#darkfolk — Public Fediverse posts
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Arcis - Numen
"Cinematic ambient."
#ambient #electronic #darkambient #cinematic #dungeonsynth #darkfolk #music
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HEATHE – Vir076: Control Your Souls Desire For Freedom
#Experimental #Rock #blackenedhardcore #darkfolk #doom #drone #posthardcore #Copenhagen
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Naturale – Vir031: Live 2018
#Drone #Experimental #Live #Noise #Recitation #Rock #blackenedhardcore #darkfolk #doom #drone #Copenhagen
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Matt Elliott / Tavare / Boris Kaplunovich @ Genezarethkirche
Genezarethkirche, Thursday, April 16 at 07:00 PM GMT+2
More than twenty years after the release of Drinking Songs, Matt Elliott returns to the most defining work of his career. Originally released in 2004, the album marked a decisive shift from his electronic roots towards a deeply personal form of chamber folk, combining fragile songwriting with Eastern European cabaret influences and a stark, introspective atmosphere.
In this special solo performance, Elliott revisits songs from Drinking Songs in their most direct and intimate form. Alongside this seminal material, he will also perform selected songs from other albums, as well as previously unreleased pieces, offering a broader insight into his evolving body of work. Stripped of additional instrumentation, the music is presented with raw emotional clarity, allowing the weight of the lyrics, voice and melodies to fully unfold.
special guests: Tavare
Tavare formed in Berlin in 2020, creating minimal slowcore-inspired songs with fragile harmonies and restrained emotion. Blending ’90s melancholy with modern pop structures, the trio released Ghosts (2024) and the album Too Small To Be So High (2025), and perform regularly across Europe.
Boris Kaplunovich is a Berlin based singer songwriter. Blending intimate storytelling with subtly political undertones, the music moves between quiet introspection and simmering intensity.
https://berlin.askapunk.de/event/matt-elliott-tavare-boris-kaplunovich-genezarethkirche
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Dark Sinfonia - Incantations
"Dark Folk Music For The Darkest Of Folk!"
#horror #gothic #postpunk #avantgarde #darkfolk #spookfolk #macabre #folklore #darkfairytales #music
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Dark Sinfonia - March Of The Fairies
"Dark Folk Music For The Darkest Of Folk!"
#horror #gothic #postpunk #avantgarde #darkfolk #spookfolk #macabre #folklore #darkfairytales #music
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Oooh….Innmeldingspakken til Europabevegelsens Premium Platinum medlemskap inneholder LP boksen og nå smått sjeldne #Neofolk samleren «Looking for Europe»! #Europabevegelsen #Evropa #Europa #NorskTut #Allheimen #Darkfolk
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BATPLANET PRES: Ruusuriimu (FI), Outosisar (FI), Träet-Mund-Spilli (SE) og VÌZ(HU) på #Revolver #Oslo i morgen kveld. En gotisk aften ispedd #Noise #Industrial #Folk #DarkFolk #Synth #Goth #Allheimen #NorskTur #HvaSkjer #Konsert #LiveMusikk https://www.broadcast.events/events/batplanet-pres-ruusuriimu-fi-outosisar-fi-tret-mund-spilli-se-og-vzhu/TRFpFClTDV
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Silas J. Dirge - Swan Songs
"Swan Songs expresses the human need to find meaning in the shadows and the dirt of the everyday."
#bandcampcodes #acoustic #americana #altcountry #neofolk #roots #western #outlaw #darkfolk #countryfolk #gothiccountry #southerngothic #gothicamericana #deathcountry #postfolk #darkcountry #music
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By Mystikus Hugebeard
Ah, the Viking Age. One of the most mythologized eras in history, and a bottomless well of inspiration for cool things like video games, shows, books, tattoos, and bad things like obsession over ancestral purity, shockingly racist ideologies, and lutefisk. But the best thing of all, and most importantly, music! Which leads us to Danheim (Literally “Danish Home”). Danheim is the solo Nordic folk project by Reidar Schæfer Olsen, and Heimferd is his first full album in four years, which might as well be an eternity. Danheim is usually very prolific, with eight albums released between 2017 and 2021, with about a gazillion singles released during and after those 4 years. Furthermore, Danheim is one of the more well-known Nordic folk artists; he has numerous collaborations with, to name a few, Gealdýr, Sigurboði, Heldom, and has, like Wardruna, been featured on the History Channel’s Vikings. In other words, Danheim is something of a titan of the genre—is Heimferd worth the wait?
Danheim’s music, and by extension Heimferd, is a sonic extension of the version of the Vikings that has embedded itself within people’s imagination and contemporary media: an intoxicating image of a powerful and mysterious people, plunged into a captivating world of violence and mysticism.1 Most might immediately connect Danheim’s sound to Wardruna (not unjustifiably), but that paints a rather flat picture. The music is cinematic in a way that calls to mind a less avant-garde Heilung, it vibrates with a slightly electronic, tribal weight that, at this point, belongs more to Danheim than any of his peers (but one might still compare it to Vígundr or Heldom), and it’s atmospheric and densely layered like, well, Wardruna. But I believe it’s the simple immediacy of Danheim’s that has made him the Nordic folk titan that he is. It’s just so easy to fall under the spell of electronically augmented droning chants set to the rhythm of deep, beating drums, heard in some form or another in nearly every song on Heimferd.
…and yet, there sadly wafts an air of shallowness across Heimferd. There is an unfulfilled relationship between Heimferd’s sound and its songwriting. Heimferd’s stellar production and the variety of instruments create a captivating soundscape, but so rarely do songs breathe or evolve in a way that gives the songs life. This is felt all throughout Heimferd. “Heljar Skuggar” and “Rúnmyrkr” each utilize engaging, distorted chants in the vein of Heilung, but feel stagnant, without peaks or valleys. Songs are often lacking in stakes or tension, the worst of which is heard in the lifeless “Valvejen” as it flits loosely between tagelharpa melodies and excessive downtime. For songs meant to sound almost hypnotic in their droning, much comes off as forgettable, like “Kominn Dagr” as it switches from monotone chanting into a toothless tagelharpa melody, neither section given ample time to grow or make an impact. Clearly, Danheim places a lot of emphasis on atmosphere, and Heimferd is indeed viking-y at a distance—but up close, there is little to sink your teeth into.
This is not always the case, however, with a handful of songs towering above the rest. The vocal-heavy closer, “Yggdrasil II” (a sequel to “Yggdrasil” from 2018’s Fridr), has a quiet majesty to its rhythmic and beautiful chorus. “Vindfari” is an unassuming song that really sneaks up on you, as the drums march behind a simple chanting melody with a peculiar, percussive vocal delivery to some words that adds unique character to the song. Heimferd’s best song is “Haukadalur,” though. This song moves and breathes like a living thing, as distant haggard exhalations augment a powerful beat which heralds a coarse, dancing tagelharpa. These songs have such richness to their melodies, making the most of Danheim’s accessible and engaging style. It feels as if this has been my experience with every Danheim album: two or three genuinely stellar tracks that speak of an artist capable of amazing things, surrounded by songs that sound great but leave little impression.
Danheim has ever been frustrating for me, and Heimferd reaffirms that feeling. His infectious soundscape sufficiently conjures a Viking-age atmosphere and energy, but with base songwriting that so rarely transforms the music into something lasting or impactful. It’s strange, because my first listen of Heimferd was the most positive one, and I think it’s because Danheim’s style of Nordic folk can be cathartic in a way not many other artists within the genre are. But on each subsequent spin, when I listen closer, probing, pleading for depth, I’m left wanting. Heimferd is the distilled essence of the modern perception of Vikings, but with little drama or tension. It’s fun, but ephemeral.
Rating: Mixed
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps
Label: Season of Mist
Websites: official | bandcamp
Releases Worldwide: October 31st, 2025#25 #2025 #Danheim #DarkFolk #Gealdýr #Heilung #Heimferd #Heldom #Neofolk #NordicFolk #Oct25 #Review #Reviews #SeasonOfMist #Sigurbodi #Vigundr #VikingMusic #Wardruna
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music AlltIme - For Lonely Gentlemen & Ladies in the Bar
"Rock classics in dark country versions – an acoustic, moody, and deep vibe."
#southerngothic #darkfolk #darkcountry #gothiccountry #music
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By Twelve
It’s been a minute since I’ve got a chance to review some folk music around here. It’s not super common that we get these promos, but when a sample of dark folk, spiritually, resembles our heavy metal world, we occasionally find some sent our way. Today’s sample is Niht, the sixth full-length release from Dutch Sowulo (“sun” in proto-Germanic), which takes a philosophical approach to the histories of northern Europe. It’s got everything you could ask for in dark folk on paper: lyrics written in a language no one (to the best of my knowledge) speaks anymore, a small army of instruments that I can’t picture by name alone, and an inscrutable cover with a vague runic shape on it. Sowulo are, on paper, set up for success with Niht already; how does the music itself fare?
Like most works of dark folk in a similar vein—Urferd, Forndom, Wardruna, as examples—Niht draws strength from its reaches at authenticity. Sole band member Faber Horbach (Myrkvur) sings, plays nyckelharpa, carnyx, bouzouki, and acoustic percussion, with guest musicians contribution violins, harps, horns, and more to the work. The stringed instruments create an orchestral-Nordic-folk atmosphere for Sowulo to thrive in, and Niht has a lot of great moments in this vein, from the dramatic “Full Mōna,” featuring hypnotic throat singing at rising intensity, to the eerie, expansive “Swefnian.” Horbach’s gruff, throaty singing, complemented by guest singing from Micky Huijsmans (End of the Dream), brings the Anglo-Saxon lyrics to life; their duet in the stirring chorus of “Nihtēagan” is one of the best moments on Niht, owing largely to their emotional delivery (though the strings work does a lot of heavy lifting too).
Of course, there’s no metal here, and very little in the way of electric influence. Distortion is a distant dream; instead, the music and production are clean and airy, for the most part. “Mōnaþblōd” is a notable exception, with elements of electronica meshing against Sowulo’s natural folk leanings. But generally, you can hear every instrument and enjoy a comparatively quiet listen with atmospheric influence. “Miċele Steorran” is a fantastic example, a peaceful track that uses gently strings to create dream-like soundscapes that complement Horbach and Huijsmans’s singing. It’s not “purely” dark folk or neofolk, but the influences are strong enough that its power comes largely from orchestral highs and emotional vocal melodies, rather than any kind of heaviness.
Despite these terrific qualities, Niht still feels held back, as if it’s a restrained version of Horbach’s original intention—at least to my ears. Niht has on it a lot of tracks that contain a lot of repetition, which makes it feel artificially long. “Carnyx,” for example, is a nearly four-minute exploration of the eponymous wind instrument that doesn’t do much of anything except add ambience, all but halting Niht halfway through. Both the intro and closer share this approach. On the other side of the coin, “Seolfren Sicol” is dominated by its chorus, to the point that it’s the only thing I ever remember about the song. This is, perhaps, the drawback of writing your songs in a dead language—the two verses in the song resemble each other so closely that the song feels like it’s been copied and pasted in several places. With thirteen tracks, it feels as if Sowulo brought too many ideas to Niht—as if there is simultaneously too much album and too little.
Niht does a good job of building an authentic-feeling, atmospheric Nordic folk experience. It is, at varying times, complex, mesmerizing, and passionate. It does have its moments that don’t quite land as they should, but the whole is enjoyable and moving. I hadn’t heard of Sowulo before Niht, but it’s the kind of album that makes me want to hear more. If you need a break from our usual fare, you could do a lot worse than Niht.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Season of Mist
Websites: sowulo.bandcamp.com | sowulo.nl | facebook.com/Sowulo
Releases Worldwide: August 29th, 2025#2025 #30 #Aug25 #DarkFolk #DutchMetal #EndOfTheDream #Forndom #Myrkvur #Neofolk #Niht #Review #Reviews #SeasonOfMist #Sowulo #Urferd #Wardruna
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Silas J. Dirge - Swan Songs
"Swan Songs expresses the human need to find meaning in the shadows and the dirt of the everyday."
#bandcampcodes #acoustic #americana #altcountry #neofolk #roots #western #outlaw #darkfolk #countryfolk #gothiccountry #southerngothic #gothicamericana #deathcountry #postfolk #darkcountry #music
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Silas J. Dirge - Swan Songs
"Swan Songs expresses the human need to find meaning in the shadows and the dirt of the everyday."
#bandcampcodes #acoustic #americana #altcountry #neofolk #roots #western #outlaw #darkfolk #countryfolk #gothiccountry #southerngothic #gothicamericana #deathcountry #postfolk #darkcountry #music
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Silas J. Dirge - Swan Songs
"Swan Songs expresses the human need to find meaning in the shadows and the dirt of the everyday."
#bandcampcodes #acoustic #americana #altcountry #neofolk #roots #western #outlaw #darkfolk #countryfolk #gothiccountry #southerngothic #gothicamericana #deathcountry #postfolk #darkcountry #music
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Silas J. Dirge - Swan Songs
"Swan Songs expresses the human need to find meaning in the shadows and the dirt of the everyday."
#bandcampcodes #acoustic #americana #altcountry #neofolk #roots #western #outlaw #darkfolk #countryfolk #gothiccountry #southerngothic #gothicamericana #deathcountry #postfolk #darkcountry #music
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Silas J. Dirge - Swan Songs
"Swan Songs expresses the human need to find meaning in the shadows and the dirt of the everyday."
#bandcampcodes #acoustic #americana #altcountry #neofolk #roots #western #outlaw #darkfolk #countryfolk #gothiccountry #southerngothic #gothicamericana #deathcountry #postfolk #darkcountry #music
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Pour les fans de #MattElliott, son premier album "solo" (aka, il jour sous son vrai nom), est gratifié d'une version live pas piquée des hannetons :
https://mattelliott.bandcamp.com/album/drinking-songs-live-20-years-on
Bon, je préfère toujours sa face #TheThirdEyeFoundation , mais je dois admettre que ce live est assez exceptionnel, et je vais peut-être me fendre d'un achat.
#Music #DarkFolk #Bristol #FromBristolToNancy #Nancy #IciDAilleurs
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Darkher ~ Wars
https://youtu.be/YfPmGiLBPjE
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https://piped.video/watch?v=YfPmGiLBPjE (trackers free)Full album : https://darkher-uk.bandcamp.com/album/realms
#darkher #Wars #Realms #music #musique #musik #musica #alternative #doommetal #darkfolk #folk #UnitedKingdom #uk
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Hello folky folk. Not sure if it's of interest but I host a weekly folk music show on internet radio. Wednesdays, 7pm (UK) and available to listen again. It's called Gathering the Mushrooms,and it features everything from #acidfolkadelia, #darkfolk #tradfolk #nu folk.
www.harrogatecommunityradio.onlineI'm always looking for musical inspiration. 🍄🌛 But due to technical issues, I'm kind of stuck with Spotify.