Best Synth Rock Bands

The Top Ten
1 The Birthday Massacre The Birthday Massacre is a Canadian dark wave and synth rock band currently consisting of Chibi (vocals), Rainbow (guitar), Falcore (guitar), Owen (keyboard), Rhim (drums) and Nate Manor (bass), that formed in 1999 (even though the 2016 demo collection "Imagica" dates some tracks back at 1998). Originally known as Imagica, The Birthday Massacre is known for their playfully macabre and spooky tone, often created through the contrast of happy and upbeat melodies and dark and sinister lyrics. The band often uses primal fears, such as hearing footsteps, being afraid of monsters hiding under the bed and twisting innocent fairy tale motifs into something morbid. ...read more.

Depeche mode has better songs than this group, but they have a couple not-so-good songs on every album. Not bad- just not perfect. The Birthday Massacre has a PERFECT discography. Every song is equally well written, and each song is amazing!

. The best synthpop-rock band I've ever heard. Truly amazing. How they mix dreamy synth and heavier parts,also so catchy and beautiful. Magical!

2 Deadsy
3 Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an English electronic and synth-pop band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher, and Vince Clarke.
4 Mindless Self Indulgence Mindless Self Indulgence is an American electropunk band formed in New York City in 1997. Their music has a mixed style which includes punk rock, alternative rock, electronica, techno, industrial, hip hop and breakbeat hardcore.
5 Ozma
6 Apoptygma Berzerk

Their music is something special, inspiring. TREMENDOUS!

7 The Naked And Famous The Naked and Famous are a New Zealand indie electronic band from Auckland, formed in 2007. The band consists of Alisa Xayalith, Thom Powers, Aaron Short, David Beadle and Jesse Wood.

A Band with really unique music

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9 Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American alternative rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996. The current members include Mike Shinoda (vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar), Brad Delson (guitar), Dave "Phoenix" Farrell (bass), Joe Hahn (DJ), and Rob Bourdon (drums). Linkin Park is associated with a mixture of alternative rock, hip hop, and techno. Some of their influences include Nine Inch Nails, Deftones,... read more
10 The Helio Sequence
The Contenders
11 M83
12 Vanilla Ninja Vanilla Ninja is an Estonian pop rock and synth rock band consisting of Lenna Kuurmaa (lead vocals, guitar), Piret Järvis (vocals, guitar) and Katrin Siska (keyboards). Past members are Maarja Kivi and Triinu Kivilaan, both providing vocals and electric bass.

In the mid-2000s, Vanilla Ninja had notable success in several European countries with songs like "Tough Enough", "Blue Tattoo" and "Cool Vibes", the latter of which was the Swiss Entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 (due to their manager and producer being Swiss). Their songs usually either have a dark and mystical outfit, that occasionally tends towards symphonic metal, or are straight forward female empowerment anthems. ...read more.

Were predominantly synth rock in the beginning, "Traces of Sadness" being entirely a synth rock album, but changed towards alternative and symphonic rock later on.

13 Breathe Carolina Breathe Carolina is an American electro pop group currently consisting of David Schmitt (vocals, keyboard), Eric Armenta (percussion) and Tommy Coops (guitar, keyboard) that formed in 2007. ...read more.
14 Chromeo
15 I See Stars I See Stars is an American rock band that formed in 2006 based in Warren, Michigan. The band currently consists of vocalist Devin Oliver, guitarist Brent Allen, keyboardist and vocalist Andrew Oliver, and bass guitarist Jeff Valentine.
16 Woe, Is Me
17 The Word Alive
18 Dead By April Dead by April is a Swedish metalcore band from Gothenburg, formed in February 2007 by Pontus Hjelm and Jimmie Strimell.
19 Datarock
20 Creature Failure
21 Cinema Bizarre Cinema Bizarre was a German synth rock band consisting of Strify (vocals), Yu (guitars), Romeo (keyboard), Shin (drums) and Kiro (bass) that formed in 2005 and disbanded in 2010. Before leaving the band in 2008, Luminor would provide vocals and keyboards, originally ought to sing in duet with Strify, ...read more.
22 The Bunny the Bear

This band is technically synth metal, but a lot of it is still at rock level, so I'm adding them. I can't believe they weren't on here already!

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