Rave vs. Cybergoth

An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).

An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.

The genres of electronic dance music usually associated with rave parties.

One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.

To speak or write wildly or incoherently.

To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about, of, or (formerly) on.

Example: ‘He raved about her beauty.’;

(obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.

To attend a rave (dance party).

imp. of Rive.

One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

An instance of raving.

A highly flattering or enthusiastic review of a play, book, etc.

A clamorous dance party, especially one featuring a band or disc jockey playing loud modern rock music oriented toward young people, held in a large room such as a warehouse, often organized by an informal or ad hoc sponsor.

To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman.

Example: ‘In our madness evermore we rave.’; ‘Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?’; ‘The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Killiecrankie.’;

To rush wildly or furiously.

To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; - followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty.

Example: ‘The hallowed sceneWhich others rave of, though they know it not.’;

To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense.

a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played;

Example: ‘raves are very popular in Berlin’;

an extravagantly enthusiastic review;

Example: ‘he gave it a rave’;

participate in an all-night techno dance party

talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

praise enthusiastically;

Example: ‘She raved about that new restaurant’;

A rave (from the verb: to rave) describes a dance party at a warehouse, public or private property, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 90s dance music scene when DJs played at illegal events in musical styles dominated by electronic dance music from a wide range of sub-genres, including techno, hardcore, house, dubstep, and alternative dance.

(uncountable) A subculture combining elements of goth and rave culture, typically involving energetic electronic music and brightly coloured, futuristic clothing.

(countable) A member of this subculture.

Cybergoth is a subculture that derives from elements of goth, raver, rivethead and cyberpunk fashion. Opinion differs as to whether cybergoth has the requisite complexity to constitute a subculture, with some commentators suggesting that it is no more than a small aesthetic variation on cyberpunk or raver fashion.