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Neofolk

Neofolk (originally known as apocalyptic folk) is a music genre that originally emerged during the 1980s through the British post-punk and industrial music scene. It is primarily characterized by acoustic instrumentation and draws influences from dark wave and post-industrial styles such as dark ambient.

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Cultural origins
1980s, England
Derivative forms
Martial industrial
Other names
Apocalyptic folk (early)
Stylistic origins
Folk · dark wave · dark ambient · post-punk · traditional folk music

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Neofolk

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples138
Avg. degree1.96
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related to Further reading · 49
Neofolk → Andreas, Anthems, Apocalypse, Apocalyptic Folk, Apocalyptic Thought, Ariel, Between Paganism, Christopher, Current, Diesel, Dieter, Europe, European, Falls, Fava, François, German, Gerten, Godwin, Hintergründe
related to Culture · 25
Neofolk → Aesthetically, Christian, Current, David Tibet, During, Enlightenment, Ernst Jünger's Waldgänger, European, Gnostic, Local, LSD, Many, Nietzschean, Noddy, Peter Webb, References, Runic, Schnurbein, Sol Invictus, Some
related to 1980s–2000s: Origins · 23
Neofolk → Angels, As, Current, David Tibet, Death In June, Dimitri Nasrallah, During, Empyrium, English, Exclaim, Haggard, Initially, Life, Light, Love, Michael Gira's, Other, Shirley Collins, Sol Invictus, Swans
related to Characteristics · 9
Neofolk → Artists, European, Germany, It, Italy, Most, Nordic, The, Vocals
related to Forerunners · 8
Neofolk → Also, Changes, Comus, Folk, Leonard Cohen, Nico, Velvet Underground's, Vulcan's Hammer
Stylistic origins · 7
Neofolk → dark ambient, dark wave, experimental, Folk, post-industrial, post-punk, traditional folk music
Cultural origins · 1
Neofolk → 1980s, England
Derivative forms · 1
Neofolk → Martial industrial
Other names · 1
Neofolk → Apocalyptic folk (early)
related to Martial industrial · 1
Neofolk → Martial

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folk music genre apocalyptic 1980s industrial artists current dark bands wave traditional post-punk martial post-industrial 93 references early ambient origins

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
NeofolkCultural origins1980s, England1.00infobox
NeofolkDerivative formsMartial industrial1.00infobox
NeofolkOther namesApocalyptic folk (early)1.00infobox
NeofolkStylistic originsFolk1.00infobox
NeofolkStylistic originsdark wave1.00infobox
NeofolkStylistic originsdark ambient1.00infobox
NeofolkStylistic originspost-punk1.00infobox
NeofolkStylistic originstraditional folk music1.00infobox
NeofolkStylistic originsexperimental1.00infobox
NeofolkStylistic originspost-industrial1.00infobox
dark ambientinstance ofIt is primarily characterized by acoustic instrumentation and draws influences from dark wave and post-industrial styles0.80text
dark waveinstance ofArtists incorporate influences from genres0.80text

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