Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Just wondering if anyone else on this forum is a fan of the growing "Gothic Country" trend that's been emerging since the early 2000s. For those who are not aware of this growing trend it's essentially country music that's taken a far more rustic approach to country music and the songwriting has taken a more dark tone. Songs about murder, abuse, alcoholism, and tragedy often make up the song matter. It's a very immursive genre of music, you put on the album and it really stays with you. The best part is that it completely ignores all aspects of what makes up the popular country today (Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Ryan Adams, etc.) and just does its own thing. Highly recommend looking into this genre if you're interesting in country music. I'll put a list of bands with a link to their last.fm or myspace account at the bottom of this post. I want both the good and the negative feedback, but if you're going to post negative feedback just please make it smart with some idea of what you're talking about, not just "country music is teh suxorz".

edit: I would post links to sites but apparently I'm not allowed to because I haven't made 15 posts, so instead I'm just going to list off some of my favourite bands.

Elliott BROOD
Munly & the Lee Lewis Harlots
Those Poor Bastards
O'Death
Pinebox Serenade

Originally Posted by Carpe Mortem

"Hey all, new here after I came across a member's thread about 'Gothic Americana' and picked up a few recs. I listen to a whole lot of everything, but I've hated most country I've heard until I came across 16 Horsepower and their debut album. Excellent stuff! Led to a google search of the genre, led to this website, I decided I wanna be a part of it.

Hoping to open my mind more on here, as sometimes I really do listen to too much goddamn metal. Looking forward to the various new musics! "