Hey there! 
Does anyone know if there is any goth, punk, industrial, generally dark etc subculture alive and well in Taiwan? Specifically Taipei? I’m thinking along the lines of clothing stores, record shops, novelty shops, clubs, bars or venues and the like.
If anyone has any info, go ahead and pass it my way ! I’ll be touching down in November, can’t wait to see you all there.
Big culture of avoiding sun and keeping skin as white as a ghost.
Sometime see Cosplay dressing Goth but not a realy culture.
I only see real Goth mostly only at night at certain clubs and music events.
dressing all in black is what all the hip kids here do. black shoes, black shorts, black t shirt. white socks. dunno if thats goth tho.
Music and clubs wise? Punk yes. Goth, industrial and other dark: Almost non-existent I’m afraid. Darkest I’ve seen is death and other extreme metal, very nice bands and fans. I’d love to be proven wrong though, I’m missing it.
Clothing wise: luckily a lot of dark-ish trends, styles and accessories seem to be quite popular here. Some BDSMish things like leather chokers with rings even. Mostly seen as fashionable though I guess, not really connected to any dark music or lifestyle.
We’ll, once you’re here we’re at least 2 in Taipei interested in dark music. Maybe the start of a wonderful subculture trend here 
Yes, we will have to bring with us a goth revival! I would love some Taiwanese darkwave, haha. Do you know of any clubs/bars that have punk shows or whatnot?
For live Punk, I guess Revolver is the best place:
https://www.revolver.tw/
If I recall correctly, we even have some punk band members on Forumosa… maybe someone can give some more / better suggestions?
Go check out this club/music venue/practice location in Ximenting. They have shows there and at The Wall. jackartzone.com or https://www.facebook.com/jackartzone/
It’s Death Metal dark everything from Euro to Japan to USA with upcoming shows like razor-web.jp and Goth-ish band affectivesynergy.com
Devourment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiOlkgBLfT4
and even some Baby Metal types
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKqgE4BwAY.
Report back please.
Hello, reviving this topic after all these years. Also looking for goth/darkwave subculture places, around Taipei or Keelung.
If you have recommandations, I’ll take them. Also to let you know that I might just start mixing this type of music when I find a place that lets me do it.
The Live Events page has posted about six events from Goth to death metal events in the past few months. Revolver is usually the place for it
Incidentally, Eüreka, which is playing two or the events I listed above (10/25 and 10/28), is a Goth Metal band. If you attend any of those gigs the band members are generally friendly and easy to meet. I hung out with the members of DiePression (Deathcore) and Polyvirus (Metalcore) at Revolver last time i was able to attend a show and they were all drinking with me 
Thank you so much for the heads up and, thank you @Vay for exploring and keeping us up to date !!
Only thing I miss about living in a city are the gigs.
That an excellent band name. Whoever came up with it deserves a pat on the back.
They frickin kick ass, too! 
EDIT: I think my favorite local band name is Flesh Juicer (It’s just as funny in Chinese!)