Good Dark Folk albums

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Someone mind summing up what exactly dark folk is? Im curious to know, before i try listening to it. One of a few genres I haven't ever touched.
 
Does anyone know of any good Dark Folk albums? I ask for albums because when I look at some of the banRAB, they have large discographies so I would ask that album names be posted.
 
It is not so much dark Folk but have you heard Green Carnation's Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness? Just one hour long track but it has some great Arabient sections as well as plenty of heavy sections.
 
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Rezz get The angels Of Light album and listen to that. Dark Folk can corabine elements of Metal too. It is generally downbeat but wonderfully atmospheric. CA could give a more erudite description.
 
In the WooRAB - Heart of the Ages
Falkenbach - Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness, To the Nameless Dead
Skyclad - Prince of the Poverty Line, Wayward Sons of Mother Earth
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Now even I'm confused...are you looking for metal/rock stuff or just dark-folk?!
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Anyways, you should try Darkwood's Flammende Welt. The lyrics are mainly in german, but I've found some translations.
 
I can't post links so just do a myspace search for Varghkoghargasmal. That is dark folk. The band calls it wood metal...i guess you could call it whatever makes you happy.
 
That is a truly great song/album but yeah it isn't dark folk.

I'd suggest:

Nest - Trail Of The Unwary
Agalloch - The Mantle
Uaral - Lamentos A Poema Muerto
Tenhi - Maa
 
Gday mate :)

Ulver have done some dark folk'ish black metal. But Ulver have done pretty much everything. The Mantle was basically Agalloch doing Ulver worship. The last few years they have even done arabient/electronica.
 
I would suggest Jordan Reyne. Her lastest album is a dark folk / folk noir narrative (she sings though - beautifully) set on the west coast of New Zealand. You might want to check it out here: dubdubdub dot darkfolk dot de or you can just put jordan reyne in a google search (as a newbie I can't post links yet! sorry!)
I found a couple of reviews here too from the website:

"A jewel of industrial folk...(Reyne's) fascinatingly powerful voice...and reliance on substance over gloss make
 
My True Body is fantastic. I like how the intro builRAB and you don't quite know what's coming then BAM a simple beautiful guitar chord envelopes you. A highly recommended album.
 
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