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Wyrdstæf – Primordial Bloodlines (Primitive Nature Experimental Blackened Ambient Metal
Just when I think I can’t be surprised anymore along comes a group of freaks with a tested vision like Wyrdstæf, who completely defy so many different genres it’s fruitless to attempt to ground their music in anything. Dubbing themselves extreme metal/dark ambient (close enough), the band has done nothing other than an EP […]
dark folk \ Fiadh Productions \ freshappetizers \ post-black metal \ post-doom \ post-goth \ Seattle \ trauma metal \ Washington
Tylo – Of Rot and Rebirth (Trauma Metal)
I had to stop and think about this one more than the usual. There’s something different about this I could only fully explain by making up a term. I could try what what others have failed at by saying post-Goth, post-doom, etc. but such an approach is lacking. Tylo Gardner, who’s done work as […]
blackened fairy tale metal \ blackened folk metal \ dark folk \ Germany \ Purity Through Fire
Eisenkult – Die Hölle ist hier (Blackened Fairy Tale Metal)
Is differentiation the true key to success? Yes, says Germany’s Eisenkult, who come from the Black Forest (not actually, but let’s pretend) bringing dark fables through riff and screech. There’s a particular form of black metal in their homeland that dips into the schadenfreude that imparts patterns onto the Germanic mind down to roof […]
Aesthetic Death \ ambient doom \ Anna Bespalova \ dark ambient \ dark folk \ dark folklore \ drone \ funeral doom \ funeral drone \ Russia
Voidwards – Bagulnik (Dark Ambient Funeral Drone)
I like when an artist forces you to research their creation. This is entirely necessary when they’re obscure and seemingly refuse to provide any clear presence. They live as more of a shade, so deep in the shadows you barely see a glint from their eyes with light shining upon them. In the era […]
Avantgarde Music \ Canada \ dark folk \ neofolk \ post-black metal \ post-doom metal
Ulvik – Last Rites | Dire Omens (Mountainous 19th Century Blackened Folk Doom)
This one came in late, but there’s time, and I had to make time just glancing the cover. There’s a sense of history here, and sense of noticing details and remembering things forgotten. What appears a simple image of a rotting dog face, or something like that, is enclosed in a border only the […]
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 […]
