“Black Lodge” is maybe a lot of things or maybe not. It calls itself an opera and was a finalist for a Grammy this year in the opera category, since there isn’t a goth opera category yet. It’s loud.

America may have gotten its own Susan Boyle on “America’s Got Talent” Tuesday night. With his goth make-up and creepy contact lenses, Andrew De Leon drew skeptical smirks from the judges — until he ...