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04.20.24 Celtic Curiosities: Travelling Around t 12.04.23 Elynna's Top 25 of 2023
06.12.23 Neofolk Curiosities: Second Volume 12.07.22 Elynna's Top 25 of 2022
03.02.22 A Dark Folk / Neofolk Collection: Volum 12.12.21 Elynna's Top 25 of 2021
04.02.21 Celtic Folk Rarities: Volume I 03.28.21 Nordic Folk: Obscurities and Peculiarit

Elynna's Top 25 of 2023
1Lankum
False Lankum


Irish Folk Music | Drone

Ireland

Highlight(s): Go Dig My Grave | Clear Away in the Morning | Newcastle | Lord Abore and Mary Flynn (SOTY)

Link: https://lankum.bandcamp.com/album/false-lankum
2Tenhi
Valkama


Dark Folk | Nordic Folk Music

Finland

Highlight(s): Saattue | Valkama | Rannankukka | Hele | Ulapoi

Link: https://tenhi.bandcamp.com/album/valkama
3Horrendous
Ontological Mysterium


Progressive Death Metal

USA - Pennsylvania

Highlight(s): Cult of Shaad’oah | The Death Knell Ringeth

Link: https://horrendous.bandcamp.com/album/ontological-mysterium
4Mio (NOR)
Ingen tid å miste


Nordic Folk Rock | Progressive Folk

Norway

Highlight(s): Morgenstjerne | Alene | Huldra | Dragen og hvalen

Link: https://mioofficial.bandcamp.com/album/ingen-tid-miste
5Dodheimsgard
Black Medium Current


Avant-Garde Metal | Black Metal

Norway

Highlight(s): Et smelter | Halow | Det tomme kalde mørke

Link: https://peaceville.bandcamp.com/album/black-medium-current
6OXN
CYRM


Irish Folk Music | Drone

Ireland

Highlight(s): Cruel Mother | The Wife of Michael Cleary | Farmer in The City

Available on Spotify and AppleMusic
7Chunyang Yao
Post​-​Oblivion 泯​默​集


Drone | Experimental | Ritual Ambient

China

Highlight(s): 歇泉 Geyser | 旁旁 Beside Her | Ayudabuya

Link: https://dustyballz.bandcamp.com/album/post-oblivion
8Sakaue Masumi
Circle Color


Irish Folk Music

Japan

Highlight(s): Lord Galway’s Lament | Bruach Na Carraige Baine | Drunken Tinker / Ivy Leaf / Wild Irishman | Isabella Burke | Dingles View

Available on Spotify and AppleMusic
9Kostnateni
Úpal


Black Metal | Avant-Garde Metal

USA - Minnesota

Highlight(s): Skrýt se před Bohem (Hide From God) | Nevolnost je vše, čím jsem (Nausea Is All I Am) | Slunce svázáno s krvácející Zemí (Sun Bound to the Bleeding Earth)

Link: https://kostnateni.bandcamp.com/album/pal
10Panopticon
The Rime of Memory


Atmospheric Black Metal

USA - Minnesota

Highlight(s): Cedar Skeletons

Link: https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/album/the-rime-of-memory
11Minwhee Lee
미​래​의 고향 (Hometown to Come)


Chamber Folk | Singer-Songwriter | Contemporary Folk

South Korea

Highlight(s): Highlights | 푸른 꽃 (Blue Flower) | 무대륙 (Lost Land) | 미래의 고향 (Hometown to Come)

Link: https://minhwi-lee.bandcamp.com/album/hometown-to-come
12Fossilization
Leprous Daylight


Death Metal | Doom Death Metal

Brazil

Highlight(s): Once Was God | Oracle of Reversion | At the Heart of the Nest

Link: https://everlastingspewrecords.bandcamp.com/album/leprous-daylight
13Virginia Astley
The Singing Places


Neoclassical New Age | Field Recordings | Ambient

UK

Highlight(s): The Singing Places

Link: https://virginiaastley.bandcamp.com/album/the-singing-places
14Lisa O'Neill
All Of This Is Chance


Irish Folk Music

Ireland

Highlight(s): Silver Seed | Old Note | The Globe

Link: https://lisa-oneill.bandcamp.com/album/all-of-this-is-chance
15Carloman
Carloman III


Baroque Pop | Neo-Medieval Folk Music | Indietronica | Neo-Psychedelia

USA - New York

Highlight(s): Tableau Vivant | Stars | The Serpent and the Swan

Link: https://carloman.bandcamp.com/album/carloman-iii
16Ling Tosite Sigure
last aurorally


Post-hardcore

Japan

Highlight(s): Super Sonic Aurorally | Tatsumaite Sennou | self-hacking | Metsubo craft

Available on Spotify and AppleMusic
17Saturnus
The Storm Within


Doom Death Metal | Gothic Metal

Denmark

Highlight(s): Chasing Ghosts | The Calling | Closing the Circle | Breathe New Life

Link: https://saturnus-official.bandcamp.com/album/the-storm-within
18...and Oceans
As in Gardens, So in Tombs


Symphonic Black Metal | Melodic Black Metal

Finland

Highlight(s): As in Gardens, So in Tombs | The Collector and his Construct | Lik Törnen Genom Kött | Cloud Heads | Wine Into Water

Link: https://andoceans.bandcamp.com/album/as-in-gardens-so-in-tombs
19Song Soon Dan
송순단 무가 II


Korean Folk Music

South Korea

Highlight(s): 안당 | 손님굿 | 길닦음

Available on Spotify and AppleMusic
20Drawn Bow
Visions


Avant-Folk | Drone | Noise | Neofolk

USA - Virginia

Highlight(s): Visions I – IV

Link: https://drawnbow.bandcamp.com/album/visions
21Enslaved
Heimdal


Progressive Black Metal

Norway

Highlight(s): Congelia | Forest Dweller | Kingdom | Caravans to the Outer Worlds

Link: https://enslaved.bandcamp.com/album/heimdal
22renge
灯りたち (Lights)


Psychedelic Folk | Ambient

Japan

Highlight(s): 弔いの日〜貝殻を拾う少女のお話〜 Funeral - The Story of a Girl Collecting Seashells | 雪の朝 Snowy Morning | 静かな果ての小さな鳥 A Little Bird at the Quiet End

Link: https://galaxytrain.bandcamp.com/album/lights
23Gao Hong and Kadialy Kouyate
Terri Kunda


Mande Music | Chinese Folk Music

Senegal | China

Highlight(s): Kora Meets Pipe | Sun Rising | Song of Love

Available on Spotify and AppleMusic
24Batsukh Dorj
Ögbelerim: Music for My Ancestors


Mongolian Throat Singing | Mongolian Folk Music

Mongolia

Highlight(s): Ögbelerim | Kongurei | Jin söörtügjüler

Available on Spotify and AppleMusic
25 Sangre de Muerdago
O Vento que Lambe as mi​ñ​as Feridas


*TOP 25*

Galician Folk Music | Dark Folk

Spain

Highlight(s): O vento que lambe as miñas feridas

Link: https://sangredemuerdago.bandcamp.com/album/o-vento-que-lambe-as-mi-as-feridas-2
26Foret Endormie
Le d​é​sespoir utopique


Neoclassical | Chamber Music | Neofolk

USA - Maine

Highlight(s): Mon esprit ne cessera jamais | La marée mont | Une decision sera prise | Couvrez les fenêtres

Link: https://foretendormie.bandcamp.com/album/le-d-sespoir-utopique-2
27Iseul Kim's Two Voices
Evolving


Korean Folk Music | Fusion Gugak | Avant-Garde Jazz | Chamber Music

South Korea

Highlight(s): Hunoni | Evolving | Gong Shim (Empty Mind) | Korean’s Sailor Song

Link: https://boomslangrecords.bandcamp.com/album/evolving
28Cicada (Taiwan)
Seeking the Sources of Streams


Chamber Music | Neoclassical New Age

Taiwan

Highlight(s): On the Way to the Glacial Cirque

Link: https://cicada.bandcamp.com/album/seeking-the-sources-of-streams-2
29Yara Asmar
synth waltzes and accordion laments


Ambient | Electroacoustic | Drone

Lebanon

Highlight(s): Three Clementines on the Counter of a Blue-Tiled Sun-Soaked Kitchen

Link: https://yaraasmar.bandcamp.com/album/synth-waltzes-and-accordion-laments
30Osterlide
Kilden


Norwegian Folk Music | Acapella

Norway

Highlight(s): Haugebonden | Gjeterjenta | Harpo

Link: https://osterlide.bandcamp.com/album/kilden
31Them Teeth
Illfänas


Noise | Avant-Folk | Drone

Sweden

Highlight(s): Du skola aldrig få hvila

Link: https://worksovcauldron.bandcamp.com/album/illf-nas
32Maroulita de Kol
Anásana


Psychedelic Folk | Ambient Pop | Greek Folk Music | Dream Pop

Greece | Germany

Highlight(s): The Water ~ Το Νερό | The Witch ~ Η Μάγισσα | The Lover ~ Ο Καύκος

Link: https://maroulitadekol.bandcamp.com/album/an-sana-2
33Paavoharju
Yön mustia kukkia


Folktronica | Psychedelic Folk | Ambient Pop | Avant-Folk

Finland

Highlight(s): Pyhään aukiopaikkaan | Taas pyörteisiin eksyn | Yön mustia kukkia | Solmu ajassa

Link: https://fonal.bandcamp.com/album/y-n-mustia-kukkia
34Veliu Namai
Alkai


Ritual Ambient | Ambient Techno | Lithuanian Folk Music

Lithuania

Highlight(s): Aftensinn | Væringjar | Invocation of the Nine-Horned God | The Plateau

Link: https://veliunamai.bandcamp.com/album/alkai
35Tomb Mold
The Enduring Spirit


Death Metal

Canada

Highlight(s): Will of Whispers

Link: https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/the-enduring-spirit
36camiidae
Music For Bugs


Neoclassical New Age | Field Recordings

Argentina

Highlight(s): Weevil | Moth | Isopod

Link: https://camiidae.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-bugs
37John Francis Flynn
Look Over the Wall, See the Sky


Irish Folk Music | Progressive Folk | Avant-Folk

Ireland

Highlight(s): Mole in the Ground | Kitty | The Seasons

Available on Spotify and AppleMusic
38Exulansis
Hymns of Collapse


*HONOURABLE MENTIONS*

Contemporary Folk | Neofolk

USA - Oregon

Highlight(s): Life in the Shadow of Doom

Link: https://bindrunerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-of-collapse
39Ichiko Aoba
Ichiko Aoba With 12 Ensemble (Live at Milton Court


*FAVOURITE LIVE RECORD*

Chamber Folk | Chamber Music | Singer-Songwriter

Japan | UK

Highlight(s): HORO: Easter Lily | Hagupit | Dawn in the Adan | amuletum | Asleep Among Endives

Link: https://ichikoaoba.bandcamp.com/album/ichiko-aoba-with-12-ensemble-live-at-milton-court
40Silent Jeff
River Reflection


*FAVOURITE EP*

Dark Folk

Taiwan

Highlight(s): Sorrow

Link: https://silentjeff.bandcamp.com/album/river-reflection
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