Bands

Live Bands

The currently active, darker Pittsburgh bands you’re likely to see performing live shows around town.

8-Bit Suicide: industrial/dark wave/metal
8Cylinder: long-running IDM/breakcore/8bit/industrial project by David Crimm
Allinaline: industrial solo project of Jeremy Creamer
Decay on Display: industrial/metal band
Hot Pink Satan: dark electronic featuring Clea Cutthroat and Jeremy Creamer of Allinaline.
The Molecule Party: industrial band fronted by Sean Murphy
Morpheus Laughing: electronic/industrial project from Derek Pegritz and Arvin Clay
Only Flesh: glam/metal/punk/rock/industrial band known for on-stage suspension
Red Lokust: EBM/industrial with Jim Semonik from Rein[Forced] and Lee Lauer of Aslan Faction
Rein[Forced]: industrial/EBM with Jim Semonik on vox and D.A. Turner on keys
Siege 15: industrial/punk/metal band
Standard Issue Citizen: electronic/industrial band based in Buffalo and Pittsburgh
Terror Firma Sky: solo dark electronic project from DJ TFS
Tragic Impulse: solo industrial dance project by Paul Graham
Venus in Furs: industrial rock band with both synths and live drums

Boxed Warning: electronic/experimental/industrial solo project of Chase Dudley
Disheveled: experimental electronic music from Greg VanEck (Prometheus Burning)
Dreamweapon: dark experimental project by Jason Clinton, formerly of Parvulus Infectus
Eyestones: dark ambient instrumental project by Vince Curtis
Fuck Telecorps: collaborative noise
Macronymphia: noise project formed in 1990 by Joseph Roemer and Rodger Stella
Majeure: dark ambient/minimal electronic
O Heiðrún: female-fronted, dark ambient project by Shy Kennedy
Virul God Complex experimental industrial/IDM project by DJ TFS
Za Dharsh: experimental industrial project by Manny Theiner, formed in 1985

Doors in the Labyrinth: darkwave/ambient solo project of film composer Josh Loughrey
Hexweapon: minimal darkwave solo project from Jordan Decay
Illusion of Joy: dark synthpop solo project of Seth Warren
Surviving The Odyssey: electro-rock, trip-hop and alternative dance with female vocals

Chuck Owston: dark folk musician, also performs with bands Gypsy Ribbon or Wolf Rune
The Devilz in the Detailz: gothabilly/darkwave four-piece with female vocals
The Garden: gothic rock/ethereal wave/shoegaze project formed in 1985. Often known as “Pittsburgh’s first goth band,” they still perform on rare occasions.
Patricia Wake: dark folk singer-songwriter with backup vocals
Pretty Tombs: alternative / goth / punk four-piece
Sound Elevator: dark shoegaze/spacerock with post-punk and trip-hop influences

Dark music made in Pittsburgh. These projects are currently active but studio-only.

Adam Christian: Goth/experimental electronic rock. Has had some live performances beginning in 1997. Released several recordings and had a track on Cleopatra’s Goth Bible.
Derek C. F. Pegritz: experimental electronic from Derek of Morpheus Laughing (who also releases music as Nyarlathotep, The Crawling Chaos and PEGRITZ!)
Ganymede: IDM project by Jarrod Leda (formerly of Next Level X).
Heathen Earth: ’70s industrial-inspired, dark ambient/noise project by Josh Howell
Powder French: Formed in 1987, this is Pittsburgh’s longest-running dark-ambient/industrial-experimental artist, Gregg Puchalski.
Veniculture: dark ambient solo recording project by Chad Hammitt of Agnes Wired for Sound
Violaria: Members of seminal Pittsburgh goth/ethereal band The Garden reformed circa 2005 as this recording project.

For dark Pittsburgh bands that are no longer active or have relocated, see Bands That Were.