Best Darkwave of 2025!!
My #1 album is Haunt Me (TX)! I flew to NYC to see them this summer, and then got to see them in Denver. Love these guys.
Lithuania came out as a powerhouse this year for this genre, and my #2 Ghostwave put out an incredible album. Also check out Pusto.
I listed Mass Minor (TX) as the best surprise live shows I went to this year - opening for Urban Heat. They only put out an EP and a single this year, but they are one to watch. A lot of this list are "ones to watch".
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#1: HAUNT ME (TX), album - Watch You Bleed
Filthy
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#2: GHOSTWAVE (Lithuania), album - Fallen Hearts
Cold Death
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#3: VIOFLESH (Chile), album - Nostalgia
Naked
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#4: JOCHEN K & JOHNNY W (Swiss), album - Of Idols and Ghosts
Ghosts
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#5: GLARE (TX), album - Sunset Funeral
Guts
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Best Surprising Live Show: MASS MINOR (Austin), album - Dark Mode
Deadendrive
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Top 10: DLINA VOLNY (Belarus), album - In Between
Chant
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Top 10: FEVR (CA), album - Vacant
Move Me
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Top 10: FLASHBACKS (GER), album - \\\
High Energy
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Top 10: GHOST ENCLAVE (Italy), album - Toten Danse
The lighting
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Top 10: PUSTO (Lithuania), album - Amnesia
Prijde Lito
The Rest of the List! (alphabetized)
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AGE OF SLEEP (Sweden), album - Age Of Sleep
Strange Lines
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AVEN GRAPH (Belarus), album - Fragmentation
Roses
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BLXCKFLAMINGO (NJ), album - Attic Tracks
Good Morning Death, My Darling
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BODY MAINTENANCE (AU), album - Far From Here
The Surface
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CABARET GREY (Poland), album - Second Wave
Follow
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DAMIEN HEARSE (AR), album - CROSSED; album - Marble Maiden
LECTIO DIVINA
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DANCING PLAGUE (Portland), album - Domain
Bitter Taste
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DETECTS (MI), album - Minus
Decelerate
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HAPPY PHANTOM (TX), album - Under The Blood Red Moon
Siren Calls
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IN A DARKENED ROOM (TX), album - VOIX
Sounds of Warning
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IRÈNE DE MILO (France), album - Barzh
Kyūshū
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LAURA KRIEG (Montreal), album - Crépuscule
Crépuscule
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LUSTTONE (Greece), album - Living In A Dead World
The Only Answer
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MILLIKEN CHAMBER (CA), album - Hyperphantasia
Lisa Hoberman
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MISERY MILE (CA), album - Bloodlust
In My Mind
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N8NOFACE (CA), album - As Of Right Now
Everything We Thought We Knew
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NIGHTS TEMPLAR (CA), album - IV
Tuesday
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NOCHE MISERIA (Ecuador), album - lostworks
our war (lost track)
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NOCKTUM (Italy), album - Poltergeist
Poltergeist
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NUIT NOIRE (France), album - Cendres d'Amour - Lettre Inachevée
Silence Sur Les Draps
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OLEXA (CAN), album - close to you
cry
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PORCELAIN DANCER (Greece), album - A documentary about nightmares
Poison Cloud
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PROJECTOR FIRES (MD), album - S/T
Failed State
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ROSA DAMASK (Berlin)(Dec 2024), album - Adore You
The Sun
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SEASURFER (GER), album - Electronic Monsters
Collapsing
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SHAD SHADOWS (Italy), album - Wunderkammer Desire
Wrong Rain
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SHANX FM (WA), album - Ou Etais Tu
Watching You
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SILVER TEARS (Berlin), album - S/T
Waste of Time
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SOFT VEIN (CA), album - Through the Blinds
FALLING - Twin Tribes Remix
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TALK TO HER (Italy), album - Pleasure Loss Desire
Dyve
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TERMINAL SERIOUS (Italy), album - Tear You Away
Sewn Eyelids
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THE COMPLETERS (Brazil), album - S/T
Chemicals
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THE OCCASION (GER), album -Songs Of The Night
Too Close For Comfort
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TOUCHED FABLES (CAN), album - The Sum of All Wounds
Harsh Rain
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VACÍOS CUERPOS (MEX), album - La Cruz De Mi
Conciencia
Vitiligo
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VICKVAPORS (CA) , album - Various Singles
It Was Never For Me
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VICTORIAN DARKWAVE (AU), album - The Lost Tracks
My Tomb
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VOITH (Sweden), album - My Shadowblade
Alone With You
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VOYNA (Berlin), album - Monsters
Milk
