Angelo Badalamenti, Marilyn Manson, Type O Negative, Korn, Apocolyptica, Alice Cooper, Ramones, Mortis, Rob/White Zombie, Rasputina, Love-n-Rockets, Nickleback, Foo Fighters, NIN, Danzig, Powerman 5000, Static X, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Godsmack, Twisted Sister, Scorpions, Ozzy, Metallica, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, The Killers, David Lynch, John Carpenter, Concrete Blonde, Tricky, Squirrel Nut Zipper, Beck, Eminem, Marshall Tucker Band, Foghat, Ted Nugent, White Stripes, Southern Culture on the Skids, Enigma, Moby, Enya, Lorenna McKinnett, Blondie, Billy Idol, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Hayseed Dixie, The Stray Cats, Brian Setzer, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Andrew Sisters, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Cark Perkins, Gordon Lightfoot, Dolly Parton, The Chalks, Jim Reeves, Paul Ott, Grandpa Jones, Mac Wiseman, Roy Acuff, Beethoven, Bach, Pavarotti, Leotine Price
Horror, the paranormal, all things bizarre and a trace of the Cthulhu Mythos are the mainstays of Appalachian Gothic. This musical venture comes straight from the writing laboratory of horror author Laura Wright and continues to grow in both method and madness.
Wright began creating music with the sole intent of producing musical soundtracks to accompany her fiction. It soon became clear that there was much more to the initial project than simple soundtrack creation.
Appalachian Gothic hails from the rural foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The music often incorporates some of the strangest "instruments" possible to create the most memorable music imaginable. The music produced is a multi-genre mix. Listeners can find a darkwave combination of: industrial, trance, metal, or folk with generous portions of such paranormal delicacies as authentic E.V.P. samples. Wright's music reflects her avid enjoyment of the horror genre and the themes often range from the grotesque to the macabre. Occasionally, there may also be other genres such as fusion or electronic.
