Best Darkwave of 2025!!

My #1 album is Haunt Me (TX)! I flew to NYC to see them this summer, and then got to see them in Denver. Love these guys.

Lithuania came out as a powerhouse this year for this genre, and my #2 Ghostwave put out an incredible album. Also check out Pusto.

I listed Mass Minor (TX) as the best surprise live shows I went to this year - opening for Urban Heat. They only put out an EP and a single this year, but they are one to watch. A lot of this list are "ones to watch".

(0:25-4:07) #1: HAUNT ME (TX), album - Watch You Bleed Filthy

(4:07-8:52) #2: GHOSTWAVE (Lithuania), album - Fallen Hearts Cold Death

(8:53-13:08) #3: VIOFLESH (Chile), album - Nostalgia Naked

(13:09-18:12) #4: JOCHEN K & JOHNNY W (Swiss), album - Of Idols and Ghosts Ghosts

(18:12-21:29) #5: GLARE (TX), album - Sunset Funeral Guts

(21:29-24:58) Best Surprising Live Show: MASS MINOR (Austin), album - Dark Mode Deadendrive

(24:58-28:26) Top 10: DLINA VOLNY (Belarus), album - In Between Chant

(28:26-32:10) Top 10: FEVR (CA), album - Vacant Move Me

(32:10-35:33) Top 10: FLASHBACKS (GER), album - \\\ High Energy

(35:33-38:13) Top 10: GHOST ENCLAVE (Italy), album - Toten Danse The lighting

(38:13-43:20) Top 10: PUSTO (Lithuania), album - Amnesia Prijde Lito

The Rest of the List! (alphabetized)

(43:21-46:10) AGE OF SLEEP (Sweden), album - Age Of Sleep Strange Lines

(46:11-48:38) AVEN GRAPH (Belarus), album - Fragmentation Roses

(48:39-52:55) BLXCKFLAMINGO (NJ), album - Attic Tracks Good Morning Death, My Darling

(52:56-56:47) BODY MAINTENANCE (AU), album - Far From Here The Surface

(56:48-1:01:17) CABARET GREY (Poland), album - Second Wave Follow

(1:01:17:1:04:42) DAMIEN HEARSE (AR), album - CROSSED; album - Marble Maiden LECTIO DIVINA

(1:04:42-1:08:20) DANCING PLAGUE (Portland), album - Domain Bitter Taste

(1:08:20-1:11:00) DETECTS (MI), album - Minus Decelerate

(1:11:00-1:16:03) HAPPY PHANTOM (TX), album - Under The Blood Red Moon Siren Calls

(1:16:04-1:19:52) IN A DARKENED ROOM (TX), album - VOIX Sounds of Warning

(1:19:53-1:23:21) IRÈNE DE MILO (France), album - Barzh Kyūshū

(1:23:22-1:28:26) LAURA KRIEG (Montreal), album - Crépuscule Crépuscule

(1:28:27-1:32:51) LUSTTONE (Greece), album - Living In A Dead World The Only Answer

(1:32:52-1:35:21) MILLIKEN CHAMBER (CA), album - Hyperphantasia Lisa Hoberman

(1:35:21-1:38:10) MISERY MILE (CA), album - Bloodlust In My Mind

(1:38:10-1:41:35) N8NOFACE (CA), album - As Of Right Now Everything We Thought We Knew

(1:41:36-1:43:28) NIGHTS TEMPLAR (CA), album - IV Tuesday

(1:43:29-1:48:23) NOCHE MISERIA (Ecuador), album - lostworks our war (lost track)

(1:48:24-1:52:42) NOCKTUM (Italy), album - Poltergeist Poltergeist

(1:52:43-1:55:33) NUIT NOIRE (France), album - Cendres d'Amour - Lettre Inachevée Silence Sur Les Draps

(1:55:34-2:00:02) OLEXA (CAN), album - close to you cry

(2:00:02-2:02:37) PORCELAIN DANCER (Greece), album - A documentary about nightmares Poison Cloud

(2:02:38-2:09:42) PROJECTOR FIRES (MD), album - S/T Failed State

(2:09:42-2:13:08) ROSA DAMASK (Berlin)(Dec 2024), album - Adore You The Sun

(2:13:08-2:16:53) SEASURFER (GER), album - Electronic Monsters Collapsing

(2:16:54-2:20:17) SHAD SHADOWS (Italy), album - Wunderkammer Desire Wrong Rain

(2:20:17-2:22:35) SHANX FM (WA), album - Ou Etais Tu Watching You

(2:22:36-2:27:42) SILVER TEARS (Berlin), album - S/T Waste of Time

(2:27:42-2:32:28) SOFT VEIN (CA), album - Through the Blinds FALLING - Twin Tribes Remix

(2:32:28-2:35:13) TALK TO HER (Italy), album - Pleasure Loss Desire Dyve

(2:35:14-2:38:14) TERMINAL SERIOUS (Italy), album - Tear You Away Sewn Eyelids

(2:38:15-2:42:25) THE COMPLETERS (Brazil), album - S/T Chemicals

(2:42:25-2:46:58) THE OCCASION (GER), album -Songs Of The Night Too Close For Comfort

(2:46:59-2:50:54) TOUCHED FABLES (CAN), album - The Sum of All Wounds Harsh Rain

(2:50:55-2:53:37) VACÍOS CUERPOS (MEX), album - La Cruz De Mi Conciencia Vitiligo

(2:53:38-2:57:31) VICKVAPORS (CA) , album - Various Singles It Was Never For Me

(2:57:32-3:00:19) VICTORIAN DARKWAVE (AU), album - The Lost Tracks My Tomb

(3:00:19-3:03:49) VOITH (Sweden), album - My Shadowblade Alone With You

(3:03:49-END) VOYNA (Berlin), album - Monsters Milk