
October 22, 1990
Greatest Hits
The Cure
November 7, 2001
Mixed Up
The Cure
November 20, 1990
God's Own Medicine
The Mission
November 10, 1986
The Top (album)
The Cure
May 4, 1984
The Sky's Gone Out
Bauhaus
October 22, 1982
Scarlet and Other Stories
All About Eve
October 16, 1989
Dead Can Dance (album)
Dead Can Dance
February 27, 1984
Wild Mood Swings
The Cure
May 6, 1996
The Method to Our Madness
The Lords of the New Church
November 8, 1984
Mask
Bauhaus
October 16, 1981
Believe in Nothing
Paradise Lost
February 26, 2001
Dawnrazor
Fields Of The Nephilim
May 4, 1987
It'll End in Tears
This Mortal Coil
October 1, 1984
Aerdt
Pink Turns Blue
August 5, 1991
The Black Album
The Damned
November 3, 1980
Sacrifice
Gary Numan
October 24, 1994
The Pink Opaque
Cocteau Twins
January 13, 1986
The Box Set
Cocteau Twins
November 4, 1991
Hidden City
The Cult
February 5, 2016
Cascade
Peter Murphy
April 11, 1995
In the Flat Field
Bauhaus
November 7, 1980
Head over Heels
Cocteau Twins
October 24, 1983
Love of Life
Swans
February 5, 1992
Ghost
Pink Turns Blue
May 18, 2007
So, Who's Paranoid?
The Damned
November 17, 2008
One Second
Paradise Lost
July 14, 1997
Mexican Moon
Concrete Blonde
October 19, 1993
TAINTED
Pink Turns Blue
September 24, 2021
Holy Smoke
Peter Murphy
April 14, 1992
Sonic Dust
Pink Turns Blue
August 10, 1992
Eat Me, Drink Me
Marilyn Manson
June 5, 2007
Viva
Xmal Deutschland
December 21, 1987
Symbol of Life
Paradise Lost
October 21, 2002
Phoenix
Pink Turns Blue
April 4, 2005
Pornography (album)
The Cure
May 3, 1982
Atrocities
Christian Death
December 15, 1986
Only Theatre of Pain
Christian Death
March 24, 1982
The Moon Looked Down and Laughed
Virgin Prunes
July 3, 1986
Under the Midnight Sun
The Cult
October 7, 2022
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
Killing Joke
November 10, 1986
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
The Cure
May 26, 1987
Garlands (album)
Cocteau Twins
July 10, 1982
Apokalypsis
Chelsea Wolfe
August 23, 2011
Phantasmagoria
The Damned
July 15, 1985
Valleyheart
She Wants Revenge
May 24, 2011
Aura (The Mission album)
The Mission
November 6, 2001
Savage (Songs from a Broken World)
Gary Numan
September 15, 2017
The Scriptures
Christian Death
December 30, 1987
All About Eve
All About Eve
February 15, 1988
Night Time
Killing Joke
February 11, 1985
Perfect Sex
Pink Turns Blue
February 28, 1994
4:13 Dream
The Cure
October 27, 2008
Lion
Peter Murphy
June 2, 2014
Muzak
Pink Turns Blue
September 14, 1993
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave
March 3, 1997
The Best of Joy Division
Joy Division
March 24, 2008
Paris
The Cure
October 25, 1993
Darkadelic
The Damned
April 28, 2023
The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
May 11, 1998
Love
The Cult
October 18, 1985
Faith (The Cure album)
The Cure
April 17, 1981
Masque
The Mission
June 22, 1992
Substance (Joy Division album)
Joy Division
July 11, 1988
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
March 17, 2005
Strip (The Chameleons album)
The Chameleons
May 1, 2000
Another Fall from Grace
The Mission
September 30, 2016
Tocsin (album)
Xmal Deutschland
June 25, 1984
Deathwish
Christian Death
January 2, 1984
Go Away White
Bauhaus
March 3, 2008
The Lords of the New Church (album)
The Lords Of The New Church
July 5, 1982
Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions
Killing Joke
November 20, 1990
Exile
Gary Numan
October 20, 1997
Host
Paradise Lost
May 24, 1999
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave
September 20, 2004
She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult
May 13, 1985
Meta
Pink Turns Blue
October 14, 1988
Crackle (album)
Bauhaus
July 7, 1998
Tender Prey
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
September 19, 1988
Carved in Sand
The Mission
February 5, 1990
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
April 18, 1980
The Brightest Light
The Mission
September 20, 2013
Some Girls Wander by Mistake
The Sisters Of Mercy
April 27, 1992
Why Call It Anything
The Chameleons
July 1, 2001
Pain Is Beauty
Chelsea Wolfe
September 3, 2013
This Is Forever
She Wants Revenge
October 9, 2007
Ninth
Peter Murphy
June 7, 2011
Songs of a Lost World
The Cure
November 1, 2024
Neverland
The Mission
February 13, 1995
We Are Chaos
Marilyn Manson
September 11, 2020
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
February 5, 1996
Eremite
Pink Turns Blue
December 24, 1990