Neofolk

Neofolk
Neofolk
Other names	Apocalyptic folk;
Stylistic origins	Folk; industrial; experimental; dark ambient;
Cultural origins	1980s, England
Derivative forms	Martial industrial
Other topics
	Anti-folk; dark wave; folk punk; freak folk; neopagan music; post-punk;

Neofolk, also known as apocalyptic folk, is a form of experimental music blending elements of folk and industrial music, which emerged in punk rock circles in the 1980s.^[1] Neofolk may either be solely acoustic or combine acoustic folk instrumentation with various other sounds.^[2]

^ Webb 2007, p. 60.
^ Neumann-Braun, Klaus; Schmidt, Axel (2008). Die Welt der Gothics: Spielräume düster konnotierter Transzendenz [The World of the Goths: Scopes of a darkly-connoted Transcendence] (in German) (2nd ed.). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. p. 280. ISBN 978-3-531-15880-8.

[FOOTNOTEWebb200760-1] Webb 2007, p. 60.

[NeumanBraun-2] Neumann-Braun, Klaus; Schmidt, Axel (2008). Die Welt der Gothics: Spielräume düster konnotierter Transzendenz [The World of the Goths: Scopes of a darkly-connoted Transcendence] (in German) (2nd ed.). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. p. 280. ISBN 978-3-531-15880-8.

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Neofolk
Other names	Apocalyptic folk
Stylistic origins	Folk industrial experimental dark ambient
Cultural origins	1980s, England
Derivative forms	Martial industrial
Other topics
Anti-folk dark wave folk punk freak folk neopagan music post-punk