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dark folk \ dungeon folk \ Italy \ Laura Sans Gassó \ Lay Bare Recordings \ Slovenia \ STRXart
kariti – Dheghom (Dungeon Folk)
I’m not sure if this is a conflict of interest but since I’m not releasing this one I guess not, right? I’m a bit partial to kariti, one reason of which is the fact that I received permission from her and Aural Music to do a co-release of her full-length Covered Mirrors on vinyl, […]
ambient folk \ dark ambient \ dark ambient folk \ dark folk \ dark ritual folk \ Nordvis Produktion \ ritual folk \ Sweden
Forndom – Alster (Haunting Dark Ritual Folk)
Yeah I get these ambient submissions sometimes and it always reminds me how difficult it is it to make a lasting impression or be effective in the genre. It’s far beyond that in difficulty if you’re remaking tracks within the genre that were released in a previously different form. This is exactly what Sweden’s […]
dark folk \ dark forest rock \ dark occult folk \ dark occult rock \ Finland \ occult folk \ occult rock \ Svart Records \ Thomas Hooper
Hexvessel – Polar Veil (Dark Forest Occult Folk Rock)
I don’t think I’ve seen many bands with as diverse a discography as Hexvessel. Billed as a variety of things such as occult folk and dark forest rock, this quartet from Finland have been crafting amazing sounds for years now, including godlike artists in their work such as Chelsea Wolfe, but even without these […]
dark fantasy \ dark folk \ Focus Entertainment \ PC \ PlayStation 5 \ Poland \ Steam \ THE PARASIGHT \ XBox Series S \ Xbox Series X
Blacktail (Slavic Dark Fantasy Arrow Combat)
Here’s a game that’s simply amazing. Little else needs to be said, but here goes. I hadn’t heard word of Blacktail until I saw it drop on GeForce Now, but the premise intrigued me, as it’s essentially billed as an origin story of the legendary witch of Eastern Europe, Baba-Yaga. Taking place in a […]
Cursed Monk Records \ dark ambient \ dark folk \ drone \ Galway \ Grey Malkin \ haunted folk \ Ireland \ Ruairi O’Baoighill \ Scotland \ Waterford
ÚATH – S/T (Atmospheric Haunted Folk Drone)
Haven’t gotten a release like this in awhile. Actually, let’s change that to “a good release.” Folk of the dark variety can be an easy sell, at times, but it’s deceptive. Too folk and it lends itself a childish, “spooky” atmosphere that sounds more like background music during a Ravenloft sesh with only the […]
blackened folk \ dark folk \ Pagan Records \ Poland \ Vječnost
OLS – Pustkowia (Blackened Polish Pagan Folk)
OLS can do no wrong, okay? I don’t mean that because I so rarely get any good folk, dark or otherwise, and am thus looking for anything close to good, but because she just does. It’s just an ultimate truth. OLS is the best. I was first paganly blessed by her last full-length for […]
dark folk \ experimental folk \ Finland \ Kerkko Ulmanen \ Riina Peuhu \ Svart Records
IANAI – Sunir (Like Wow Finnish Experimental Folk)
Like wow, what’s with all these surprises this week that I almost missed WTF? This is one of those albums were perhaps but a few seconds in you’re absolutely passing out from its level of incredible and by the end you can’t believe it actually exists. Like how does someone write music this fooking […]
kariti – Covered Mirrors (Limited Edition White Vinyl)
A special co-release with Aural Music, Deaf Sparrow is proud to present the plaintive dark folk mastery of kariti, Covered Mirrors. Previously released on CD, this limited version comes packaged professionally on high-grade white vinyl and includes a bonus track never before released. 100 copies only! Please note, this is a PREODER. Vinyl production is […]
Antiq Label \ dark folk \ France \ Maéna
Wÿntër Ärvń – Abysses (Black Metal Folk Stuff)
A little late on this review, but I wanted to let Wÿntër Ärvń sink into my being more before I made my final decision. It was necessary, for I rarely receive folk that truly captures my attention, dark folk probably least of all. Not familiar sir, you think? Never, most of it simply fails […]
Aural Music \ dark folk \ Italy \ Paola Erre \ Russia
kariti – Covered Mirrors (A Dark Folk Emotional Purge through Loss)
To be honest I simply reworded kariti’s own Bandcamp blurb for my subtitle of this one because her words were so poignant alone but I didn’t want to seem totally incapable of thought. But thoughts are lacking today, as a rule. I’m at a total loss for thoughts and words, or better to say […]
