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Gothic != Evil.
The goths (huns) are the barbarian race that sacked Rome. In historical and literal terms Goth means 'Outsider.' In reference to architecture, Gothic is used to reference the change from Classical architechture. Goth being to literally 'despoil heritage.' So Goth is also a mockery and an antecedent.
In popular media and music, it has also been used to describe grotesque and flamboyancy.
Gothic music draws from a number of ideas of all of the above in some way, sometimes deliberately and sometimes inadvertently. Gothic music is outsider music. It can be a mockery of its contemporaries. In many ways it is grotesque and it is flamboyant.
Xenomorph toys with some Gothic ideas but its Trance. Lab4 also does the same but its Hard Trance/House.
For me, if you want to start exploring Gothic music you have to do it from something like Skinny Puppy. I mean, it has the works. Especially something like Last Rites. Thats a Goth record through and through.
Also, tell me what dark is when you have listened to Spasmolytic 
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