Neofolk Thread

[Landon Allen]

The other one is shit up with political discussion, which seems completely inappropriate especially when discussing a genre as apolitical as Neofolk.

Rate, rec, reminisce and discuss!

[Asher Reyes]

greatest di6 song of all time - youtube.com/watch?v=JMW_2qqhNHM

[Jace Bailey]

Posting my folder because it's full of lesser known stuff.

Also, with a heavy heart, I am selling my Rome demo on Discogs if anyone's interested: discogs.com/Rome-Rome/release/2797579

[Matthew Parker]

I prefer
youtube.com/watch?v=vvFD7urcHZE
youtube.com/watch?v=OJx9fugmkQQ
youtube.com/watch?v=KGkltqmS8a4
youtube.com/watch?v=yd2t5P2Ri0U
youtube.com/watch?v=Oho_5Sf-edE

In case you are baiting for political responses, Douglas himself has gone on record saying that Roseclouds of Holocaust tells the story of a magical moment he spent on Iceland, looking up from a hot spring into the surreal rose-coloured sky as a storm approached, which he felt emitted a kind of "holocaustic" atmosphere, referring to the original meaning of the word holocaust as burnt offerings. The song, as most Death In June songs, is not of an explicitly political nature but a deeply personal one presented in an uncomfortably ambiguous way so as to allow for multiple partly political interpretations in order to make the listener question their own biased assumptions as they dig deeper into the phenomenon Death In June, trying to get a clear answer just to learn that acceptance of ambiguity is the intention at the very core of the project.

[Colton Evans]

Not Sangre de Muérdago?

[Hudson Wood]

Oh wow. Sweet possession. Are the versions on it exclusive to the demo or are they equal to the officially released?

Are you ready to give recs from your folder?
I'm looking for deeply spiritual neofolk (either in the style of Death In June, outlining a personal spiritual journey and the magical occurences in it, or like Fire+Ice, the music of an individual deeply involved in the spiritual and occult world, though an individual as involved as Ian Read would probably be hard to find except for Michael Moynihan and Nikolas Schreck).

[Hudson Collins]

Nah, I have them in my freak folk / free folk / psychedelic folk folder.

It's basically the Berlin release. I think it wasn't even mastered when it got rereleased as Berlin. But the thing most interesting to the demo is that I possess one with an application letter sent to the Steinklang label (Sturmpercht etc.).

Give bands like Changes, Aeldaborn, Sagentoeter and The Green Man a listen.

[Andrew Morgan]

Phew, okay. No hunting down elusive rips. Why are you letting it go?
I've always seen Changes as more of a political band, rather explicit even. What is their connection to the occult? Will give the others a listen, never heard of Aeldaborn and Sagentoeter.

[Christian Roberts]

I'm basically selling my entire collection because I don't feel the need to have bunch of plastic, vinyl and magnet tape that is worth a four digit figure just to have it lying around. I need my space, money and life for other things. It's not easy to let go but it feels necessary to me.

For me Changes has always evoked a special feeling of deep devotion to something. But I can understand that they're going into many directions.
There is also a lot of German neofolk with deep spiritual connections but a lot of that gets lost if you can't understand the lyrics.

[Carter Anderson]

Good reason. The money will be of more use to you. Especially CDs seem kind of pointless to keep.
I am German, what bands are you talking about?