HISTORY
THE TOP 3 SONGS OF EVERY YEAR SINCE 1980
HISTORICAL INVASION OF GOTHIC MUSIC
Summary of the Top songs in History since 1980 : Feel the Evolution!
2011 |
Top 3 Songs |
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This House | Descendants Of Cain feat. Wayne Hussey | |
2- |
Nobody | Ravenscry | |
3- |
Heroes For Ghosts | The Gathering | |
2010 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Louisa | Zeraphine | |
2- |
Until My Last Breath | Tarja | |
3- |
European Super State | Killing Joke | |
2009 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
A Legacy of Unrest | Rome | |
2- |
All My Love | The Eden House | |
3- |
I Wanna Know | The House Of Usher | |
2008 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Waves Of Loneliness |
Violet Tears |
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2- |
Amanes |
Tiamat |
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3- |
Adrenalin |
Bauhaus |
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2007 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
I Wonder Why |
The Escape / The House of Usher |
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2- |
Suicide Landscape |
Beauty of Gemina |
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3- |
Like A Child Again |
Axel Rudi Pell |
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2006 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Manolis |
Via Mistica |
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2- |
Space Weaver |
Lisa Gerrard |
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3- |
Warmongers |
Frozen Plasma |
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2005 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Precious |
Depeche Mode |
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2- |
Only Everything |
After Forever |
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3- |
Requiem XIII 33 |
Fields of the Nephilim |
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2004 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Son of the Sun |
Therion |
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2- |
Hiding |
Before the Dawn |
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3- |
Memories |
Within Temptation |
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2003 |
Top 3 Songs |
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From the Ashes of Angels |
Garden Of Delight |
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2- |
Everything Invaded |
Moonspell |
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3- |
All the Beauty |
Mortal Love |
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2002 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Merlin |
Flowing Tears |
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2- |
At Sixes and Sevens |
Sirenia |
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3- |
Amok |
Diary of Dreams |
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2001 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Soon My Friend |
Mist of Avalon |
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2- |
My Pledge of Allegiance 1 |
After Forever |
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3- |
Was Bleibt |
Mila Mar |
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2000 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Sanguis Vitae |
Inner Shrine |
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2- |
Kolyma |
Evereve |
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3- |
Saturnine |
The Gathering |
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1999 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Forever |
Macbeth |
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2- |
Waiting |
Crematory |
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3- |
Echoes of Tomorrow |
Darkseed |
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1998 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Beyond the Maze |
Dreadful Shadows |
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2- |
Venus |
Theatre of Tragedy |
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3- |
For Love |
Crematory |
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1997 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Stand By Me |
Oasis |
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2- |
Sane |
Paradise Lost |
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3- |
Bitter Sweet Symphony |
The Verve |
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1996 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Zoon (part 1,2,3) |
Nefilim |
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2- |
Beautiful Ones |
Suede |
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3- |
Milk |
Garbage |
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1995 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Subway |
Peter Murphy |
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2- |
I Suppose |
Pure Essence |
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3- |
Some Might Say |
Oasis |
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1994 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Sweetness |
Paradise Lost |
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2- |
Zombie |
Cranberries |
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3- |
Sober |
Tool |
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1993 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
One Caress |
Depeche Mode |
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2- |
In Your Room |
Depeche Mode |
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3- |
Creep |
RadioHead |
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1992 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Bright Green Day |
Hearth Drops |
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2- |
Hit Song |
Peter Murphy |
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3- |
O My Lover |
Pauline J. Harvey |
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1991 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
I Come & Stand at every Door |
This Mortal Coil |
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2- |
Smells Like Teen Spirit |
Nirvana |
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3- |
Until She Comes |
Psychedelic Furs |
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1990 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Ana / All Over the World |
Pixies |
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2- |
Nicky's Sister |
Flour |
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3- |
Enjoy the Silence |
Depeche Mode |
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1989 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Fascination Street |
The Cure |
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2- |
Prince Ruppert |
And Also The Trees |
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3- |
Craving |
Xymox |
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1988 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Socrates the Python |
Peter Murphy |
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2- |
Blue Bell Knoll |
Cocteau Twins |
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3- |
All Night Long |
Peter Murphy |
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1987 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
This Corrosion |
Sisters of Mercy |
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2- |
Tale of the Tongue |
Peter Murphy |
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3- |
Never Take Me Alive |
Spear Of Destiny |
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1986 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
I am the Crime |
Wolfgang Press |
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2- |
Automn |
Xmal Deutschland |
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3- |
Giving Ground |
Sisterhood |
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1985 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Kayleigh |
Marillion |
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2- |
Well I Wonder |
The Smiths |
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3- |
Love Like Blood |
Killing Joke |
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1984 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Big In Japan |
Alphaville |
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2- |
Pride |
U2 |
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3- |
What is Love |
Howard Jones |
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1983 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
The Wheel |
Spear Of Destiny |
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2- |
Never Never Comes |
Classix Nouveau |
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3- |
She's in Parties |
Bauhaus |
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1982 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Eye of the Tiger |
Survivor |
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2- |
The Look of Love |
ABC |
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3- |
My Secret Garden |
Depeche Mode |
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1981 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Flash in the Night |
Secret Service |
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2- |
Fade To Gray |
Visage |
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3- |
Passion of Lovers |
Bauhaus |
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1980 |
Top 3 Songs |
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1- |
Another Brick in the Wall 1,2,3 |
Pink Floyd |
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2- |
Bela
Lugosi's Dead |
Bauhaus |
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3- |
Vienna |
Ultravox |
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The Historical Invasion of Gothic Music
Post-punk youth in Europe and their brothers everywhere else are into a dark wave which they give many names: Gothic Metal/ Doom, Dark Wave, Industrial, Electrogoth, and Ethereal. A style post-punk very dark, a guitar sound more than influential, riffs irresistible and magical, a phenomenal singer voicing with frightful intensity, a hypnotic music that crosses the time without problem, unbelievable melodies, surprising experimentations always, and an excessive melancholy that give shivers. That is dark wave music.
This
is not far from gothic art... paint, photos, sculpture, etc. Gothic is
a powerful music and vibrating. Gothic music translates internal sadness.
It translates also sensitiveness. It is a sensual and mysterious music,
sometimes gruesome but also very melodious. Since the end of the seventies,
these kinds of music showed themselves successively. Groups as Bauhaus,
Dead Can Dance, and Sisters of Mercy have left an important spot that
does not stop influencing recent groups. Here, the three amazing groups
Clan of Xymox, Fields of the Nephilim, and After Forever are put in value.
Clan of Xymox
Since
their formation in their native Holland, back in 1984, their music has
been constantly changing, always challenging and often quite breathtaking.
Clan of Xymox was founded in Amsterdam. 1985 saw the release of their
debut album, which was full of tumbling electro beats, throbbing sequencers
and moody vocals. The second album was very different: 1987's "Medusa"
was mostly a dark record, in places a chilling exercise in atmospherics
and modern pop dynamics. Aided by the impressive 12 inch single "A
Million Things" the band really started to create a buzz. Clan of
Xymox were now not only inhabiting the art houses but also filling dance
floors in the more discerning clubs. The band shortened their name to
Xymox and gave the world 1989's "Twist of Shadows" album. It
was in many ways a bold record and it showed that being signed to a major
concern wasn't going to stifle a natural sense of musical adventure. "Twist
of Shadows" had sold in excess of 300,000 copies. Later came the
album "Phoenix" in 1991. Early 1997, and again under the name
'Clan Of Xymox' a new album "Hidden Faces" was released. It
was a classic Goth album with echoes of the Sisters. In 1999, "Creatures"
was born. And with tracks like "All I Have", this album went
deeper into the darkest sounds of Gothic. Many critics proclaimed it was
a real masterpiece. Then, "Notes from the Underground" is released
in 2001, a great sign that the clan is still alive in the new millennium.
"Farewell" appeared in September 2003, always intense just as
18 years ago. It feels like there is no real farewell for the clan, in
2006, Clan of Xymox released one of their best album "Breaking
Point". And in 2009, the clan said goodbye to another decade with the album "In Love We Trust" with songs about Hail Mary as well as Judas.
Fields of the Nephilim
The
first incarnation of the Fields of the Nephilim appeared in 1984. Five
men, Carl McCoy (vocals), Tony Pettit (bass), Paul Wright (guitar), Gary
Whisker (sax) and Nod Wright (drums) formed a powerful British unit, which
produced some of the most beautiful spiritual music in my experience,
armed with a unique sound and an unsurpassed visionary presence. An astonishing,
deeply arcane Fields of the Nephilim defined themselves from the start
as a guitar band and they've never been swayed by fads or trends. Their
dark focus was strongly refining and purifying their primal foundation
of guitar-and-drums. And that foundation's sound, built on dense and intricate
layers of guitar simply demands more room, pushing out the walls. The
first album "Dawnrazor" came in 1987. It was a powerful tour
de force that complemented the live shows, gave intimations of what was
to come. The rich, plangent sounds evoked a landscape of inner hope combined
with primal terror. The album had considerable impact on the scene, forcing
the pace of development within the scene such that very few could keep
up. Reinforcing the impact of Dawnrazer, two singles released subsequently
went to Number One in the independent charts in the UK: Blue Water, and
Moonchild. This was consolidated by "The Nephilim" album, adding
an ethereal quality to the band's sound, and bringing out a new dimension.
Greatness emerged with songs like "Last Exit of the Lost", "The
Watchman", and "Love Under Will". The voice of McCoy has
moved every little bone in the bodies of gothic fans around the world.
This voice later came to its peak in 1989 with the song "Psychonaut":
clear, resonant and virtually polished clean of the old throttled growl,
full of authority and drama. However, when the Fields disbanded in 1991,
singer and songwriter McCoy resurfaced five years later with a reincarnation
called the Nefilim. Their only album, "Zoon", was a challenging
and deeply rewarding ride. The other members formed Rubicon in 1992, and,
later, the Last Rites in 2001. The latter was a lot of beat of relief
for the lusting fans. Lastly, a project by Tony Pettit named NFD hit the
scene in 2003 with the song "Break the Silence". Something long-awaited.
And finally the year 2005 is the Come-back year for the FOTN where "mourning
sun" shines its requiems towards the year 2525.
After Forever
The
Dutch formation After Forever has created quite a stir in the Gothic Metal
scene with their debut album "Prison of Desire" in February
2000, balancing heaviness and atmosphere, using a complete choir to reach
this. The new millennium was privileged with an exceptional strong gothic
establishment based on the peculiar style of what is called "Beauty
& the Beast" metal. It drives you toward your karma amongst numerous
European bands who tried this genre in the late nineties. Thus, the After
Forever style is aptly named because of the dual vocalists that the bands
front, one being an operatic female with beautiful cords, and the other
a screamer that complements the softness of the female voice of Floor
Jansen, which is one of the most powerful and charming female voices.
This peculiar style consists of brilliantly layered symphonic, gothic,
crunching guitar and metal driven by visualized theatrical sceneries.
Songs like "Beyond Me", and "Leaden Legacy" have been
smashed hits for those visualizers. The same feeling but at a somewhat
higher caliber was blown out of their second album "Decipher"
in 2001. After Forever's power was growing. The meandering vocal lines
were again quite distinctive with a slightly Arabic touch, as in "My
Pledge of Allegiance". The fast paced church organ and fast heavy
bass give the music urgency, while the fast intermezzos have strongly
classical leanings. Lots of thematic variations are enjoyed, with recurring
themes and passages throughout. Slow gloomy vs. aggressively fast paced,
classical vs. metal, soprano vs. grunt, lots of contrasts by After Forever,
but all in line with the Gothic metal spirit. Their mini CD "Exordium"
was released in 2003, followed by their third full album "Invisible
Circles" released in March 2004. However, their one of their best
works appeared in September 2005 with their new album "Remagine"
full of unexpected beats. This album proved that After Forever were here
to make an impact. In April 2007, a self-titled album was released along
with the single "Energize Me". Sadly, however, in 2009 and after
nearly 15 years "with heavy hearts" After Forever decided to
call it quit. We'll miss them.