the wilde wood - artistes

Till Lindemann - vocals.
German Industrialists. Sex, mutilation, heaven, hell. Heavy guitar riffs. Lyrics in German. Lindemann used to be on East German Olympic swimming squad.
Releases: Sehnsucht (1997, sold over half a million copies in the USA) (Du Hast); Mutter

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Randolph's Grin

Rapoon

Robin Storey (Zoviet France)
Ethno-ambient.
22 Elsdon Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 1HY, UK.

Rapture

Dayton, Ohio Gothic quartet.

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Rasputina

Raven

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Raven Gysr

"Dark bard" and musician.

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Ravensong

Raw Novembre

RazorBladeKisses

Andi Gordon
Southampton, UK-based neo-classical goth band. Violin, flute, harpsichord, heavy guitars, stompy beats, two female singers, theatrical styling. Trad goth, mediaeval, baroque, metal. Violinist recently (early 2003) left due to job pressures.
contact: andy

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Razor Skyline

Seattle goth rockers with goth, industrial and EBM influences.

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The Read Letter

Readymade

Realm of Doom

The Real Story

Red Expendables

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Red Flag

Mark Reynolds - lead singer
EBM, synthpop. Reynolds died, 2003.04.07

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Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Chris Reed - vocalist, guitarist; Mick Brown (The Mission) - drummer
Formed in Leeds, 1982. Brown left to join The Mission in 1985 . Noisy guitars with goth undertones, raw sound.
labels: Cherry Red Records Limited
releases: Talk About the Weather; Generation - The Best of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry; Nothing Wrong; Talk About the Weather / Paint Your Wagon (1994.06.06); Smashed Hits (1995.04.27); The Singles 1982-1987 (1999.04.26); The Very Best of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry (2000.03.20); Nothing Wrong / Blow (2001.11.05)
contact: Cherry Red:Bishops Park House
25-29 Fulham High St.
London
SW6 3JH
UNITED KINGDOM

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Red Temple Spirits

Red Zebra

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The Reegs

Regenerator

releases: The Archetype (maxi)

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Reign of Angels

Relatives Menschsein

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Reliquary

Merged with Methuselah's Child to form Paris Burning.

Remembrance

Requiem In White

Reserved for Emily

Restoration II

Richard Pyne (Killing Miranda, Prophacy) - guitarist.
More straight guitar Goth & Metal than the keyboard-based Killing Miranda.

Restricted Area

Synth pop
label: Life is Painful; Nova Media
releases: Realtime

Resurrection Mary

Lexington, Ky gothic-punk band.

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Return to Khafji

Revenge of the Nymphs

Reverb Sleep

Alan Dollenger (Of A Mesh) - baritone vocals, programming, writer; Ellen Watkins (Of A Mesh; The Glenn Branca Ensemble) - guitarist; Michael Goglia - drummer.
Alan Dollenger died from AIDS, October 22nd, 1995.
releases: Fish Dream (1995, last recording of Dollenger)
contact: Reverb Sleep
c/o MMG
P.O. Box 272
Center Valley,
PA 18034
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus

Revolution By Night

Steve Weeks - vocals
London, UK-based synth-wave / goth band
label: Sonic X
releases: Faithless (2003-06-02 ep)

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Rhea's Obsession

Swirling gothic soundscapes named after mythological mother goddess.

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Rhomb

Rhythm of Creation

Richenel

Rise and Fall Of A Decade

Robert Rich

releases: Humidity (3-cd); Somnium

Robert X. Patriot

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Robot God

Goth band.
comparisons: P.J. Harvey; Sonic Youth; NIN
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Romania

Romantic Vision

Rome Burns

Daevid Jael; Simon 'Satori' Hendley; Stoo (Stuart D Goff?); Gregor Samsa - drums (at one point).
Active since 1995, forming in Norwich, but now located in Cambridge. Piano.
labels: Friction Burns (own label?); Spiky Black Cat.
releases: Done & Dusted (September 1998)
contact: Rome Burns
155 Kings Hedges Road,
Cambridge,
CB4 2PL
old?; old?
Rome Burns Manor
8 Balmoral Drive
Ramsey Forty Foot
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE26 2YR

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Romowe Rikoito

Russian

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Rosa Crux

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Rosa Nota

Rosa Chronicles

Rose Garden Funeral of Sores

Rose of Avalanche

Philip Morris - vocals
Formed 1983, Leeds
labels: EMI; Virgin Music; Visionary.

Rosetta Stone

Porl King - deep, mid-range vocals; Karl North - bass.
Formed 1988, inactive since 1998-11-01. Started off goth-sound / SoM soundalike, quickly went towards industrial-goth, further towards computerised-industrial-goth, then mixing all previous up? Industrial rhythms, sampled strings.
labels: Futurity; Expression
releases: Chemical Emission (live in the studio of current set); Darkness & Light (1990).
contact: Rosetta Stone
P.O. Box 1344,
Madison Square Station,
New York,
NY 10010
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Roxy Music

Bryan Ferry; Phil Manzanera; Andy Mackay.
Not goth, but influential on certain post-punk, proto-Goth types. Manzanera owns the Expression label.

Rozz Williams

1963-1998. Has worked with Gitane Demone. Liked to play Europe. Born in Pomona, southern Ca. in a Southern Baptist family. Formed Christian Death at the age of 16. On European tour 1994 Todd Dixon was drummer, Eva O guitar. Mike bass. Brian guitar. Gitane opened for them. Rozz wanted to wrap up Christian Death and use the name Daucus Karota. Premature Ejaculation?

Releases: Only Theatre of Pain.

Rubicon

release: What Starts Ends

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