User:Balaam's Miracle/Christian Goth

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Christian Gothic is a subculture within the Gothic subculture. Christian Goths are characterised by living a Christian lifestyle, but move freely within the Gothic subculture. Although Christian Goths are accepted in the secular Goth scene, it still exists largely underground, with people using the Internet to find people with a similar faith and lifestyle.

Music
Christian gothic is Gothic music made by Christian performers. Christian Gothic is typically performed by professed Christians, sometimes principally for Christians who listen to Gothic music, and many times produced and distributed through various Christian networks. Christian Gothic is regarded more of a concept rather than a genre since it has no specific musical characteristics.

Christian Gothic bands exist in all the subgenres of Gothic music, and the only common link between most Christian Gothic bands is the Christian faith and lifestyle that the performers adhere to. The Christian themes are often melded with the subjects of the genre the band is rooted in, often providing a Christian take on the subject matter. It has been argued that the marginal yet transnational Christian Gothic subculture provides its core members an alternative religious expression and Christian identity, and that the music serves the purpose of offering a positive alternative or counterbalance to secular Gothic music which sometimes takes on an explicitly anti-Christian tone.

Christian Gothic emerged in the early 1980s as a means of evangelization to the wider Gothic music scene, and was pioneered by the American bands No Laughing Matter and Dead Artist Syndrome. Later Christian Goth bands, like The Last Dance and The Awakening decided not to use the band for evangelization, but rather as a creative outlet. Nowadays both types of bands exist alongside eachother, and fans of Christian Gothic music often listen to either type of band.

List of Bands
Christian goths typically listen to a wide range of bands, not all falling in the Gothic category. One umbrella term coined for these bands is "Dark Underground Bands".

Amongst these bands are:


 * Saviour Machine - (Gothic rock/Gothic metal)
 * Dead Artist Syndrome - (Gothic rock/Pop/Industrial)
 * Necromance - (Gothic rock/Industrial)
 * Undish - (Gothic metal/Doom)
 * Kohllapse - (Gothic metal/Doom)
 * Lifesavers Underground - (New Wave/Gothic rock/Pop)
 * Spy Glass Blue - (Gothic rock/Post-Punk)
 * Lacrimosa (band) - (Gothic Rock/Gothic metal)
 * Gretchen (band) - (Gothic metal/Female Fronted Rock)
 * The Awakening (band) - (Gothic rock)
 * Bitter Grace - (Gothic rock)
 * The Last Dance (band) - (Gothic rock)
 * Lycia (band) - (Ethereal)
 * The Eternal Chapter - (Gothic rock)
 * LVL (band) - (industrial rock/industrial metal/rock)
 * The Becoming – (rock/gothic rock)
 * Argyle Park – (industrial rock/rock/industrial metal)
 * Circle of Dust – (electronic rock/electronica/industrial rock/industrial metal/rock)
 * Code of Ethics (band) – (new wave/pop/europop/industrial rock)
 * Mortal (band) – (industrial/dance/rock)