neofolk
The Search for the Legendary Italian Musician Who Vanished into Thin Air
He was supposed to be the Bon Iver of Italy, but in 2013 he and his music disappeared without a trace. I tracked him down in Berlin five years later to find out why.
A Brief But Very Informative History of How Fascists Infiltrated Punk and Metal
Since the 1970s, fascists have been trying to push their ideology on punks and metalheads by cloaking it in esotericism and "free expression."
Step Inside Kimi Karki's Anti-Fascist, Psychosexual World
Stream the Finnish doom icon's new orchestrated folk album, 'Eye for an Eye,' and delve into the personal and political philosophies behind its slippery strings.
Neun Welten's Dark Folk Enters a New Dimension on 'The Sea I’m Diving In'
Listen to the veteran neofolk act switch things up (in English!) on their first new album in eight years.
The Moon and the Nightspirit's Neofolk Odyssey 'Metanoia' Brings Hungarian Folklore to Life
Stream the ethereal new album from the long-running Hungarian neofolk duo (out March 17 via Prophecy Productions)
Night Profound's 'Invocatio Lux, Evocatio Nox' Offers Calm and Reflection During the Darkest Night
Stream the Canadian neofolk duo's melancholy, magisterial, and utterly lovely Not Just Religious Music debut.
King Dude Is About to Drop the Sexiest Album of 2016
Stream the Luciferian dark folk master's new album, 'Sex,' and get ready to die at 69 with the Beezlebub of Jerusalem.
Germany's Prophecy Festival Brought Black Metal, Doom, and Neofolk to Life in a Stone Age Cave
From a fan perspective, Prophecy Fest is up there with small-scale, passion-driven fests like Iceland’s Eistnaflug and the most hallowed of them all, Roadburn.
Stone, Light, and Decibels: Scenes from Inside the Cave at Germany's Prophecy Festival
Prophecy Festival 2016 brought together Germ, Alcest, Vemod, Sol Invictus, and many more to play inside an exquisitely lit Stone Age cavern.
Green Elder Offers Gorgeous Appalachian Folk on a New Split with Pensive Ceremony
Get lost in the haunting strings and wild spirit on their side of this new split album.
A Requiem for Agalloch: 1995-2016
A celebration for the death of an American extreme metal institution.
Dune Messiah’s New Song “Little” is Bleakly Honest Neo-Folk
The Copenhagen-based neo-folk project’s naked, emotional minimalism will creep under your skin.