Dark Scene

The term dark culture (German Schwarze Szene, Portuguese cultura obscura, Spanish escena oscura), also called dark alternative scene, is an umbrella term, used to describe a summary of parts of several subcultures. In this context the "culture" is not to be understood as closed subculture, but as social environment, a milieu, which comprises people with similar interests and preferences. Dark culture includes: - the goth and darkwave culture - elektro subculture (with genres like electro- industrial, aggrotech and dark electro) - parts of the neofolk and post-industrial subcultures