How to Make Goth Rock 

Goth or not?

I was a teenager in 1982 .So & Gothic music was I listened to all the time. Like The Sister of Mercy , The Cult, The Cure, The Ministry, and so many more groups.

I've gotta admit, I was a little hesitant to watch because in the past when I've seen people talk about what Goth music was and how to make it, they would confuse it with Gothic Metal or Black Metal but I'm so glad I stuck around. You pretty much nailed it. I'm so glad you went into detail about the guitar, how it sounds, and how to achieve the sound because that's the most important part of the Goth genre that makes it what it is. So thank you for taking the time talking about it in detail. Amazing video and great song at the end!

I own pretty much every piece of gear used in the past for this style of music including a Copicat tape delay, original MXR flanger, Dynacomp, many original Boss and Ibanez pedals, HH IC100S amp, SPX90, Lexicon PCM60, Spring reverb, RX5 drum machine and a TEAC tape machine. So here is the absolute final word on sounding like a real Batcave band: 1. Distortion goes last in the chain. I cannot stress this enough. 2. Don't use lo-fi analogue delays, instead use either tape delay or early digital, or in a pinch the most hifi analogue delays rack delays. I made this mistake for a long time, the DD3 is much closer to that ghostly tape delay than a DM2. I know Billy Duffy uses a DM2, but there is a reason that everyone else chose the most high fidelity of the analogue delays and then immediately switched to digital when it became available. 3. The core sound is essentially some kind of comb filter, either chorus or flanger going into distortion either pedal, or cranked amp. 4. The dynacomp is pretty important for cleaner sounds and also creates a perception of distance. When a sound is far away it has echos, it losses top end and it is more compressed. 5. If I was to do everything over again for less money I would just buy pre 1994 Boss pedals and call it a day. The engineers at Roland just had that sound in their heads and voiced pretty much every product from the late 1970s to the early 1990s with that sound. Heck even their synths from that era had that sound. Just grab a CE-2, a DS-1, a BF-2, a SD-1, a CS-2 and a DD-3, and you're done.

As a metalhead venturing into goth music, it's surprisingly clean. Like even some "heavy" goth rock is using a light crunch guitar tone.

i need this song on spotify please

That's the goth sound i started with. Because of my mum i grew up with sisters of mercy, new model army and fields of nephilim

Absolutely nailed that 90's goth sound. Thanks for giving tips on pedals and setup. That definitely helps. I need to get a chorus pedal to get that effect I've been after. Thanks and stay spooky!🦇🕸️💀

U should also create a „how to modern goth“ Cause all clubs are full of EBM/future pop stuff and within 7 hours there is only one oldschool song lol

Was really getting into Goth music, really late in my life I might add and was looking for guides and stuff, Glad I came across this, really informative and helpful plus it was quite a banger. Gave me sisters of mercy vibes

I want to take this lesson and combine it with your Dungeon Synth video for some super vampiric vibes ⚰️

I love these kind of videos as, despite being factually (almost) accurate, they always make me laugh out loud with their stereotyping of Gothicana music & style.

Fucking love this. Reminds me of Love Like Blood from Germany.

The romanian accent part JAJJAS amazing video!

Any idea of upcoming tutorials and genres? I really think you do these really well. I'd love to see these: -Black 'n Roll -Industrial Metal -Black Doom Metal -Early Black Metal (e.g. Bathory)

idk how bout u guys but this vid helped me sm. thank u :3

Carl McCoy nods and smiles 🤘🏼

😃👍👍👍Amazing Goth Music❤️

...yup. Pretty Excellent.

This is wicked dark! Great vocals

this is literally the best goth rock song i've ever heard, wow!

Thanks for explaining

I really liked this video

Awesome

Cool! In song your vocals reminded of cradle of filth spoken voice. And while you were explaining the subject, it sounded like Jyrky69 ))

Amazing!

Industrial metal next?

Amazing

im here for research

What tuning is the best for this genre?

bro !

I play bass for this goth rock band called "Of Blood and Wine". We just released our debut album. If you liked this tutorial, you'll probably enjoy our album as well! You can listen to it / buy it here: savo-karelianproductions.bandcamp.com/album/vampyres-other-bedtime-attractions

Sounds like fields of the nephilims earlier stuff.

I saw a goth on the train a few days ago and I felt kind of bad for her, like the genre is almost extinct. Metalheads exist and so do other genre followers in much more numbers but goths? I can't remember seeing many at least here in my city of Zurich.

Awesome reverse engineering of goth and all other styles. You rock your talk

"Sing as deep as possible" I am killing you with rocks we need more Alien Sx Fiend and less... idek I can't be bothered to think of one of the 7 million clone bands with too-deep vocals that are incomprehensible and sound like garbage for it.

It used to be either imitate Sisters of Mercy or imitate Christian Death. Luckily we finally got beyond that... Let's please not repeat the old mistakes!

Fucking bravo. Nailed it.

Goth

"Grab your sunglasses and get ready to goth" AND grab your black lipstick AND grab your black lace gloves AND your feathered hat. As an aged goth I approve this video

Very goth! It has a Sisters Of Mercy vibe to it.

Great video! Your song gives me heavy Fields of the Nephilim vibes :)

That was super Goth

Well Done! I love how it brings elements from some of my favorite bands. Did you use a drum machine? Where did you get the bass track? I Feel bass is pretty important with the cleaner sounding songs.

Thx for the guide , song sounds awesome 😌✨🤌🦇

Hauntingly Beautiful!

Thank you I been trying to figure out every detail and you just taught me every detail excellent video

Goth enough

Very nicely done!

Such a great song at the end lol, you should make an ep

FotN

69 EYES !!!

just sounds like a metal kid trying to make his parents goth- congrats you've invented Tourist Goth. It's missing all of the nuance that truly define a genre. Kinda like Beyonce's 'country' album.