In 1998 the Tacoma-based counter culture magazine "Pandemonium" first labeled Abney Park a "goth band," citing their electronic sound and Robert Brown's deep baritone voice. (The band is named after an iconically gothic cemetery in London, where Brown lived and studied for a period in 1988). This label stuck, and influenced the band's musical and visual style, which culminated with their 2002 release From Dreams Or Angels. Their songs "The Change Cage", "Black Day" and "No Life" reached number one on the Industrial, Dark-wave and Black Metal music charts, respectively