Neofolk
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Topic: Neofolk
Posted By: Earthmover
Subject: Neofolk
Date Posted: May 27 2013 at 16:50
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I seriously want to get into neofolk because it sounds awesome on the paper, and I should like it. But there's one problem: the recurring neo-nazi themes in most of the bands. Now I'm not that kind of person who would dismiss a band because of its lyrics, but listening to neo-nazi band, however good it is, gives me a strange, uneasy feeling and I'm not really able to appreciate it. I want to ask you, people, if you know some good neofolk/dark folk/apocalyptic folk bands which aren't neo-nazi or fascist. Thanks in advance. edit: Here's one song by Rome, which are neo-nazi and include martial elements into their sound, but this particular song is beautiful and has no neo-nazi lyrics (at least they're not immediately visible, if they exist) -------------  |
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 27 2013 at 17:36
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To be honest, i don't understand this genre and know nothing about it. But the label "dark folk" made me think of Chelsea Wolfe, perhaps she will do the job for you? She's has a very bleak, yet beautiful sound.
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: May 27 2013 at 17:57
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Are you sure that ROME is a neo-nazi band? I'm well aware that the whole Neo/Dark-Folk scene is quite controversial, but what proof have you that this band is neo-nazi? Not only they have released albums on an important label (Trisol), but there's also this interview of main member Jerome Reuter who claims quite explicitely that he's anti-right wing: http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/-artists-p-t-interviews-88/10146-interview-rome-september-2011.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/-artists-p-t-interviews-88/10146-interview-rome-september-2011.html Of course, he can lie and I don't know his background, so anything can happen...  |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 27 2013 at 18:11
Sounds like Perry's stuff with Dead can Dance,,,which I like. Try White Willow's early cd's, and of course Espers.....they all have a somber mood but I wouldn't call them dark per se. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
mister nobody wrote:Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: May 28 2013 at 09:35
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@dr wu23 Dead Can Dance is on my list of to-check-out bands, and I've already heard of Espers. White Willow sounds good, thanks! @Horizons Yeah I've been seeing her on /mu/ for quite a while but I never thought she was worth checking out. Based on these samples, I'm going to like her. @CPicard Well, I came to that conclusion because of the samples used (I listened to Nera), which include gunfire and German military speeches (if I heard it good). I may be completely wrong. But then again, I listened to the album once more today, and, while the uneasy feeling is still there, I surely enjoy it much more. Are you a fan? What would you recommend me next? ------------- |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: May 28 2013 at 11:46
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I'm not a fan of ROME, and I'm not even a fan of Dark-Folk: I listened to some records by Death In June and Current 93 just a couple of months ago and didn't like these albums (especially DIJ, which manage to make me laugh!) Besides, just because a band uses German speeches doesn't mean it's a Nazi band: after all, it could be speeches from some Communist partisans! The Communist propaganda could sound as harsh as the Fascist/Nazi propaganda. |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: May 28 2013 at 12:15
I know. It's that neofolk general controversy that led me to believe that Rome were neo-nazi. But after reading that interview, I changed my mind. ------------- |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: May 28 2013 at 20:58
Yeah, Chelsea is awesome. Really dark and cryptic, and strangely sexy.  I don't listen to her that much, but she's pleasant.------------- 
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: May 28 2013 at 20:59
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Freak Folk and Psych Folk. Does that count? -------------
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Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: May 29 2013 at 15:09
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Psych folk started in the 1960s, it's not new. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: May 29 2013 at 16:06
Neofolk != new folk ------------- |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: May 29 2013 at 16:12
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The two on ProgArchives that first came to mind are http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4617" rel="nofollow - Faun and http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3391" rel="nofollow - Wovenhand . Faun are more pagan and even sing in ancient languages, while Wovenhand (David Eugene Edwards) is just dark. I guess http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7327" rel="nofollow - Rada & Ternovnik as well, although they're a little unpredictable and have done some trance music and some stuf that's more like post-punk than neofolk. Maybe http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2612" rel="nofollow - Emma Myldenberger if you want to go back a few years (decades). They're kind of weird but sort of fit into the pagan folk mold, although by definition not neofolk I suppose. And I would put http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4088" rel="nofollow - Larkin Grimm in that category as well, especially her second album. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 31 2013 at 09:29
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Current 93 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V-Mgi1Fkio" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V-Mgi1Fkio Sol Invictus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCBILpaTaG0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCBILpaTaG0 In Gowan Ring http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAx6EMjeGuk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAx6EMjeGuk ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 31 2013 at 09:57
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One of my all time favorite collection of songs similar to dark folk etc is This Mortal Coil....while not a single group nor precisely folk they have many of those elements within the various tracks,,, ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |