Apocalyptic Folk
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Topic: Apocalyptic Folk
Posted By: Smurph
Subject: Apocalyptic Folk
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 14:39
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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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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 16:01
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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. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 17:02
  http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=35424" rel="nofollow - 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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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 17:25
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Jan Dukes De Grey - Mice & Rats In The Loft. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 17:28
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Jan Dukes de Grey -------------  
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 17:48
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Neutral Milk Hotel - In Aeroplane Over the Sea. About as apocalyptic folk-wise as you can get. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Komandant Shamal
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 19:04
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Babadag, a Polish prog-folk band - already in the Prog Archives due to Svetonio's suggestion. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 19:13
Priceless. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Komandant Shamal wrote:Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 20:40
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Chelsea Wolfe's Grime and Glow might do you some justice. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 21:00
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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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 21:02
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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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neofolk" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neofolk ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 21:17
That pretty much looks like the link to what you need. Dead Can Dance cover this sort of ground as well. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 22:46
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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. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: January 11 2016 at 23:01
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ATMAN, a band i recommended to be included here is now here http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=9002" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=9002 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 |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: January 12 2016 at 12:23
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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/" rel="nofollow - http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/ wtf |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: January 12 2016 at 12:34
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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/" rel="nofollow - http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/ wtf |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: January 12 2016 at 12:41
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maybe Tyranonsaurus Rex -------------
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: January 12 2016 at 13:23
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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. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 12 2016 at 13:30
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.
That is one beautifully weird masterpiece.
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: January 12 2016 at 14:05
 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: https://biota.bandcamp.com/album/funnel-to-a-thread" rel="nofollow - https://biota.bandcamp.com/album/funnel-to-a-thread Just lovely stuff. |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: January 12 2016 at 14:39
Hey yea. This is right up my alley. Thanks! ------------- http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/ wtf |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: January 12 2016 at 17:51
| First Utterance was so brilliant even Comus hasn't come close to it but there is a subgenre called freak folk which is a small niche and one that i haven't explored so much but there is a band called Exuma which is Caribbean freak folk that is pretty cool. I'm hoping some Comus type stuff is in the vault from behind the Iron Curtain waiting to be exposed to the world. |
Posted By: Komandant Shamal
Date Posted: January 13 2016 at 11:08
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American artist Giles Corey was suggested to the PA' Prog Folk genre by pianoman in March 2013 [the suggestion seems cleared but sadly this amazing prog-folk artist is not added to the PA' database to this day] http://gilescorey.bandcamp.com/album/giles-corey" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: January 13 2016 at 11:33
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^Giles Corey is great. I suppose he might fit into Smurph's suggestions, but he strikes me as more akin to Grizzly Bear or Fleet Foxes, just with a depressive twist. It's also more personal than something like Current 93. But I thought about suggesting him, so I'm glad I'm not the only one. ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 13 2016 at 12:25
Feel free to write a bio and submit it to the team if you feel so strongly about it.
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