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Is Dead Can Dance goth?

No, Dead Can Dance is mostly not a goth band, but on some of their albums they played Gothic Rock and Ethereal Wave, which are among the core subgenres of goth music. Albums like Dead Can Dance, Spleen And Ideal, and Garden Of The Arcane Delights are examples of their goth sound.

Some of the other goth artists that are similar to them are Cocteau Twins, Love Spirals Downwards, and Faith and The Muse.

Dead Can Dance is located in Australia, Melbourne (early) / United Kingdom, London (later), active in 1981 — 1998, 2005 — 2005, 2011 — present. You can find more information about Dead Can Dance on their GothDB band page.