Apocalyptic Folk
Apocalyptic folk (
Neo folk, Uber folk,Folk
noir )is a term and phrase employed to describe a genre of folk-music which deals with dark themes of decay, decline, and/or destruction of Western civilizations foundations. This genre of music often, but not always has a underlying social philosophy. Other terms for Apocalyptic-Folk that have been applied to this genre of music are Folk-Noir, Uber-folk, and Neo-Folk. All of these terms are used to distinguish it from the protest-folk of the 1960s and seventies. much. if not all which had social messages of
the political left and its a various protestings. Apocalyptic folk see's the world as a place notlong to last in any
semblance which previously or currently has been known. It has a deceidly mellenialism to much of it's messages. Often
occult themes, ecological themes, right-wing and nationalist themes, and themes of western mythology and legends are also found or invoked in this genre.