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Review: Nytt Land ‘Aba Khan’

23rd February 202623rd February 2026 Sandy Williamson Neo Folk, Nytt Land, Prophecy Productions

The tenth full-length record from Siberian folk duo Nytt Land, Aba Khan, sees them back to picking at the threads

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Thurnin: An Interview Into The Solo Artist’s World Of Dark Neo Folk

1st September 20251st September 2025 Lee Beamish Auerbach Tonträger, Jurre Timmer, Neo Folk, Thurnin

Having released one of the most poignantly beautiful albums of 2025, it seemed only fitting that if given the opportunity,

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Review: Steve Von Till ‘Alone In A World Of Wounds’

11th June 202511th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Neo Folk, Neurot Recordings, Steve Von Till

Steve Von Till’s creative output has been fairly prolific over the last few years; in the lost times of 2020

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Review: Nytt Land ‘Songs Of The Shaman’

19th May 202519th May 2025 Sandy Williamson Neo Folk, Nytt Land, Prophecy Productions

Nytt Land‘s work has slowly moved from their Nordic folk beginnings into a deeper representation of their Siberian heritage, beginning

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Review: Mamuthones ‘From Word To Flesh’

1st May 20251st May 2025 Rob Walsh Mamuthones, Neo Folk, Psych, Rocket Recordings

I’ve always found the genre term ‘neo folk’ a bit confusing. ‘Neo’ implies new, recent or revived, and as far

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Review: Thurnin ‘Harmr’

26th March 202526th March 2025 Lee Beamish Auerbach Tonträger, Jurre Timmer, Neo Folk, Thurnin

Over the course of the last few years, especially during my time of writing for this very webzine, I have

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Review: i Häxa ‘i Häxa’

31st October 202431st October 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Electronic, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

This has truly felt like Schrödinger’s year, simultaneously dragging on forever in the moment yet somehow here we are with

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Review: i Häxa ‘Part Three’ EP

6th September 20246th September 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Electronic, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

Personally, this year has passed with a surreal sense of time; on the one hand, it seems like an age

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Review: i Häxa ‘Part Two’ EP

5th June 20245th June 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

Back in March Rebecca Need-Menear (one part of alt-rock combo Anavae) and Peter Miles (Architects, Dodie, Fizz) released the first

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Review: i Häxa ‘Part One’ EP

18th March 202418th March 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

Another week and another release from the relentless machine that is Pelagic Records. This time it’s in the form of

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Review: Suldusk ‘Anthesis’

8th March 20248th March 2024 Lee Beamish Blackgaze, Napalm Records, Neo Folk, Suldusk

Back before the world shut down, I became aware of the artist Suldusk. Compelled to purchase the debut album Lunar

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