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Wow! The stuff you are posting here is fantastic.

Thank you kindly good sir! So glad you enjoy it 😊 💖

 

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Rose Rovine E Amanti is a musical project created in 2001 by Damiano Mercuri, which blends epic romanticism with neofolk, power rock and medieval influences. Inspired by Catholic religious apocalyptic themes, decay of the Western civilization, European culture, nature, art and beauty.

One of my favorite neofolk projects, having released back in 2006 one of the essential masterpieces of the genre in my view. Let's take a look at some of his albums...

Rituale Romanum (re-mastered 2017), by Rose Rovine E Amanti

11 track album

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Rituale romanum

Rose Rovine E Amanti - album - 2006 - 10 songs

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Sogni visioni e premonizioni, by Rose Rovine E Amanti

14 track album

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Rose Rovine E Amanti - album - 2022 - 12 songs

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Les Joyaux De La Princesse (English: "The Jewels of the Princess") is a French one-man industrial/ambient/neo-classical project active since 1986. The music on his releases varies from heavy industrial noise to melancholic music for organ and piano mixed with historical French speeches. Each record is a sort of small audio document focusing on a single historical event, cultural moment or important personage, usually from France in the 1930s and 1940s. Most of them are sold-out and sought-after collector items due to the small number of copies pressed and the extravagant packaging. The project was closed in 2010.

Here is the perfect, although patience-taxing introduction to the project - the 2003 6CD box set "Aux morts de la guerre!", going through all of the essential material...

 

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IANVA (pronounced "ianua" or "ya-noo-ah") is a folk noir project born in 2003 in Genova, Italy as the meeting of a group of musicians with different backgrounds. Let's try their latest offering from 2017, I'll let the band explain...

The title of this new, thundering full-length by IANVA is largely self-explanatory. As already in "Italia Ultimo Atto", a "realist" type of narration is used, with passages conceived like as many snapshots of real facts or characters, known or anonymous, captured in the moments in which History is "happening", to try to grasp the essence of a spirit that dominates and encloses events and existences. The spirit we intend to evoke is that of Decadence. Notably how it manifested itself in European culture and arts before apocalyptic events known to all forever upset the physiognomy of the continent. A veritable gallery of ghosts, in which the ineffable European Canon returns to speak, today considered missing and little or no regret. Summoner of noble causes as well as ambiguous drifts, of Olympic beauties as of spleen suicides. Yet it contains us and summarizes us all. And its dispersion corresponds to our extinction. To address a subject that has haunted legions of illustrious predecessors, IANVA looks at the latter with greater clarity than in the past. Thus, to the usual sonic assault of his very Italian vintage soundtrack sound, he now marries the Central European and Motorik suggestions that formed the backbone of the first and best new wave and new romantic sorties. The nineteenth-century melodrama meets the clanges of the industrial revolution. Chanson and Cabaret that resonate with echoes of a monumental cemetery. And, in addition, assisted in this tour by those who, with decadent suggestions, have experience to sell.

 

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Let us consider next the cult debut LP of Danish neofolk project Die Weisse Rose from 2009. Took these guys some time to launch it, since the band was formed in 2001! Mastermind Thomas Bøjden has over the years collaborated with a number of post-industrial patricians, including Foresta Di Ferro, Allerseelen, :Of The Wand And The Moon:, Blood Axis, Rome A.O.

The White Rose (German: Weiße Rose, pronounced [ˈvaɪ̯sə ˈʁoːzə]) was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany which was led by five students and one professor at the University of Munich: Willi Graf, Kurt Huber, Christoph Probst, Alexander Schmorell, Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl. The group conducted an anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign that called for active opposition to the Nazi regime. Their activities started in Munich on 27 June 1942; they ended with the arrest of the core group by the Gestapo on 18 February 1943. They, as well as other members and supporters of the group who carried on distributing the pamphlets, faced show trials by the Nazi People's Court (Volksgerichtshof); many of them were sentenced to death or imprisonment.

Es lebe die Freiheit! (Long live freedom!)
— Hans Scholl's last words before his execution.

 

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Uwe Nolte (lyrics, concept, vocals) and Frank Machau (composition, instruments, vocals) started Orplid in Halle an der Saale, Germany, in 1996 and quickly became the epitome of German Neofolk. Thematically, the project has remained open while playing music that only few can match in terms of diversity. For them, neofolk rather means an innovative state of mind than a musical genre. Under this premise, Orplid kept reinventing - and thus stayed true to themselves.

The name Orplid refers to a poem by Eduard Mörike, called "Gesang Weylas". In it, a paradisiacal island beyond the sea is described, a pure and untouched world in which the searching soul finds its home. Accordingly, the band's work should offer the listener a refuge of poetry, beauty and song.

 

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Death Of Abel is an Apocalyptic Folk project formed by Luca Gillian in 2010 and, as of July 2014, performs as a full band consisting of Luca Gillian and Alexander Gallagher.
Der Eiserne Tod!

 

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Arcana is Swedish neoclassical dark wave band created in 1994 by Peter Bjärgö.

The original band consisted of founder Peter Bjärgö (then Peter Pettersson) and vocalist Ida Bengtsson. Since 2002, Arcana has changed line-up and now consists of Peter Bjärgö, Stefan Eriksson, Ann-Mari Thim, Ia Bjärgö and Mattias Borgh.
Often largely instrumental, the band describes its music as inspired by medieval music or the middle age's more romantic aspects. Their album Le Serpent Rouge had a more oriental feeling to it, with instruments like hammered dulcimer, finger cymbals, duduk and other oriental/Arabic instruments. Since 2006, Arcana is signed to Kalinkaland Records in Germany. Peter also has a martial industrial side-project called Sophia and has also recorded one collaborative album with Gustaf Hildebrand.

 

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"Pages of a diary under the form of ten minimal soundscapes based upon emotional sounds made with guitars, piano and heavily processed field recordings. Hard to say if this is dark ambient or minimal post-rock… "Cold house of love" is all of this and a lot more. Subtly disquieting ambience music - a journey through the cold rooms of the house of love....." [Eibon]

"....Based primarily within the ambient genre Andrea mixes dynamic electronic soundscapes with the occasional use of samples and simple piano refrains. For the most part though the electronics dominate creating this phenomenal piece of work. You could rightly call this dark ambient music in many ways. There is a dense creepy edge to the sonics that would match that description. That though is open purely to the individuals interpretation. You hear dark. I hear glorious light. You say full of remorse. I say full of hope. You say barren. I say lush and full of life. What we hear and how we build associations with that information is what makes us each unique in our own little ways [...] A remarkable recording that dreamers the world over should get hold of immediately." [Alan Milne / Heathen Harvest]

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Selaxon Lutberg - album - 2006 - 10 songs

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Desiderii Marginis is a dark ambient music project from Sweden.

Desiderii Marginis was formed by Johan Levin in 1993 in Mjölby, Sweden as a solo project. The first three tapes Consecrare, Via Peregrinus and Triptych were originally released in very limited editions, however in 2009 these tracks were released on the retrospective album Years Lend a Golden Charm. Some of these songs appeared in new versions on Songs Over Ruins, the debut album released on Cold Meat Industry in 1997.

 

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A tragic story in Münsteran Platt captured in words and sound...

Wöljager is the brainchild of Marcel Dreckmann and conceptionally firmly rooted in his home turf, the Münsterland region in north-western Westphalia, Germany, as well as its folklore and the vanishing rural dialect, the so-called "Münsteran Platt".

Dreckmann originally conceived "Van't Liëwen un Stiäwen" (English "On living and dying") as a theatre play. Its story is set in the late 19th, early 20th century and revolves around a "Spökenkieker". In Westphalian and Low German folklore, this is a clairvoyant who can only foresee misery. The main character Wilhelm reminisces about his struggle with this burden during his youth, when he threatened to get lost in the social turmoil of his time due to his exceptional gift, not to forget a love that was not meant to be …

In parallel to the story, Dreckmann (also the singer and lyricist of Helrunar) composed accompanying music, but the play could not be realised yet, so together with Stefan Drechsler and Árni Bergur Zoëga (both in Árstí∂ir Lífsins), he breathed life into Wöljager "only" musically. Thus, "Van't Liëwen un Stiäwen" became a collection of primarily sombre songs, largely arranged around acoustic guitar and strings. All lyrics are written in "Münsteran Platt".

 

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Basically a dark ambient project(1996), of the German artist "Christoph Ziegler" beside his other projects (Atomtrakt, Nebelkorona, Dânnâgôischd, Sturmpercht, Battle Dagorath, ex-Fräkmündt(CH), ex-ThruByRed(CH), ex-Nocternity and ex-Graven ).
Vinterriket (Norwegian and Swedish for "The Winter Realm") was born in order to capture the dark side of nature. Vinterriket has been known with Dark Ambient (mainly), Black Metal (earlier works) and Neofolk (later works) genres.

 

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Norwegian (dark) ambient project.
"Northaunt started in 1996, our aim was and is to create atmospheric, melancholic ambient mixing environmental recordings and minimalistic melodic elements (usually piano or guitar), treated nature sounds, samples and bits of melodies."

Started as a duo of Hærleif Langås and Ketil Søraker in 1996, since 2004 is a solo project of Hærleif Langås.

 

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”We Are Dust – A Tribute To Of The Wand And The Moon” is a tribute album honoring the music of Danish neofolk/dark folk act Of The Wand And The Moon, and the man behind the music – Kim Larsen.

Kim Larsen formed Of The Wand And The Moon in 1998, while a member of doom metal band Saturnus. The debut album “Nighttime Nightrhymes” was released in 1999, and in 2000 Larsen left Saturnus to fully focus on Of The Wand And The Moon. Since then, the project released several influential albums such as “Emptiness Emptiness Emptiness” (2001), “Lucifer” (2003), “Sonnenheim” (2005), “The Lone Descent” (2011) and “Your Love Can’t Hold This Wreath Of Sorrow” (2021) as well as several EP’s, singles and live-releases.

Of The Wand And The Moon started as a pure neofolk/dark folk act continuing the legacy from legendary “apocalyptic folk” acts such as Death In June, Sol Invictus and Current 93, but with a unique sound. This unique approach to dark music quickly turned Of The Wand And The Moon into one of the biggest and most respected “new” acts in the scene. On later albums, Kim Larsen and Of The Wand And The Moon slowly drifted towards a more deeper singer/songwriter inspired song tradition, but maintain the melancholic and dark trademark sound from earlier albums.

“We Are Dust – A Tribute to Of The Wand And The Moon” is the effort of friends, collaborators, and admirers of Larsen's work. The artists presented here would count Larsen as significantly influential to their impetus to contribute to the world of song, and despite varying availability and schedules, jumped at the opportunity to contribute to this release.

We Are Dust - A Tribute To Of The Wand And The Moon, by Various Artists

12 track album

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"From Stillness we've grown, In sorrow we thrive,
Our archaic rituals, to keep us alive,

The roots and the stones, lead the ancient rites
Exiled we stand , with the thorns on our side

And aeons we waited, for the stars to align
Another lost vagrant, yet our paths did entwine

We mourn not for departure, but find solace in arrival
We vow to keep them safe, for they are our survival,

"Come forward then, our blessed child,
and feast your eyes upon these wilds,
There's beauty all across the trees,
but darkness hides amongst these leaves"

Tranquillity is ours to give, but never in our gaze
Forsake us not, but listen to our esoteric ways.

Our voice was once as lost as you, and winds sang our decay
The melody soared with the breeze, and took all hope away

Wistful laments of the damned, have turned the tides before
Our vines will rot, the trees will fall, but to their cause we swore.

The end was always imminent but never do we fear,
This way of life, is ours to save, these trials of Menhir"

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Thurnin - album - 2021 - 10 songs

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If anybody else were to release an album that sounded as remarkably close as "Haavard" to ULVER's magical acoustic masterpiece "Kveldssanger", which stunned the Norwegians' followers with its radiant beauty in 1996 and that also contained a track entitled 'Kveldssang II' – that musician would be accused of blatant plagiarism. Yet guitarist and vocalist Håvard Jørgensen is the musical mastermind behind both, "Kveldssanger" and "Haavard", which means that his debut album as a solo-artist is in part a legitimate follow-up to ULVER's folkish excursion into acoustic sounds that he realised with the help of many excellent guest musicians – including vocals by Kristoffer "Garm" Rygg. Under the banner of HAAVARD, the Norwegian continues his unique artistic approach that unveils the epic and sublime melodies, which are deeply rooted in his native land's folklore. Through its acoustic and largely instrumental translation, Jørgensen lays bare the spectacular layers of cinematic beauty that hide underneath Norwegian black metal. Throughout the 90s, Jørgensen was an integral part of Oslo's fast rising black metal scene. After joining ECZEMA and continuing when the trio turned towards black metal with a new singer under the new name SATYRICON, Jørgensen also became a part of the black scene's progressive spearheads ULVER. Although feeling somewhat disenchanted with black metal for a while, Jørgensen continued to appear in various formations and for example contributed acoustic guitars to MYRKUR's "M" (2015) and live album "Mausoleum" (2016). In 2019, the guitarist founded new Oslo black metal act DOLD VORDE ENSD NAVN together with three current and former members of DØDHEIMSGARD. With his passion for the darker side of music re-kindled, Jørgensen decided to pick up the loose ends of the beautiful musical thread that "Kveldssanger" had left behind with his self-named solo-project HAAVARD. Audibly adding many years of experience, "Haavard" again invites us on an acoustic journey into the beating melodic heart of dark Nordic music.

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Haavard - album - 2022 - 13 songs

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Brighter Death Now is the artist name under which Roger Karmanik (b. 1965 as Roger Karlsson), the founder of the Swedish record label Cold Meat Industry, releases death industrial, power electronics and dark ambient music.
Whereas early Brighter Death Now recordings tended to be largely instrumental and atmospherically oriented, present-day releases often feature screamed vocals, distorted beyond comprehension. Throughout its history, Karmanik has kept his music's thematic elements focused on such topics as child molestation, sadism, and psychosis. However, Karmanik never misses the opportunity to show the dark humorous side of his personality; his BDN persona switches between petulant spoiled-brat little girl and serial killer at the drop of a hat.

 

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Blood Axis are an American band, made up of journalist and author Michael Moynihan, music producer Robert Ferbrache, and musician and author Annabel Lee.

Early Blood Axis (1989–1999)

Moynihan had founded Coup de Grace, a multimedia project that produced live performances and cassettes and also released booklets of images and texts, the last of which was Friedrich Nietzsche's The Antichrist. The first output from the new appellation were two songs, "Lord of Ages" (employing lyrics from Rudyard Kipling's poem on Mithras) and "Electricity", which appeared on a German music sampler. These tracks were well received in Europe and were followed by two more songs that appeared on the compilation, Im Blutfeuer.
In 1995, Moynihan released the first full-length studio LP, The Gospel of Inhumanity with the help of Robert Ferbrache. The album wedded the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Sergei Prokofiev with modern electronics. Moynihan implemented a recording of Ezra Pound reading from his The Cantos. He also included lyrics from Nietzsche and Longfellow as well as his own to the work.
The band consisted of Michael Moynihan (vocals, bodhrán), Annabelle Lee (melodeon, electric violin) and Robert Ferbrache (guitars, keyboards).

Contemporary Blood Axis (2000–2016)

In 2005, Blood Axis played the German Flammenzauber festival, showcasing reworked live versions of several previously released songs, a number of Irish folk songs and the live debut of a few new songs. April 2006 saw further live activity from Blood Axis, as well as a new medium for the duo's folk-oriented material entitled Knotwork at the Swiss Triumvirat festival.
Beginning in 1998, Moynihan began saying that Blood Axis was at work on a second full-length album, at one time said to be entitled Ultimacy.[11] On 2 January 2009, Blood Axis played in Sintra, Portugal, with members of Portuguese band Sangre Cavallum. Moynihan stated on stage that the new album, now titled Born Again, was to be released the following Easter.
Blood Axis makes references to neopagan and völkisch concepts and figures such as Ludwig Fahrenkrog and Fidus. Moynihan is interested in rune mysticism. Beginning in the 2000s, he has been influenced by the neofascist movement Nouvelle Droite and Alain de Benoist.