About GOTHIKA

GOTHIKA is an alternative music and culture blog created to shine a spotlight on the vibrant, boundary-pushing world of Black artists within the alternative space. We exist to disrupt the outdated narratives that often leave Black voices out of the goth, punk, metal, industrial, experimental, and other underground scenes — genres and subcultures that Black artists have long helped shape, define, and evolve.

This is a space where music isn’t just sound — it’s survival, storytelling, resistance, and radical imagination.

What We Cover

At GOTHIKA, we center Black creators who challenge norms, redefine genres, and carve out space for authenticity in scenes often saturated with erasure or tokenism. Our content dives into:

  • Artist Spotlights: In-depth features on emerging and established Black alt musicians, visual artists, and performers who are redefining what “alternative” means today.

  • Album Reviews: Honest, insightful takes on recent releases across Hardcore, Punk, Metal, and more.

  • Interviews & Conversations: Intimate and unfiltered interviews with various artists, producers, designers, and thinkers who are influencing alternative spaces behind the scenes and on the front lines.

  • Cultural Commentary: Essays and think pieces that explore the intersections of race, identity, queerness, mental health, and rebellion in alt culture.

  • Scene Reports: Coverage of underground shows, DIY spaces, festivals, and community movements from around the globe, with a special lens on Black presence and contribution.

  • Playlists & Curation: Monthly curated playlists highlighting genre-defying Black musicians you need to hear — from the iconic to the underground.

Why GOTHIKA Exists

Mainstream narratives have long tried to box Black artists into limited genres, ignoring the full spectrum of our innovation, emotion, and experimentation. GOTHIKA is here to break that box apart — to amplify voices that challenge convention, to celebrate subversion, and to create a digital home for Black weirdos, witches, punks, ravers, loners, and lovers of the dark and avant-garde.

This blog is a reclamation and a revelation. We’re not just in the scene — we are the scene.

For Us. By Us.

If you’ve ever felt unseen at a punk show, erased in a metal circle, or out of place in a goth club — this space is yours. If your playlist jumps from Death Grips to Chelsea Wolfe to Yves Tumor to Ho99o9 to Moses Sumney — you belong here. If you’re a Black artist looking for community, a fan searching for connection, or a curious mind ready to explore — welcome to GOTHIKA.

Join the Movement

We’re here to document, uplift, and connect. Follow GOTHIKA for weekly content, contribute to the conversation, and support a movement that reclaims space for Black alternative expression. This is more than a blog — it’s a cultural archive in progress.