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Gothic typically deals with dark themes addressed through lyrics and the music's atmosphere.
The poetic sensibilities of the genre led gothic rock lyrics to exhibit literary romanticism, morbidity, religious symbolism or supernatural mysticism.
According to music journalists, standard musical fixtures of gothic rock include "scything guitar patterns, high-pitched basslines that often usurped the melodic role [and] beats that were either hypnotically dirgelike or "tribal".
Reynolds described the vocal style as consisting of "deep, droning alloys of Jim Morrison and Leonard Cohen".
Siouxsie and the Banshees tended to use flanging guitar effects, producing a brittle, cold and harsh sound that contrasted with their psychedelic rock predecessors.
Several acts used drum machines downplaying the rhythm's backbeat.