Neofolk

[Phenol]

I like IGR too, but think he became a bit boring after Hazel Steps... which is probably his best work. In that style Stone Breath deserves a mention too. The two first albums are somewhere between IGR and C93, whereas the following ones are more americana influenced, but all their albums are very good.

[absurdexposition]

I like IGR too, but think he became a bit boring after Hazel Steps... which is probably his best work.

Hazel Steps is incredible and is certainly his best by a mile. It's no wonder why there was a decade-long gap before the next album, hard to follow up an achievement like that.

[Phenol]

Indeed. There were moments/single tracks that were great on the Birch Book albums, but nothing he did before or  after ever came close to the level of Hazel Steps. Those were good times for neofolk in general. Forseti's Windzeit came out just around the same time if memory serves me right.

[HateSermon]

Indeed. There were moments/single tracks that were great on the Birch Book albums, but nothing he did before or  after ever came close to the level of Hazel Steps. Those were good times for neofolk in general. Forseti's Windzeit came out just around the same time if memory serves me right.

Didn't realize Windzeit came out the same year. One of my favorite albums of the genre. As far as IGR, I don't think I've listened to much past Hazel Steps but I do like some of the Moonlit Missives he's done.

[absurdexposition]

There were moments/single tracks that were great on the Birch Book albums

For me, the best Birch Book stuff is the Werewolf's Eyes lathe with the cover of Crazy Man Michael. The other stuff, like covers of The Beatles, I can do without.

[excruciation]

Just hearing Sun Vessel for the first time today and it's some of the best new neofolk that I've heard in a while.
I also saw that In Gowan Ring is touring overseas next month. Any fans of him here?

checked out Sun Vessel per your post and enjoyed the few songs I have heard. I'm not a huge fan of new Neofolk (how much more can be done?) but thought Sun Vessel was refreshing.

[HateSermon]

Just hearing Sun Vessel for the first time today and it's some of the best new neofolk that I've heard in a while.
I also saw that In Gowan Ring is touring overseas next month. Any fans of him here?

checked out Sun Vessel per your post and enjoyed the few songs I have heard. I'm not a huge fan of new Neofolk (how much more can be done?) but thought Sun Vessel was refreshing.

Yeah, I hear ya. Sometimes the new projects sound forced or fake. Glad you like Sun Vessel though. I've been mainly listening to "Etched in Eternity" and a little bit of the most recent "A Seed Fallen to Earth" but there's a few more releases I have yet to check out.