A Blaze Ansuz: Antifascist Neofolk
A blog raising up antifascist neofolk bands from around the world.
There is a slow, whispered creep that comes from Lodge of Research, a solo project that comes at the intersection of neofolk and dungeon synth. A melancholic flute and single keyboard notation accompany barely spoken words, reminding you of the masonic inspiration of secrets, ritual, and esoteric knowledge that has driven its creation. … Continue reading “MIDI Junkies of Dungeon Synth: An Interview With Lodge of Research”
We first learned about Black Metal Rainbows a few years ago when they did a Kickstarter campaign to fund their book. The volume is an anthology of writing on black metal that takes a decidedly antifascist, antiracist, radical, and, perhaps most of all, queer, claim on the black metal scene. Despite the fact that black … Continue reading “Dropping a Bomb on Black Metal’s Future: A Conversation on Black Metal Rainbows”
In this interview with the band River, we talk about inspiration, soundscapes, and the contradictions of civilization.
As the antifascist neofolk community continues to grow, we are seeing an intersecting web of artists and projects form, the hallmark of artistic subculture. With this we have been chasing new projects from what are now old friends. That is true of the neofolk project I Sing to Barbelo, the new endeavor from Abigail Maven … Continue reading “Folk Romantique: An Interview With I Sing to Barbelo”
Wound Dresser is a new antifascist neofolk project that has released their first introductory track in advance of their upcoming album. They are coming together as an explicitly antifascist band from the start, helping to build a new antifascist culture of neofolk. We spoke with them about the project and are presenting their first track, … Continue reading “Wound Dresser Releases Album Preview and New Track, “Run With the Wind””
Abe Goren is one of the most prolific artists we have ever covered. In just a few years they have released a couple of dozen albums and EPs under a number of different projects and genres. We first came into contact when writing about their masonic Dungeon Synth project Lodge of Research, our first endeavor … Continue reading “Invoking Your True Self: An Interview With Poppet”
The antifascist neofolk and genre community is not just a matter of the incredible bands building the sound, but also the labels, producers, and promoters getting this moving. We want to start raising the voices of some of these independent labels talking about the work they are doing to bring in left bands in this … Continue reading “Depressive Creativity: An Interview With Realm and Ritual Records”
If there was Seidr to be had on the mountaintop of an imagined future, Outer Gods would be sound that comes from inside your body after dosing. For several years (and twelve albums and EPs) two solo musicians out of Atlanta, going by The Flail and The Wrathe, respectively, have brought together their two opposing … Continue reading “The Dark Ambient Duo Outer Gods Redefining What Music Can Be [INTERVIEW]”
Modern music has lost the ability to play a tone to its logical conclusion, to allow extended sounds to drive a narrative structure that can draw out feelings like dread and drama. The orchestral-neofolk solo project Deliverer rests entirely on competing tones, achieved by recentering the accordion into a drawn out baroque sound that feels equal … Continue reading “Chamber Music and Memory: An Interview with Deliverer”
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A Blaze Ansuz: Antifascist Neofolk 