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    Posted: January 11 2016 at 14:39
Looking for some strange apocalyptic folk. In the vein of Nature & Organisation, later Current 93, etc.

Something real evil, yet mostly acoustic instruments and still beautiful. I know this might stretch into Avant/Rio territory as some Univers Zero, Aranis falls under this. Though, I would prefer on the somber/melancholic side as opposed to wacky.
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Comus may be to your liking if you don't already know about them.
 
Wovenhand doesn't exactly fit your description but if you like dark folk this might fit the bill.  Same goes for Bruce Lamont.
 
Long Live Death were a bit disjointed and really more in the Wyrd Folk vein, but you might find them appealing.  Spires That in the Sunset Rise are somewhat similar and I think the two groups had some connections.
 
That's about all I can think of.  Prog Folk is generally sort of the antithesis of evil so you probably will need to explore some of the other genres to find more of what you're looking for.  I'm the one who placed Current 93 in Prog Folk but am still not convinced that's where he really belongs.
 
 
 
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Riset Bak Speilet - Tusmorke
 
 
This album by Norwegian outfit Tusmørke is 3-star stuff. but it may meet your requirements. It sounded rather dark to my ears when it was on progstreaming.
 
 
Saivo - Tenhi
 
This gem from Finland, vintage 2011, is mandatory for anyone with a love for sombre and melancholic folk.
I ranked it #7 in my to 10 of that year.
 


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Points: 21887 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2016 at 17:25
Jan Dukes De Grey - Mice & Rats In The Loft.
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Neutral Milk Hotel - In Aeroplane Over the Sea. About as apocalyptic folk-wise as you can get.
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Babadag, a Polish prog-folk band - already in the Prog Archives due to Svetonio's suggestion.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Originally posted by Komandant Shamal Komandant Shamal wrote:

Babadag, a Polish prog-folk band - already in the Prog Archives due to Svetonio's suggestion.

 

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Chelsea Wolfe's Grime and Glow might do you some justice. 
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Neutral Milk Hotel - In Aeroplane Over the Sea. About as apocalyptic folk-wise as you can get.

That's a really good suggestion

Maybe some Fauns Fables, Rabbit Rabbit?

Nico is pretty dark, try The Marble Index or Chelsea Girl. 

You might try Biota as well.


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Spires That in the Sunset Rise comes to mind, though they are equally wacky. Basically the witchiest folk band you'll find, though.

I think what you're looking for is this, though:


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Originally posted by Polymorphia Polymorphia wrote:

I think what you're looking for is this, though:

That pretty much looks like the link to what you need.

Dead Can Dance cover this sort of ground as well. 
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Points: 20720 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2016 at 22:46
I would give Espers a try.....don't know how apocalyptic they are but they have a strong melancholy streak in their music. They even cover a Blue Oyster Cult track and do a nice moody job of it.
 
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ATMAN, a band i recommended to be included here is now here

They might not be quite as apocalyptic as you desire but they are very unique and close to what you may be looking for. For me nothing beats Comus - First Utterance
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Yea. I think Comus is pretty much the pinnacle of what I'm looking for. But I'm glad to have gotten all these great suggestions! Thanks guys!
http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/



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Spires That In The Sunset Rise is pretty much perfect! This is great! I'm loving this. I'll get to the rest at some point but I'm going to go hard on them for a few days.
http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/



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maybe Tyranonsaurus Rex
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I think the first suggestion in this thread hit it on the nail. Comus is the epitome of evil folk music, they wrote the book on it.

But since then the thread has certainly gone to some interesting places, including suggestions that are well outside what's usually thought of as folk. In the same spirit I'm going to suggest Älgarnas Trädgård (Garden of the Elks) and their 1972 opus Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden  (The future is a hovering ship, anchored in the past). Characterised here as psych / space rock, which is fair enough, there is also a massive helping of Swedish folk music stirred into the pot.

I wouldn't say the vibe here is exactly evil, but apocalyptic is not a stretch.  This is the sound of crazed pagan hippies enacting their mushroom ritual in the midnight forest, with lightshow provided by a neon UFO flypast.
 
 


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Originally posted by Smurph Smurph wrote:

Spires That In The Sunset Rise is pretty much perfect! This is great! I'm loving this. I'll get to the rest at some point but I'm going to go hard on them for a few days.


Listening now on bandcamp, man that's great stuff.

If you like the Comus I'd certainly suggest Jan Dukes De Grey - Mice & Rats In The Attic, it has a similar vibe.

Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

In the same spirit I'm going to suggest Älgarnas Trädgård (Garden of the Elks) and their 1972 opus Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden  (The future is a hovering ship, anchored in the past). Characterised here as psych / space rock, which is fair enough, there is also a massive helping of Swedish folk music stirred into the pot.
 

That is one beautifully weird masterpiece.


Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - January 12 2016 at 13:32
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

You might try Biota as well.
Thumbs Up Fascinating project, one of the few completely original groups out there. Some of it is really brain-bending I find, but the latest album Funnel to a Thread is probably the most accessible thing of theirs I've heard:
 
 
Just lovely stuff.
 
 


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