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pagan folk

Last updated: Mon Oct 20 2025 11:09:01 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Pagan folk blends traditional acoustic instrumentation with themes drawn from pre-Christian spirituality, mythology, and ancient European cultures. The music often features ritualistic drumming, medieval instruments like hurdy-gurdy and lyre, and ethereal vocals sung in historic or constructed languages. It evokes a mystical connection to nature and ancestral traditions through both haunting atmospheres and celebratory folk melodies.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
32		1988	Kathy Mar	Plus Ça Change...	folk pagan pagan folk
34		1991	Moving Breath	She Changes	pagan folk
40		1995	Kiva	Out of the Corner of the Eye	folk pagan folk
12		1996	Synaulia	Music from Ancient Rome, Volume 1: Wind Instruments
65		1997	Stille Volk	Hantaoma	folk medieval folk neomedieval freak folk	soprano # 29 celtic folk # 31 dream folk # 48 medieval folk # 81 neomedieval # 90
38		1998	Hagalaz' Runedance	The Winds That Sang of Midgard's Fate	neofolk	neofolk # 65
27		1998	Амулет	Белое Сердце	dark folk folk rock neofolk pagan folk
11		1999	Piorun	Goreja Wici Wojenne	ambient folk pagan folk poland polish
17		1999	Piorun	Goreją wici wojenne	pagan pagan folk poland polish
100		2001	Aurora	Scarborough Fair	alternative pop bassline brazil brazilian bubblegum bass celtic drum and bass electro house electroclash electropop europe european european pop female vocalists house hyperpop nordic norway norwegian pagan pagan folk rave soundtrack	house # 5 rave # 15 soundtrack # 39 alternative pop # 49 hyperpop # 55 electro house # 71 bubblegum bass # 72 norwegian # 72 drum and bass # 74 norway # 83 electroclash # 84 european # 85 europe # 85 nordic # 86 brazilian # 87 bassline # 89 european pop # 93 celtic # 95 brazil # 96 pagan # 100
13		2002	Tim Hall	Carolling the May	pagan folk
14		2002	Synaulia	Music from Ancient Rome, Volume 2: String Instruments
48		2002-05-01	Kūlgrinda	Ugnies Apeigos	lithuanian pagan pagan folk	lithuanian # 45
62		2002-09	Daemonia Nymphe	Daemonia Nymphe	folk greek ethereal neofolk	progressive folk # 14 neofolk # 21 pagan # 89 greek # 99
43		2003	Kūlgrinda	Perkūno Giesmės	lithuanian neofolk pagan pagan folk	lithuanian # 42
52		2003	Stille Volk	Maudat	folk neofolk medieval folk	soprano # 18 dream folk # 25 neomedieval # 57 medieval folk # 73
59		2003-05	Changes	Один	ambient folk noir folk noir hardcore neoclassical neofolk pagan folk	ambient folk noir # 87
18		2003-08-24	志方あきこ	廃墟と楽園	ethereal folk darkwave dream folk neoclassical darkwave world world fusion	alternative folk # 6 neoclassical darkwave # 20 soprano # 35 neomedieval # 60 dream folk # 69
64		2003-12-01	Faun	Licht	folk
78		2004	Carved in Stone	Hear the Voice	folk acoustic dark folk neofolk	dark folk # 30 pagan # 60
58		2004	Seed	Through the Veil	pagan folk
71		2004	Piorun	Stajemy Jak Ojce	pagan folk
84		2004-02	Omnia	Crone of War	folk	medieval folk # 89
70		2004-12	Волколак	Слава Яриле	pagan pagan folk russian	pagan # 45
22		2005	Kūlgrinda	Prųsū Giesmės	lithuanian pagan pagan folk	lithuanian # 8
55		2006-01-25	黒色すみれ	アンデルメルヘン歌曲集	acoustic alternative ambient avant-folk cantautore cantautori celtic celtic folk chillout choral classical classical crossover composer darkwave easy listening ethereal ethnic experimental folk folk freak folk indie folk italian italian folk italiano medieval folk neoclassical neoclassical darkwave neofolk new age new wave opera oriental pagan pagan folk poetry progressive folk singer-songwriter soprano soundtrack steampunk world world fusion	progressive folk # 3 pagan # 18 steampunk # 34 medieval folk # 40 italiano # 50 celtic folk # 52 oriental # 53 cantautori # 63 soprano # 64 cantautore # 76 italian folk # 79 experimental folk # 90
75		2006-04-28	Spiral Dance	The Quickening	pagan folk
68		2007	Rusalnaia	Rusalnaia	pagan folk
85		2007-03	Daemonia Nymphe	Krataia Asterope	folk neofolk	neofolk # 55 pagan # 78
46		2007-12-29	志方あきこ	Istoria～Musa～	folk neoclassical celtic classical ethereal neofolk new age pagan	medieval folk # 5 pagan # 24 celtic folk # 37 dream folk # 42
76		2008	Jar	Mała Nocka	folk pagan folk poland polish	poland # 69
81		2008	Percival	Oj Dido	ethnic folk neofolk pagan folk	ethnic # 58
23		2008-01	Annen Berg	Riddles of the Worm EP	apocalyptic folk dark folk folk noir neoclassical neofolk pagan folk
29		2008-01	Nebelung	Vigil	neofolk
61		2009	Eliwagar	And the Ancestral Pagan Flame Shall Never Fade	folk metal metal pagan folk
94		2009-01-19	Wardruna	Runaljod - gap var Ginnunga	dark folk folk neofolk	neofolk # 91 dark folk # 98
69		2009-03-15	The Moon and the Nightspirit	Osforras	ethereal medieval folk neomedieval	neoclassical darkwave # 17 dream folk # 66 medieval folk # 94 neomedieval # 96
89		2009-03-15	The Moon and the Nightspirit	Ösforrás	ethereal medieval folk pagan folk	medieval folk # 99
49		2009-03-18	志方あきこ	Harmonia	ethereal folk new age world fusion classical crossover neoclassical darkwave world darkwave	neomedieval # 42 world fusion # 43 classical crossover # 48 neoclassical darkwave # 50 soprano # 62
7		2009-09-26	Annen Berg	Quantus Tremor Est Futurus	pagan pagan folk psychedelic folk
72		2010-02-22	Jar	Niesiem Plon	folk pagan folk poland polish	poland # 61
28		2010-05-19	黒色すみれ	ALICE IN THE UNDERGROUND	acoustic alternative ambient avant-folk cantautore cantautori celtic celtic folk chillout choral classical classical crossover composer darkwave easy listening ethereal ethnic experimental folk folk freak folk indie folk italian italian folk italiano medieval folk neoclassical neoclassical darkwave neofolk new age new wave opera oriental pagan pagan folk poetry progressive folk singer-songwriter soprano soundtrack steampunk world world fusion	italiano # 1 celtic folk # 4 soprano # 13 cantautori # 41 italian folk # 50 cantautore # 52 experimental folk # 56
77		2011-04-15	Sangre de Muerdago	Sangre de muerdago	apocalyptic folk celtic celtic folk folk folk noir neoclassical neofolk pagan folk	apocalyptic folk # 5 folk noir # 56 celtic folk # 77
50		2011-05-21	Andrew King	Deus Ignotus	apocalyptic folk celtic celtic folk neoclassical neofolk pagan folk	celtic folk # 47
60		2011-06-08	志方あきこ	白夢の繭～Ricordando il passato～	folk art pop ethereal dream folk freak folk darkwave neofolk singer-songwriter classical crossover j-pop neoclassical darkwave world emo gothic metal gothic rock pop visual kei	neoclassical darkwave # 13 progressive folk # 17 classical crossover # 23 poptron # 40 gothic pop # 50 dream folk # 72
41		2011-10-06	Sproatly Smith	The Minstrel's Grave	pagan folk
97		2011-11-25	Corvus Corax	Sverker	pagan folk
15		2012-07-28	Zweilicht	Dusk and Silence	avant-folk dark folk dungeon synth neofolk pagan folk
74		2013	Eliwagar	Gryningen	folk folk metal folk rock neofolk nordic pagan pagan folk pagan metal	pagan # 53
19		2013	Steignyr	The Voice of the Forest	celtic folk folk metal pagan pagan folk pagan metal
96		2013-01-01	Faun	Von den Elben	folk pagan folk	schlager # 52
99		2013-03-15	Wardruna	Runaljod – Yggdrasil	neofolk pagan folk	neofolk # 98
33		2013-12-02	Black Velvet Band	Pieśni Obłąkane	folk folk metal folk rock metal pagan pagan folk pagan metal rock
37		2014-02-04	Marissa Nadler	July	singer-songwriter dream pop	alternative folk # 34 dark folk # 41 dream folk # 57
47		2014-03-26	An Danzza	An danzza	ambient celtic folk neoclassical neofolk pagan folk spanish
92		2014-04	Omnia	Earth Warrior	pagan folk
36		2014-12-01	Àrnica	South European Folk Compendium	apocalyptic folk celtic folk dark folk folk folk noir neoclassical neofolk pagan folk ritual ambient	celtic folk # 28
24		2014-12-01	Àrnica	Pagan Folk Und Apocalyptic Psychedelia	apocalyptic folk folk noir neofolk pagan folk
53		2015-03-01	Waldkauz	Komm' Mit	celtic folk medieval folk pagan folk	medieval folk # 37
6		2015-04-25	Ylande	Пiвнiчнi Крила	medieval folk neofolk pagan folk
16		2015-08-01	Seed	Portal to Elfland	folk pagan pagan folk
54		2015-10-13	L.E.A.F.	LYS	folk pagan folk
9		2016	Duivelspack	Mythos Hildebrandslied	folk german pagan folk
87		2016-07-15	Omnia	Naked Harp	celtic folk harp neofolk pagan pagan folk	pagan # 83 harp # 86
93		2016-08-19	Faun	Midgard (Tour Edition)	celtic folk german pagan folk
79		2016-10-21	Wardruna	Runaljod - Ragnarok	ambient dark folk	dark folk # 96
4		2017	cuelebre	Anaman	folk medieval folk neofolk pagan pagan folk progressive rock spain spanish
57		2017	Banshee	Greenheart	folk metal pagan folk
42		2017-04-20	Young Druid	Young Druid	dungeon synth medieval folk pagan folk	medieval folk # 20
82		2017-04-22	Waldkauz	Mythos	medieval folk pagan folk	medieval folk # 83
2		2017-08-02	Vinterdvala	Historien om de sju trollgubbarna	dungeon synth fantasy ambient medieval ambient medieval folk neomedieval pagan folk
51		2018	Omnia	Sine Missione II	acoustic alternative celtic celtic folk folk freak folk neofolk pagan pagan folk	pagan # 3 celtic folk # 50
88		2018	Omnia	Reflexions	celtic folk neofolk pagan pagan folk	pagan # 92
98		2018-04-01	Danheim	Herja	danish dark ambient dark folk neofolk pagan folk	dark ambient # 70 neofolk # 79 danish # 92 dark folk # 94
90		2018-11-23	Wardruna	Skald	neofolk	neofolk # 73
95		2018-12-03	Danheim	Runagaldr	folk pagan folk
83		2019-08-06	Munknörr	Futharuna	dark folk pagan folk
91		2019-08-09	Gealdýr	Sól	ethereal neofolk pagan folk
86		2019-09-20	Wolcensmen	Fire In The White Stone	acoustic dream folk folk neofolk pagan folk	dream folk # 88
45		2019-11-28	KelThuz	Jedyny i Jego Stalmoc	bass choral epic metal folk neofolk pagan folk singer-songwriter unplugged
30		2020	Tibetréa	Penta	folk rock pagan folk
5		2021	Baerdcyn	The Ways of The Wizard	dark folk instrumental pagan folk
73		2021-01-22	Wardruna	Yggdrasil	folk
44		2021-03-19	Gazelle Twin & NYX	Deep England	choral folk pagan folk ritual ambient
63		2021-08-06	Kveld	Himinfadir	pagan folk
56		2022	Faun	The Pagan Folk Festival	folk
80		2022-04-22	Wardruna	Kvitravn - First Flight of the White Raven	neofolk pagan folk
3		2022-05-14	Flower Children Of The Apocalypse	My Mother Told Me	neofolk pagan folk
8		2022-12-21	Robes of Snow	The Wooden Wheel: Summer Storms	acoustic dark folk folk instrumental neofolk pagan folk
31		2023-04-25	Taurwen	Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit
10		2023-08-02	Ďyvina	Duše	neofolk pagan folk
20		2023-08-18	Mudbard	Hedningarna	dark folk ethnic fusion folk industrial neofolk pagan pagan folk tribal world world fusion	ethnic fusion # 24
35		2024-02-02	Mudbard	Galdr	dark folk ethnic ethnic fusion pagan folk world world fusion	ethnic fusion # 37
26			志方あきこ	白夢の繭 ～Ricordando il passato～	folk	dream folk # 16 experimental folk # 50
39			志方あきこ	Istoria ～Musa～	folk neoclassical celtic classical ethereal neofolk new age pagan	pagan # 19 celtic folk # 30 dream folk # 38
67			Alexia Evellyn	Hold On	brazil brazilian celtic neofolk pagan pagan folk	pagan # 41
1			Wire Worms	The First To Come In	apocalyptic folk avant-folk dark folk darkwave martial industrial noise rock pagan folk post-industrial
21			ThunderCrow	Drop It	folk pagan folk world
25			Izmoroz'	Zigomyod	pagan folk
66			Celtic Harp Soundscapes	Celtic Harp and Traditional Irish Music	instrumental pagan folk

Related genres

• folk
• neofolk
• pagan
• dark folk
• celtic
• medieval folk
• neoclassical
• world
• apocalyptic folk
• acoustic