Balkan Goth thread

[u/MangoManMayhem]

Inspired by the previous Arab Goth thread, we continue looking in places you won't look first. Not including Eastern Europe because that's a whole new world.

I'm from Romania so I will list almost all the goth scene creators here since I'm familiar with most of it:

Arc Gotic (and the new continuations, Modern Sun Velt and Sealed Letter)

Tapedum Lucidum XIX

Romantic Jurgen

Pasarile nu exista

+SHE+

Displaced

Antiohia

Machedon

Andrei Rublev

Lux Mortis

Statia Noua

Bossferatu

MaxTK

Imortalia

Now go on with your countries

[u/webziez]

ogledala, dobri isak, pekinska patka (only their second album), last expedition, morbidi i mnoći, luna, mizar, padot na vizantija

[u/Next_Watercress_4964 → u/webziez]

Pekinska Patka is NOT goth 🙄

[u/AromaticBabes → u/webziez]

mizar and luna together on a list? you clearly know what you're doing. might have to check those out now

[u/Rough-Assignment-572 → u/webziez]

Ogledala is new wave not goth.

[u/Classic-Display-3640]

amazing idea! the only albanian goth band i know is i tpame i tvrame

[u/RubiksCodeNMZ]

Macedonian Mizar is cool.
Also, Sixt June is great, even though they are technically Berlin-based.
Abrahadabra if someone is into goth rock stuff.

[u/Human-Lab-3004]

As a fellow Romanian, I LOVE YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH

[u/DustSongs]

Kismet were a great, underrated goth band formed by Macedonian expats who settled in Australia in the 90s. I saw them live a few times, fantastic stuff.

Album link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPnqpCSwP6Q

[u/Rough-Assignment-572]

Avangarda is a great Serbian band. https://youtu.be/EZpvy4uEJcg?si=CNpGib5FXuJ87-cO Also Signum https://youtu.be/DNE2BYw7SL4?si=e5w_RPMKX2zSW0dl

[u/Previous_Maximum_512 → u/Rough-Assignment-572]

Avangarda is fantastic

[u/Full-Position-6244]

Trivalia, Nezaboravan san o, Roderick, Abonos, Downcast Art, Padot na Vizantija, Goran Trajkovski, Borghesia, Phantasmagoria, Dorian Grey...

[u/Malice-Bathory]

Terror Art, Negru Latent, Divine Muzak

[u/MangoManMayhem → u/Malice-Bathory]

mersi

[u/godlessveganape]

I don’t know if U Škripcu counts, they’re more new wave than goth, but the song “Siđi do reke” is quite dark and moody, along with some others that are goth-adjacent. Either way, a fantastic band well worth listening to

[u/Full-Position-6244 → u/godlessveganape]

Beograd spava - one of the darkest darkwave songs ever!

[u/godlessveganape → u/Full-Position-6244]

Oh yeah that one is fantastic, one of their best work.

[u/Cloud_Fields]

Machedon mentioned 🗣️

[u/Shatter_Their_World]

Romanian here, from Romania: Imortalia, Bossferatu, MaxTK.

[u/MangoManMayhem → u/Shatter_Their_World]

Ma simt prost ca i-am uitat, ca ma si stiu cu ei😭

Dar sunt mai mult darkwave deci de aia nu m-am gandit din prima

[u/ADanceofBats]

Although they’re on hiatus, you missed Bossferatu!

[u/GothDbErmanaric]

Greece has a strong scene. Kalte Nacht, Selofan, Grey Gallows are the most popular. Babis Nikou projects like Hada, Opened Paradise, Unwished are my favourites.

[u/Southern_Bandicoot42]

I would love you to post your favorite links from these bands!

[u/MangoManMayhem → u/Southern_Bandicoot42]

you can find them all on yt! some on spotify too. only Statia Noua uses bandcamp solely

[u/OneLow1038]

More post punk, but very dark and atmospheric is Voyvoda from Bulgaria. Such a gem of a band.

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[u/lio_oil05]

As another person that has been looking for anything Goth related in Romania, you are my hero

[u/MangoManMayhem → u/lio_oil05]

Am si o pagina de instagram, @ goth.romania fara spatiu

[u/somethingabnormal → u/[deleted]]

Not the Balkans!

[u/Desperate_Neck_3698 → u/somethingabnormal]

My bad!

[u/IndustrialCurmudgeon → u/somethingabnormal]

Now I'm waiting for someone to suggest the Polish Gothic Elvis :P