Dark folk music

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A sub-genre of folk music originating in the mid-to-late 1990s which features a blend of traditional Nordic folk and ambient. It distincts itself from the experimental sound of original neofolk artists (rooted in post-punk and industrial music) for its melancholic nature and minimal soundscapes. Due to lyrical and stylistic overlap, dark folk is closely related to metal (most notably black metal and doom metal) with many artists combining these two genres. Ulver's "Kveldssanger" is widely considered as one of its earliest and most important examples, yet the genre ha… read more

Top Artists

Death in June

314,089 listeners
the Bridge City Sinners

66,239 listeners
Darkher

54,372 listeners
Heilung

158,517 listeners
:Of the Wand & the Moon:

25,173 listeners
Rome

211,331 listeners
Osi And The Jupiter

52,459 listeners
Sol Invictus

99,707 listeners
Jozef van Wissem

77,940 listeners
Angel Olsen

873,667 listeners

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1	Play track	Love this track	Little Black Angel	Death in June	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
2	Play track	Love this track	Fall Apart	Death in June	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
3	Play track	Love this track	But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter?	Death in June	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
4	Play track	Love this track	Runes and Men	Death in June	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
5	Play track	Love this track	Break The Black Ice	Death in June	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
6	Play track	Love this track	My Black Diary	Nature and Organisation	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
7	Play track	Love this track	My True Body	The Angels of Light	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
8	Play track	Love this track	To Die Among Strangers	Rome	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
9	Play track	Love this track	Because of Him	Death in June	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
10	Play track	Love this track	He's Disabled	Death in June	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading