And now some Dead Can Dance in honor of Halloween spirit

I'm sure some of you have heard Dead Can Dance, the group's excellent debut which mixed western gothic rock and oriental styles. Their third album Within the Realm of a Dying Sun is another excellent album, although it diverges from the rock style found on the first album; this album still features western music in the form of the synthesizer, but I think the band has really started to carve out a style for themselves. I highly recommend this album.

Alcest

I'm sure a good amount of us have heard Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde , Alcest's full length debut. His EP, Le Secret, is an excellent mixture of black metal and shoegaze; it is raw, but soft and all around quite pretty. Try it out.

Wipers...an awesome Portland band

Wipers formed in the late 70s and broke up in the early 2000s or so, I believe. They are a very talented and unique punk band that influenced the grunge movement, especially Nirvana.

Try their album Youth of America, a punk album that balances its rawness and intelligent simpleness with dark post-punk textures. The album is just 30 minutes long, though it's only 6 tracks, which is quite unique for a punk album in 1981.
If you want a more traditional - though still unique - punk album by them, try Is This Real?
. This album has many different textures though its sound ultimately remains cohesive; the music does not sound that different whether it's slow or fast, though the speed does differentiate the songs. Some songs - like "Return of the Rat" - are swift and even sludgy, though "D7" is a slow, haunting theme. Nirvana covered both songs. Even with all the punk moments this album has, there is a rough pop song at the end called "Wait a Minute." The My Vitriol cover is also pretty good.