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dark folk

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Description

Dark folk is a somber acoustic genre blending traditional folk instrumentation with haunting atmospheres and melancholic themes. It often draws from pagan, medieval, or nature-inspired imagery, creating an ethereal yet grounded sound. The music emphasizes raw emotion and introspection through minimal arrangements.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
1		1990	Boyd Rice and Friends	Music, Martinis And Misanthropy		neofolk # 30
50		1992-06-25	Death in June	But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter?		apocalyptic folk # 76 neofolk # 99
26		1994	Nature and Organisation	A Dozen Summers Against the World	apocalyptic folk dark folk folk neofolk	apocalyptic folk # 64
56		1994	Nature and Organisation	Beauty Reaps the Blood of Solitude	neofolk apocalyptic folk dark folk	neofolk # 40 apocalyptic folk # 90
18		1994-12-05	Сергей Калугин	Nigredo	dark folk acoustic poetry russian	poetry # 30
2		1997	In Gowan Ring	The Twin Trees	dark folk neofolk	folk noir # 25
14		1997-05-13	Amber Asylum	The Natural Philosophy of Love	dark folk ethereal wave neoclassical	ethereal wave # 39
73		1998-11-16	Tenhi	Hallavedet	dark folk folk
51		1999	Empyrium	Where At Night The Wood Grouse	folk acoustic neofolk	neofolk # 74
71		1999	Backworld	Anthems From the Pleasure Park	apocalyptic folk dark folk neofolk	neofolk # 8 apocalyptic folk # 88
62		1999-05-01	Empyrium	Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays	folk acoustic neofolk	neofolk # 83
15		2000	Sol Invictus	The Hill Of Crosses	dark folk neofolk apocalyptic folk	folk noir # 4
63		2000-06	:Of the Wand & the Moon:	Midnight Will	dark folk neofolk
52		2001-05-28	Agalloch	Of Stone, Wind and Pillor EP		neofolk # 19
3		2001-08-06	Tenhi	Airut: Ciwi	dark folk
83		2001-08	Tenhi	Airut:Ciwi	dark folk
66		2001-11-23	Death in June	All Pigs Must Die	noise neofolk	neofolk # 77 noise # 86
58		2002	In Gowan Ring	Hazel Steps Throug a Weathered Home	neofolk folk dark folk	neofolk # 46 dream folk # 56 medieval folk # 70 neomedieval # 84
68		2002	In Gowan Ring	Hazel Steps through a Weathered Home	neofolk folk dark folk	poetry # 7 dream folk # 61 neofolk # 66 medieval folk # 77 neomedieval # 88
77		2002-04	Empyrium	Weiland	neofolk folk dark folk	neofolk # 80
43		2003	Agalloch	Tomorrow Will Never Come	folk
38		2003-01	Ordo Funebris	Cantar a la Morte: Fabula Triste	dark folk neoclassical darkwave neoclassical neomedieval	neoclassical darkwave # 73 neomedieval # 89
44		2003-03-20	Darkwood	Weltenwende	dark folk
30		2004	Carved in Stone	Hear the Voice	folk acoustic dark folk neofolk	pagan # 60 pagan folk # 78
34		2004	Trobar de Morte	Nocturnal Dance of the Dragonfly	dark folk ethereal neoclassical
86		2004	Tenhi	Airut:Aamujen	dark folk
24		2005	Moon Far Away	Беловодие	dark folk
74		2005	Agalloch	Pale Folklore (Remastered)	atmospheric black metal black metal dark folk doom metal folk metal metal
39		2005-01	Uaral	Sounds of Pain...	dark folk
19		2005-02-11	Matt Elliott	Drinking songs	folk singer-songwriter	avant-folk # 33 contemporary folk # 35 chamber folk # 37 dark cabaret # 37
10		2005-02-14	Trobar de Morte	Fairydust	ethereal neofolk	gothic pop # 38 dream folk # 41 soprano # 57 neoclassical darkwave # 65 neomedieval # 83
67		2006	Nebelung	Reigen	ambient apocalyptic folk dark folk neofolk	folk noir # 67 apocalyptic folk # 86
89		2006-02-10	Tenhi	Maaäet	folk dark folk
90		2006-02-10	Tenhi	Maaaet	folk dark folk
91		2006-02-10	Tenhi	Maaäet 2006	folk dark folk
13		2006-04	Narsilion	Arcadia	darkwave ethereal neofolk	neoclassical darkwave # 8 neofolk # 51 neomedieval # 75
84		2006-09-22	Current 93	Black Ships Ate the Sky	apocalyptic folk dark folk	apocalyptic folk # 94
11		2006-09-22	Elane	Lore Of Nén	dark folk ethereal neofolk
4		2006-10-16	Rome	Nera	neofolk	martial # 5 martial industrial # 15 neofolk # 76
80		2006-10-20	Tenhi	Airut: Aamujen	dark folk
61		2007-02-27	Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat	An Interlude to the Outermost	neofolk dark folk	neofolk # 37
9		2007-07-16	Uaral	Lamentos A Poema Muerto	doom metal
46		2007-08-28	Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat	Turn Hegel on his Head	apocalyptic folk dark folk folk noir industrial martial neofolk neoclassical neofolk	martial neofolk # 4 apocalyptic folk # 71 folk noir # 84
36		2007-09	Corde Oblique	Volontà D'arte	dark folk neofolk ethereal folk
6		2007-10-07	Majdanek Waltz	Детство Гамлета	apocalyptic folk dark folk	apocalyptic folk # 51
23		2007-10-15	IANVA	L'Occidente	apocalyptic folk dark folk neofolk	apocalyptic folk # 62
22		2007-11-27	Musk Ox	Musk Ox	acoustic dark folk
16		2007-11	Sieben	Desire Rites	ambient dark folk folk neofolk
33		2008	Brethren of the Free Spirit	The Wolf Also Shall Dwell with the Lamb	acoustic animals dark folk folk instrumental	animals # 82
59		2008-01	Neutral	Serpents in the Dawn	dark folk
79		2008-06-21	October Falls	The Womb of Primordial Nature	dark folk
98		2009-01-19	Wardruna	Runaljod - gap var Ginnunga	dark folk folk neofolk	neofolk # 91 pagan folk # 94
8		2009-04-20	Rose Rovine e Amanti	Demian	dark folk martial industrial neoclassical neofolk	martial industrial # 46
75		2009-11-19	Ruby Throat	Out of A Black Cloud Came A Bird	dark folk
78		2010-01-29	Rome	L'Assassin	dark folk
64		2010-05	Blood Axis	Born Again	apocalyptic folk dark folk industrial neofolk	apocalyptic folk # 81
49		2010-09-20	Hexperos	The Veil Of Queen Mab	apocalyptic folk dark folk female vocalists folk folk noir neoclassical neoclassical darkwave	apocalyptic folk # 75 neoclassical darkwave # 76 folk noir # 86
93		2010-10-04	Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat	Hewers of wood and drawers of water	dark folk neofolk psychedelic folk	psychedelic folk # 64 neofolk # 70
85		2010-10-29	Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio	Songs 4 Hate & Devotion	apocalyptic folk dark folk	apocalyptic folk # 95
7		2010-12-21	Phase	In Consequence	acid rock alternative rock art rock garage rock glam punk greek indie rock neo-psychedelia progressive rock psychedelic rock rock sludge space rock spiritual post-punk post-rock folk rock grunge post-metal traditional dark folk post-hardcore post-industrial	post-industrial # 20 atmospheric rock # 39 zeuhl # 44 spiritual # 64 acid rock # 77 greek # 88 traditional # 89 death n roll # 90 glam punk # 90
29		2011	Gus Black	The Day I Realized	acoustic dark folk folk indie folk sadcore singer-songwriter slowcore	sadcore # 72
70		2011-02-05	Hexvessel	Dawnbearer	dark folk psychedelic folk	psychedelic folk # 28
27		2011-02-18	Elane	Arcane	dark folk darkwave female vocalists folk noir indie pop j-pop japanese meditation neoclassical neoclassical darkwave neofolk pop world fusion	meditation # 17 world fusion # 63 neoclassical darkwave # 70 folk noir # 78
5		2011-02	Current 93	Honeysuckle Aeons	dark folk
99		2011-03-01	Giles Corey	Giles Corey	slowcore dark folk	avant-folk # 47 contemporary folk # 70 slowcore # 89
40		2011-08-26	Blood Axis	Ultimacy	apocalyptic folk dark folk folk noir industrial martial industrial martial neofolk neoclassical neofolk	martial neofolk # 5 martial industrial # 29 apocalyptic folk # 70 folk noir # 82
53		2011-09-16	:Of the Wand & the Moon:	The Lone Descent	neofolk dark folk	neofolk # 35
45		2011-12-06	Syven	Aikaintaite	dark folk tribal ambient	tribal ambient # 95
47		2012	Rome	The Dublin Session	apocalyptic folk dark folk folk noir irish folk neofolk singer-songwriter	apocalyptic folk # 74 irish folk # 81 folk noir # 85
12		2012-02-14	Havnatt	Havdøgn	dark folk neofolk norway norwegian
25		2012-05-24	Dernière Volonté	Mon Meilleur Ennemi	apocalyptic folk dark folk folk noir industrial martial industrial martial neofolk neoclassical neofolk	martial neofolk # 7 martial industrial # 37 apocalyptic folk # 63 folk noir # 77
35		2012-05-29	Marissa Nadler	The Sister	dream folk folk singer-songwriter	folk noir # 81 dream folk # 98
81		2013-03-15	Wardruna	Runaljod - Yggdrasil	ambient dark folk
31		2013-08-01	Phase	Amethyst	acid rock alternative rock art rock atmospheric rock dark folk dark metal folk rock garage rock glam punk greek grunge indie rock neo-prog neo-psychedelia new prog poetry post-hardcore post-industrial post-metal post-punk post-rock progressive rock psychedelic rock rock sludge space rock spiritual traditional	post-industrial # 33 spiritual # 49 new prog # 58 dark metal # 60 poetry # 63 acid rock # 70 atmospheric rock # 84 greek # 85 death n roll # 87 glam punk # 89 traditional # 92 neo-prog # 97
28		2014-01-01	Wędrowcy~Tułacze~Zbiegi	Kiedy deszcz zaczął padać na zawsze?	black metal dark folk experimental rock polish post-punk
41		2014-02-04	Marissa Nadler	July	singer-songwriter dream pop	alternative folk # 33 pagan folk # 37 dream folk # 57
32		2014-02-17	Nebelung	Palingenesis	neofolk dark folk	neofolk # 18
21		2014-06-17	Musk Ox	Woodfall	apocalyptic folk dark folk folk noir neoclassical neofolk	apocalyptic folk # 59 folk noir # 76
92		2015	The Slow Show	White Water	alternative country brass choir dark folk indie folk orchestral piano strings	orchestral # 72 alternative country # 92 strings # 94 brass # 98 choir # 99
100		2016	Aurora	All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe)	alternative electronic electropop folk synthpop alternative pop art pop dark folk dark pop ethereal europe european european pop nordic norway norwegian	art pop # 35 folk # 47 alternative pop # 60 synthpop # 65 ambient pop # 65 electropop # 68 folktronica # 78 norwegian # 81 ethereal # 84 europe # 87 european # 87 nordic # 88 norway # 88 dark pop # 94 european pop # 95
42		2016-03-04	Mark Korven	The Witch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	dark folk soundtrack
82		2016-08-12	Rome	The Hyperion Machine	dark folk neofolk	neofolk # 28
69		2016-08-19	Myrkur	Mausoleum (Live)	choral dark folk	choral # 83
95		2016-08-19	Darkher	Realms	dark folk
96		2016-10-21	Wardruna	Runaljod - Ragnarok	ambient dark folk	pagan folk # 79
48		2017-04-12	АФФИНАЖ	Русские Песни	dark folk neofolk russian
54		2018-02-08	Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows	The Spiral Sacrifice	dark folk neoclassical neofolk
94		2018-04-01	Danheim	Herja	danish dark ambient dark folk neofolk pagan folk	dark ambient # 70 neofolk # 79 danish # 92 pagan folk # 98
60		2018-04-18	Sangre de Muerdago	Noite	dark folk folk spanish
55		2018-08-01	Death in June	But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter		apocalyptic folk # 77 neofolk # 100
57		2018-11-02	Dead Can Dance	Dionysus	neoclassical darkwave world world fusion	folktronica # 10 nerdcore # 76 poetry # 77 new weird america # 77 poptron # 85 ethnic # 85 tribal # 88 eurobeat # 93 moscow # 94 world # 94 neoclassical darkwave # 96 china # 98 ethnic fusion # 99 neomedieval # 99 world fusion # 100
87		2019-09-13	Chelsea Wolfe	Birth of Violence	folk
88		2019-10-25	Lankum	The Livelong Day	dark folk
65		2019-11-29	Osi And The Jupiter	Nordlige Rúnaskog	dark folk neofolk
97		2020-03-20	Myrkur	Folkesange	dark folk folk	neofolk # 1
20		2020-11-15	Of the Wand and the Moon	Emptiness Emptiness Emptiness	neofolk dark folk	neofolk # 10
37		2021-01-08	Thurnin	Menhir	dark folk dutch neofolk	dutch # 45
72		2022-03-25	Emma Ruth Rundle	Orpheus Looking Back	alternative folk dark folk folk noir indie folk singer-songwriter	alternative folk # 91 folk noir # 92
76		2022-04-15	Darkher	The Buried Storm	dark folk
17		2023-12-01	Harp	Albion	dark folk singer-songwriter

Related genres

• neofolk
• neoclassical
• folk noir
• apocalyptic folk
• folk
• industrial
• dark ambient
• martial industrial
• martial neofolk
• ambient