Dark Wave

Emerged 1980.

84 artists with 441.5K combined listeners. 83% of them sit in the Dark Wave / Dark Post-Punk / Futurepop community on the map. It shares the most artists with Dark Post-Punk.

Where Dark Wave sits on the map

• Dark Wave / Dark Post-Punk / Futurepop · 70 artists (83%)
• Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop · 2 artists (2%)
• Hard Industrial Techno / Hardcore Techno / Raw Techno · 2 artists (2%)
• Neo-Psychedelic / Indie Garage Rock / Psychedelic Rock · 1 artists (1%)
• Stoner Metal / Stoner Rock / Post-Rock · 1 artists (1%)
• Mexican Indie / Indie Rock Mexicano / Peruvian Rock · 1 artists (1%)

Strongest pairings in Dark Wave

Dark Wave artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. She Past Away & Boy Harsher · 58 shared playlists
2. Mareux & Sidewalks And Skeletons · 52 shared playlists
3. Sextile & Boy Harsher · 29 shared playlists
4. Cabaret Nocturne & Boy Harsher · 23 shared playlists
5. Sexual Purity & Boy Harsher · 20 shared playlists
6. Black Light Smoke & Boy Harsher · 19 shared playlists
7. She Past Away & Cabaret Nocturne · 19 shared playlists
8. Selofan & She Past Away · 18 shared playlists
9. Linea Aspera & Boy Harsher · 17 shared playlists
10. She Past Away & ULTRA SUNN · 16 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Dark Wave, for their size.

• Dark Post-Punk · 24 shared artistsBoth: Clan of Xymox, Mareux, She Past Away
• Gothic Rock · 12 shared artistsBoth: She Past Away, Boy Harsher, Cabaret Nocturne
• Minimal Wave · 6 shared artistsBoth: Cold Cave, Virgin Prunes, Selofan
• UK Post-Punk Revival · 2 shared artistsBoth: Suzi Sabotage, They Die
• UK Post-Punk · 6 shared artistsBoth: Vestron Vulture, Ash Code, Flowerbabe
• French Romanticism · 3 shared artistsBoth: Virgin Prunes, Ritual Howls, The Masqs
• Futurepop · 5 shared artistsBoth: ULTRA SUNN, Empathy Test, Velvet Condom
• Grave Wave · 4 shared artistsBoth: Velvet Condom, Borghesia, Suzi Sabotage

Artists

84 artists tagged Dark Wave, ranked by listeners.

1. Marie Davidson36.9K listeners · Float House
2. Clan of Xymox36.5K listeners · Dark Post-Punk
3. Mareux36.2K listeners · Kingston On Indie
4. She Past Away31.9K listeners · Dark Post-Punk
5. Boy Harsher30.8K listeners
6. Zola Jesus24.1K listeners · Etherpop
7. Sidewalks And Skeletons22.1K listeners · Witch House
8. TR/ST17.7K listeners
9. Soviet Soviet16.8K listeners · Dark Post-Punk
10. The KVB10.9K listeners · Industrial
11. Cold Cave9.0K listeners
12. Minuit Machine7.4K listeners
13. Linea Aspera7.4K listeners
14. Virgin Prunes7.1K listeners · French Romanticism
15. Light Asylum6.1K listeners
16. Cabaret Nocturne5.9K listeners · Permanent Wave
17. Esben and the Witch5.8K listeners · German Rock
18. Selofan5.3K listeners
19. ULTRA SUNN5.0K listeners
20. Kaelan Mikla4.9K listeners
21. Dark Sky4.9K listeners · Minimal Techno
22. Hante.4.6K listeners
23. Prayers4.5K listeners
24. Catharsis4.4K listeners · Ethereal Wave
25. Sextile4.0K listeners
26. Vestron Vulture4.0K listeners · UK Post-Punk
27. Ash Code3.7K listeners
28. Empathy Test3.5K listeners · Futurepop
29. Tempers3.1K listeners
30. Ritual Howls2.9K listeners · French Romanticism
31. Sixth June2.9K listeners
32. Velvet Condom2.7K listeners · Grave Wave
33. Kontravoid2.7K listeners · Neo-Synthpop
34. Curses2.5K listeners · Dark Disco
35. Forever Grey2.4K listeners
36. Agent Side Grinder2.3K listeners · Gothic Rock
37. Bragolin2.1K listeners · Neo-Synthpop
38. Bleib Modern2.0K listeners · Scandipop
39. Vandal Moon1.7K listeners · Gothic Rock
40. The Agnes Circle1.7K listeners · Gothic Rock
41. Zanias1.7K listeners
42. Cold Showers1.7K listeners · Chill Dream Pop
43. Aftermath1.7K listeners · Slap House
44. Rosa Anschütz1.7K listeners · Hardcore Techno
45. Black Light Smoke1.6K listeners · Permanent Wave
46. R. Missing1.5K listeners
47. GOLD ZEBRA1.5K listeners · French Synthpop
48. Sexual Purity1.4K listeners · Gothic Rock
49. Male Tears1.4K listeners
50. Geometric Vision1.4K listeners · Neo-Psychedelic
51. Goodbooks1.4K listeners · Weirdcore
52. Void Vision1.3K listeners
53. Darkways1.2K listeners · Gothic Rock
54. Paradox Obscur1.2K listeners
55. Borghesia1.2K listeners · Neo-Synthpop
56. Solo Ansamblis1.0K listeners · Atlanta Indie
57. Gatekeeper1.0K listeners · Power Metal
58. Las eras1.0K listeners · Synthpop
59. Night in Athens1.0K listeners
60. Anne Bloom1.0K listeners
61. Dancing Plague1.0K listeners
62. Flowerbabe1.0K listeners · UK Post-Punk
63. Midnight Darkwave1.0K listeners · Gothic Rock
64. Dlina Volny1.0K listeners
65. Zauber1.0K listeners
66. Denuit1.0K listeners · French Synthpop
67. Sally Dige1.0K listeners
68. Mannequin1.0K listeners · Otacore
69. Into Darkness1.0K listeners · UK Post-Punk
70. topographies1.0K listeners · Post-Punk
71. VR SEX1.0K listeners · Atlanta Indie
72. Suzi Sabotage1.0K listeners · Grave Wave
73. Megan McDuffee1.0K listeners
74. Undertheskin1.0K listeners · Minimal Wave
75. hinfort1.0K listeners · UK Post-Punk
76. The Masqs1.0K listeners · UK Post-Punk
77. Computer Kill1.0K listeners · Nu Gaze
78. They Die1.0K listeners · Grave Wave
79. Elektrokohle1.0K listeners · Japanese New Wave
80. Sleeping Desires1.0K listeners
81. Anders Manga1.0K listeners
82. Antipole1.0K listeners · Gothic Rock
83. Kalte Nacht1.0K listeners · Post-Punk
84. Wisteria1.0K listeners · Turkish Jazz