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I recently spent a week in Paris and, true to what I heard, the goth/industrial scene is VERY underground there. You won't find anything advertised online (the last true goth club shuttered in 2008), and those frenchies aren't too big on facebook either.
Nevertheless I managed to sniff out this place hidden in a backstreet over in Le Marais near the Bastille, and boy was it worth it. Some highlights:
----PROS----
- The setting is VERY MUCH like the Vault in SoHo, NYC. Basically, this was place is a former wine cellar complete with interconnected catacombs deep underground and renovated with a sound system and awesome lighting. Doesn't get better.
- Incredible decor complete with authentic medieval suits of armor, swords, and coffins, and laser lights.
- Great sound despite being built like a bomb shelter. Great EBM DJs on the night I went there.
- Safe, clean neighborhood. I had no problem walking all the way home up Magenta Boulevard at 3am.
----CONS----
- Only open Saturday, and is open from 11am - 2am. Not a lot of time to party for a true night owl to enjoy it.
- $10 euro cover
- Dancing on stone all night = knee surgery a few years down the road.
- The arched cave ceilings are very low: if you are a particularly tall person there is very little space for you to dance.
- If you are claustrophobic you will probably not enjoy it here. It is deep underground and labyrinthine.
- It is probably far from wherever your hotel is, since most tourists don't stay around the Bastille.