Apocalyptic folk music
Apocalyptic folk is a type of music characterized by the employment of traditional folk styles with themes of ruin, destruction, war, loss, grief, misery, misanthropy and various other forms of apocalypse. Often, they are steeped in traditions of noise and industrial music. Specifically, this describes a phenomenon of formerly industrial/goth/noise bands changing styles to a more dark folk sound at around the same time, and is heavily associated with the label World Serpent Records. Fans of this music often followed from the industrial music background as well. Artists in this genre create works that can be categorized in a variety of ways. This is but one type of dark folk that is typified by lyrics that envision collapse and lament on some form of loss. Much of this music is focused on the reaction of the single individual to a world that has been utterly corrupted by various nefarious means. See: Current 93 Death in June Sol Invictus Neurosis Isis
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