I listened to a lot of metal in early high school. Aesthetically, my later drift toward goth/darkwave music isn’t surprising. I feel a through-line, for example, from Iron Maiden and King Diamond to The Cure and NIN. Romantic darkness? Weird shadows? Yes.
Here’s my mix of vintage darkwave and metal songs, which works delightfully well on shuffle.
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