darkwave

See also: dark wave

English

Alternative forms

• dark wave

Etymology

From dark +‎ -wave, meaning the “dark” counterpart of new wave.

Noun

darkwave (uncountable)

1. (music) A musical movement that originated in the late 1970s, combining elements of new wave and gothic rock with dark, thoughtful lyrics and an undertone of sorrow.
   • 2002, Jules Brown, Dinah Gardner, Hong Kong and Macau, page 315:

     As well as mainstream pop you'll find dance, funk and all kinds of club music, world music and even very select genres such as darkwave medieval, darkwave gothic to darkwave neofolk.

   • 2015, Isabella van Elferen, Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Goth Music: From Sound to Subculture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 25:

     Since the 1980s, several goth substyles have mixed the Batcave heritage with other musical genres into new goth substyles. New wave was gothed into darkwave, classic rock into gothic rock, and metal into gothic metal. […] The term darkwave originated in the 1980s as an indicator of the “dark” counterpart of new wave.

Derived terms

• darkwaver
• neoclassical darkwave

 

Translations

musical movement combining elements of new wave and gothic rock

• French: dark wave (fr) f
• Portuguese: darkwave m

See also

• coldwave

Further reading

• dark wave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia