Allerseelen is a friend of the blog. Gerhard Petak, an Austrian martial industrial musician who is also a journalist and researcher of esoteric subjects under the imprint Aorta. This track is something wholly different, sounding more like a post-punk-meets-metal track than his usual (great) fare. He collaborates with Algerian singer Continue Reading
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Ashtoreth & Grey Malkin – A Crown Of Silver Antlers
My goodness, this is going to be a genre-defining release once it comes out! Two luminaries in the ritualistic folk scene, Ashtoreth and the inestimable Grey Malkin, collaborate on this upcoming release (due Friday the 13th, ironically enough), which is dedicated to their fathers, both of whom passed away during Continue Reading
Geräusche von Hallesches Ufer – Golden Peaches of the Sun
Geräusche von Hallesches Ufer hail from Poznań, Poland, and have a sound that is as bleak as Current 93 at their most experimental touched off with a Kosmische Musik vibe. Quite a profound listen for those into wyrd-psych music.
Orbit Service – Leave For Good
Orbit Service is a side project of Randall Frazier and Erik Drost of the Legendary Pink Dots. This music is a bit less apocalyptic folk in nature, and has more of a dark, drony, psychedelic rock vibe to it. The recording is sublime, and the instruments (at least the acoustic Continue Reading
Legendary Pink Dots – So Lonely In Heaven
Edward Ka-Spel offers a very welcome surprise in the form of a new album! From his Bandcamp site: “‘So Lonely in Heaven’ is The Legendary Pink Dots’ second album since the World stopped for a Global Pandemic. With members scattered across three countries and two continents, our guilty confession is Continue Reading
mastroKristo – Passage
mastroKristo is a band out of Greece whom I was able to glean little information about, but considering they are being released by Lost Tribe Sound, I expected this to be good. I was not disappointed at all. The acoustic guitar is achingly sparse, with a hint of neofolk without Continue Reading
Agnivolok + Necromishka – Animal God (Звериный бог)
Agnivolok and Necromishka are two Israeli neofolk bands who remind me not only of obvious modern bands like Death in June, but have a sound similar to the legendary American ur-neofolk band Changes. Stunning, mellow, folksy and dark.
Ambient Folklore – Bestiary
The Bulgarian band Ambient Folklore have a new album out, and it surpasses any neofolk/dark-folk album I’ve heard over the past two years. The sounds on this record are heavy and foreboding, made more so by very prominent hurdy-gurdy expertly played by Petar Delchev. It sounds as if mid-period Death Continue Reading
Romowe Rikoito – UKA
This is the latest from Prussian/Russian neofolk band Romowe Rikoito. The music is heavy, based on the neofolk paradigm, of course, but what sets this apart is the reconstructed Old Prussian lyrics, something the band is passionate about transmitting.
Ilian Ladov – За далёкие берега
Ilian Ladov is a musician from St. Petersburg, Russia, who works in the medium of neofolk. The work is all instrumental, and has a very relaxed vibe to it. It’s a bit melancholy in parts, but not dour or droll at all.