Dark Wave, is a term coined in the mid-1980s (probably by EFA Distribution) to describe the dark and melancholic side of New Wave and Post-Punk music. It has been applied to guitar-oriented bands such as Cyan Revue, Leningrad Sandwich, Joy Division, Fields of the Nephilim, and The Mission, as well as synthesizer-based New Wave artists such as Attrition, Psyche, In The Nursery, and Clan Of Xymox. In the late 80s and e
... ViacDark Wave, is a term coined in the mid-1980s (probably by EFA Distribution) to describe the dark and melancholic side of New Wave and Post-Punk music. It has been applied to guitar-oriented bands such as Cyan Revue, Leningrad Sandwich, Joy Division, Fields of the Nephilim, and The Mission, as well as synthesizer-based New Wave artists such as Attrition, Psyche, In The Nursery, and Clan Of Xymox. In the late 80s and early 90s, a second generation of dark wave bands emerged, mainly in Germany, notably Deine Lakaien, Girls Under Glass and Das Ich. This was followed by a group of artists around the Projekt and Tess Records labels in the US who developed a more ethereal sound, including This Ascension, Faith And The Muse, the black tape for Blue Girl and Lycie (both of whom also released material by Attrition and the Xymox clan).
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