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apocalyptic folk
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Description
Apocalyptic folk emerged in the 1980s as a dark, experimental genre blending acoustic instrumentation with industrial and neofolk elements, often exploring themes of decay, mysticism, and cultural collapse. The music typically features somber vocals, martial rhythms, and European folk traditions reinterpreted through a post-industrial lens. Its atmospheric sound evokes ritualistic and dystopian imagery, creating an ominous yet introspective listening experience.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album | Tags | Other places |
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| 85 | 1985 | The Legendary Pink Dots | Asylum |
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| 61 | 1987 | Death in June | Brown Book |
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1987 | Current 93 | Imperium |
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| 39 |
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1988 | Current 93 | Swastikas for Noddy |
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| 57 | 1988 | The Legendary Pink Dots | The Golden Age |
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| 80 | 1988 | Current 93 | Swastikas for Goddy |
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| 91 | 1988 | Swans | Love Will Tear Us Apart |
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| 53 | 1989 | Current 93 | Crooked Crosses for the Nodding God |
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| 23 | 1990 | Sol Invictus | Trees in Winter |
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| 42 |
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1990 | Sol Invictus | Sol Veritas Lux |
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| 99 | 1990 | The Legendary Pink Dots | The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse |
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| 43 |
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1991 | Jarboe | Thirteen Masks |
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| 82 | 1991 | The Legendary Pink Dots | The Maria Dimension |
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| 97 | 1992 | Current 93 | Thunder Perfect Mind |
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| 76 | 1992-06-25 | Death in June | But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter? |
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| 33 | 1993 | Księżyc | Nów |
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| 45 |
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1993 | The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud | The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud |
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| 32 | 1994 | Current 93 | Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre |
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| 64 | 1994 | Nature and Organisation | A Dozen Summers Against the World |
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| 90 | 1994 | Nature and Organisation | Beauty Reaps the Blood of Solitude | |||
| 89 | 1995-02-24 | Death in June | Rose Clouds of Holocaust |
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| 35 | 1995-08 | Blood Axis | The Gospel of Inhumanity |
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| 78 |
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1996 | Darko Rundek | Apokalipso |
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| 16 | 1998 | Current 93 | Soft Black Stars |
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| 46 |
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1998 | Backworld | Isles of the Blest |
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| 54 |
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1998 | Various Artists | Defend The Palace: Worms A.D. MCLXXXIV |
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| 65 |
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1998-05-19 | RX | Bedside Toxicology |
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| 12 | 1999 | Turbund Sturmwerk | Weltbrand |
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| 88 | 1999 | Backworld | Anthems From the Pleasure Park | |||
| 38 | 2000 | Current 93 | Sleep Has His House |
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| 40 | 2001 | Current 93 | Cats Drunk on Copper |
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2001-06 | :Of the Wand & the Moon: | I Crave For You |
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| 15 |
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2002 | Forseti | Europa |
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| 44 |
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2002 | Leger Des Heils | Aryana |
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| 67 |
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2002 | Current 93 | Island |
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| 13 |
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2002-06 | Naevus | Behaviour |
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| 49 |
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2002-07-22 | Orplid | Nachtliche Junger |
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| 34 |
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2002-07 | Orplid | Nächtliche Jünger |
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| 100 | 2003 | :Of the Wand & the Moon: | Lucifer |
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| 28 | 2003 | Current 93 | Some Soft Black Stars Seen Over London |
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| 36 | 2003-01 | Current 93 | The Seahorse Rears to Oblivion |
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| 20 |
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2003-05-30 | Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio | Cocktails, Carnage, Crucifixion and Pornography |
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| 2 |
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2003-12 | Leger Des Heils | Freiheit |
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| 31 |
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2003-12 | Arditi | Jedem Das Seine |
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| 9 | 2004 | Novo Homo | Private Hell |
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| 58 | 2004-02-16 | Current 93 | Halo |
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| 3 |
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2004-03-07 | Narsilion | Return to the Silver Forest |
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2004-06 | Sonne Hagal | Tarja |
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| 25 |
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2005 | Moon Far Away | Belovodie |
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| 41 | 2005 | Nebelung | Mistelteinn |
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| 48 |
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2005 | Sonne Hagal | nidar |
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| 52 |
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2005 | Volksweerbaarheid | Van kogels, drank en wrakhout |
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| 72 |
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2005 | :Of the Wand & the Moon: | Hail Hail Hail |
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| 84 |
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2005-06-04 | Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio & Spiritual Front | Satyriasis |
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| 96 | 2005-10 | :Of the Wand & the Moon: | Sonnenheim |
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| 18 | 2005-12 | Werkraum | Kristalle |
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| 86 |
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2006 | Nebelung | Reigen | ||
| 50 |
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2006-01-16 | IANVA | Disobbedisco! | ||
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2006-02 | Arditi | Destiny Of Iron |
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| 47 | 2006-05 | The Legendary Pink Dots | Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves |
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| 69 | 2006-09-04 | Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio | Apocalips |
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| 94 | 2006-09-22 | Current 93 | Black Ships Ate the Sky |
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| 10 | 2006-10 | Dernière Volonté | Devant Le Miroir |
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| 92 |
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2007 | Current 93 | All the Pretty Little Horses |
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| 73 | 2007-01 | Puissance | Grace of God |
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| 93 | 2007-03 | Current 93 | The Inmost Light |
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| 7 | 2007-05-25 | Lux Interna | God is not dead for the birds |
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| 71 |
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2007-08-28 | Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat | Turn Hegel on his Head |
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| 51 |
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2007-10-07 | Majdanek Waltz | Детство Гамлета |
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| 62 | 2007-10-15 | IANVA | L'Occidente |
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| 37 | 2008 | Passione Nera | Research EP |
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| 60 | 2008-03-18 | Tomasz Budzyński | Luna |
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| 55 | 2008-04-02 | Rome | Masse Mensch Material |
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| 30 |
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2008-05-18 | Werkraum | Early Love Music |
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| 21 |
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2008-06-02 | IANVA | Italia ultimo atto |
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| 11 | 2008-11-21 | Orplid | Greifenherz |
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| 26 | 2009 | Roses Never Fade | Roses Never Fade |
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2009-02 | Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio | ONANI (Practice Makes Perfect) |
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| 81 |
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2010-05 | Blood Axis | Born Again |
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| 75 | 2010-09-20 | Hexperos | The Veil Of Queen Mab |
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| 95 |
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2010-10-29 | Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio | Songs 4 Hate & Devotion |
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| 24 |
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2010-11-09 | Death in June | Peaceful Snow |
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| 56 |
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2010-12-17 | :Of the Wand & the Moon: | It's Like Dying on Christmas Day |
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| 66 | 2011-03-22 | :Of the Wand & the Moon: | Shine Black Algiz |
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| 5 | 2011-04-15 | Sangre de Muerdago | Sangre de muerdago |
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| 70 | 2011-08-26 | Blood Axis | Ultimacy |
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| 74 |
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2012 | Rome | The Dublin Session |
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| 63 | 2012-05-24 | Dernière Volonté | Mon Meilleur Ennemi |
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| 19 | 2012-10-17 | :Of the Wand & the Moon: | Live At The Lodge Of Imploded Love |
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| 27 |
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2012-12-06 | Syven | Whom The Moon A Nightsong Sings |
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| 83 | 2013-01-25 | Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio | 4Play |
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| 17 |
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2014 | Current 93 | As The World Disappears |
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| 68 |
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2014-01-13 | Current 93 | Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre (The Broken Heart of Man) |
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| 8 |
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2014-05 | Apoptose | Ana Liil |
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| 59 | 2014-06-17 | Musk Ox | Woodfall | |||
| 87 | 2014-09 | Sonne Hagal | Ockerwasser |
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| 77 |
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2018-08-01 | Death in June | But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter |
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| 98 |
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2018-11-29 | Current 93 | The Light Is Leaving Us All |
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| 22 |
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2019-06-28 | Sol Invictus | The Death Of The West |
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| 29 | Dada Dumdums | Miscellania |
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