r/darkwave↗
Darkwave Music
The term darkwave originated in the 1980s as an indicator of the dark counterpart of new wave. Bands such as Cocteau Twins, Soft Cell, and Depeche Mode are exponents of this first generation of darkwave. Darkwave ... employs relatively slower tempos, lower pitches, and more minor keys in its musical settings of melancholy texts than new wave.
17k subscribers89 posts / mo in Sep 202669 authors / mosince 2013
r/darkwave has 17k members (+21% over the last 12 months). It gets about 89 posts a month from 69 people. Top topics: Synthwave & Retrowave, Electronic Dance Music Tracks and Doom Metal Depths.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Synthwave & Retrowave4.8%
- Electronic Dance Music Tracks2.3%
- Doom Metal Depths1.5%
- Official Videos1.4%
- Electronic Dance Music Remixes1.4%
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- Spotify
- SoundCloud
- DistroKid
- The FADER
- Eventbrite
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