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Dark wave

Dark wave (also known as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as being dark, romantic and bleak, with an undertone of sorrow. Common features include the use of chordophones such as…

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Cultural origins
Late 1970s – early 1980s, Europe (particularly in the United Kingdom, West Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France and Italy)
Other names
Doom · doom wave
Stylistic origins
New wave · post-punk
Typical instruments
Guitar · bass guitar · drums · drum machine · synthesizer

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related to 1990s: Second generation · 23
Dark wave → After, Ataraxia, Aurora Sutra, Death, Deine Lakaien, Diary, Dreams, Elferen, Eternal Afflict, French Corpus Delicti, Frozen Autumn, German, Girls Under Glass, Isabella, Italy, Love Is Colder Than, Love Like Blood, Musicology, Professor, Project Pitchfork
related to 2000s–2020s: Revival · 23
Dark wave → Alongside Belarusian, Boy Harsher, British Columbia, Darkwave, Drab Majesty, During, Germany, It, Leipzig, Los Angeles, Meanwhile, Molchat Doma, Pentecost, Selofan, She Past Away, She Wants Revenge, Soft Moon, Some, Substance, The Wave-Gotik-Treffen
related to 1980s: Origins in Europe · 20
Dark wave → Anne Clark, At, Banshees, Bauhaus, Chameleons, Cure, Depeche Mode, Elferen, Europe, Gary Numan, Isabella, Joy Division, Kingston University, London, Mercy, Musicology, Professor, Since, Siouxsie, Sisters
Typical instruments · 10
Dark wave → bass guitar, cello, drum machine, drums, Guitar, percussion, piano, sampler, synthesizer, violin
related to Neoclassical dark wave · 9
Dark wave → Dead Can Dance, Dying Sun, In, Neoclassical, Nursery, Realm, Stormhorse, Vocals, Within
related to External links · 4
Dark wave → Dark, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Other names · 2
Dark wave → Doom, doom wave
Stylistic origins · 2
Dark wave → New wave, post-punk
Cultural origins · 1
Dark wave → Late 1970s – early 1980s, Europe (particularly in the United Kingdom, West Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France and Italy)
is a · 1
Dark wave → subgenre of dark wave music that is characterized by incorporating elements of classical music to create an ethereal

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wave dark music new bands 1980s post-punk neoclassical darkwave ethereal gothic rock term also isbn europe german movement synthesizer instruments

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Dark waveCultural originsLate 1970s – early 1980s, Europe (particularly in the United Kingdom, West Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France and Italy)1.00infobox
Dark waveOther namesDoom1.00infobox
Dark waveOther namesdoom wave1.00infobox
Dark waveStylistic originsNew wave1.00infobox
Dark waveStylistic originspost-punk1.00infobox
Dark waveTypical instrumentsGuitar1.00infobox
Dark waveTypical instrumentsbass guitar1.00infobox
Dark waveTypical instrumentsdrums1.00infobox
Dark waveTypical instrumentsdrum machine1.00infobox
Dark waveTypical instrumentssynthesizer1.00infobox
Dark waveTypical instrumentssampler1.00infobox
Dark waveTypical instrumentsviolin1.00infobox
Dark waveTypical instrumentscello1.00infobox
Dark waveTypical instrumentspiano1.00infobox
Dark waveTypical instrumentspercussion1.00infobox
Dark waveis asubgenre of dark wave music that is characterized by incorporating elements of classical music to create an ethereal0.90text

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