/r/HeavySlavicFolkFans

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Slavic Folklore Music is a traditional type of music that some of us may know and some of us won't. There is Scandinavian and Irish Folklore.. yet, not a lot of people seem to appreciate the beauty of Slavic Folklore and it's culture. Especially the music. This Sub Reddit is for all of us who love the Heavy Sounds of that music genre. Enjoy!

  • Don't post anything else other than Heavy Folk

  • Music must be from the Slavic Countries

  • Traditional Slavic Folklore MAY BE mentioned, just in a post that already exists, so don't make posts about Traditional.

  • No Shit-Posting

    • And please be respectful

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    Music video inspired by the old Slavic cult of Svantovit and the historical events of the early medieval pagan Slavs of Central Europe. Reconstructed Proto-Slavic, ritual, battle and a return to the old gods - this all is part of the concept of the music video.

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    2024/10/02
    17:41 UTC
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    Pagan Slavic song inspired by the cult of fire among the ancient Slavs, who understood fire as an essential element with divine properties, most often attributed to the gods Svarog, Svarožic and Dažbog. Title of the song is in the late Proto-Slavic language and means "the land of fire".

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    2024/06/18
    18:33 UTC
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    Pagan Slavic song inspired by the sacrifices to the gods in the early medieval Slavic environment. By the way, the song is written in the late Proto-Slavic language, which was spoken by the ancient Slavs between the 6th and 9th centuries.

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    2024/04/15
    16:02 UTC
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    What’s your favorite song to start your day off right?

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    2024/03/31
    18:04 UTC
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    Pagan song inspired by bludička/rusalka, which in Slavic mythology are the souls of dead women who wander the forests and appear in the swamps, hence the name "Pǫtь Mьrtvyję Dušę" (the path of the dead soul). Song is written in the Proto-Slavic language, which was spoken by the ancient Slavs.

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    2024/02/28
    17:40 UTC
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    Сварга и Дрыгва - Вольница

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    2023/06/19
    19:57 UTC
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    Zbava - Kult Dubu is dark folk album inspired by the ancient Slavic culture and mytohlogy, especially by the cult of the oak (kult dubu). The oak was a sacred tree for the ancient Slavs, which was also dedicated to Perun, the god of thunder, war and crop.

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    2023/06/13
    11:25 UTC
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    Pagan song inspired by female Slavic demon Polednice (Poludnica, Přezpołdnica, Południówka). She walks around the fields at noon and punishes those who work on them at that time and also kidnaps naughty children. She is known from the Czech, Slovak, Sorbian, Polish and Russian environment.

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    2023/05/01
    11:01 UTC
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    A traditional lullaby from a region in Ukraine where I was vor

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    2023/03/29
    15:25 UTC
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    Pagan song inspired by Riedegost, which was a sacred fortress of the Polabian Slavs, where temple of the god Svarožič and later the god Radegast was located. The artwork is inspired by the reconstructed temple of the Polabian Slavic tribes from today's Groß Raden in eastern Germany.

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    2023/03/26
    20:54 UTC
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    Ritual pagan Slavic song inspired by the god Svantovít (Svetovid, Świętowit), who was the four-headed god of abundance and war, worshiped by the Polabian Slavs and probably also by other Western Slavs. With his cult is also associated a prophecy (proroctvo.

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    2023/02/22
    17:38 UTC
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    Ritul folk song inspired by cult of the oak from the Slavic environment. For the ancient Slavs, the oak was a sacred tree that was dedicated to Perun, the god of storm, war and strength. Oak groves were essentially natural sanctuaries where rituals, sacrifices and prayers were practiced.

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    2023/01/31
    20:47 UTC
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    Old Ukrainian Lullaby

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    2023/01/13
    16:19 UTC
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    Hi everyone! I want to share with you my rendition of this ancient Ukrainian song. It existed from pre-christian times and became a Christmas carol after the christianization of Kievan Rus’

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    2023/01/07
    10:46 UTC
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    Music Recommendation

    Всім привіт, I am a big fan of Norwegian band Wardruna, I was wondering if there is a similar dark folk/ambient music band but from Ukraine?

    Thanks in advance!

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    2022/12/28
    19:39 UTC
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    hi! i made a short video of the most beautiful Russian and Serbian melodies

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    2022/09/18
    07:19 UTC
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    Dark folk album dedicated to the old Slavic gods, cults and places. Title of the album "Úsvit", which means a dawn, is used in the sense of the return of the old gods and also it is connected with Svarog's sun, that he struck so that the world could come into being according to Slavic mythology.

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    2022/09/05
    08:24 UTC
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    Dark folk song inspired by Veles, one of the most significant Slavic gods with quite a wide range of behavior. One of his main functions is to protecting cattle and guarding the underworld (Náv). He is also the god of magic and wisdom and he is most often associated with a bear probably due to stren

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    2022/08/05
    16:42 UTC
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    Dark folk song inspired by Svatobor (svatoháj), which was a sacred place of ancient Slavs, which was used for rituals, ceremonies and intense communication with the gods. In the Czech Republic there is still a place named Svatobor where was a large Slavic settlement and burial ground.

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    2022/06/30
    21:09 UTC
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    Pagan folk song inspired by Mokoš (Mokoša, Mokosz) - a Slavic goddess associated with fertility, moisture and crop. She is known as the supreme goddess, the mother of earth.

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    2022/06/05
    19:19 UTC
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    Pagan song inspired by Svarog, Slavic god of fire. He is known like a god of all gods, the one who created the sun from the heavenly fire. He is also sometimes associated with god Rod in the sense of creating the world.

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    2022/04/26
    20:42 UTC
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    Dark pagan song inspired by winter spirit in the Slavic environment. Among the most prominent aspects of winter time in Slavic environment is arrival of the goddess Morana, which marks the beginning of winter time

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    2021/12/13
    14:36 UTC
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    Zbava - Zrod [Full EP] (Dark & Ritual Slavic Pagan Music)

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    2021/10/15
    16:43 UTC
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    Song inspired by the birth (zrod) of the universe and the world according to Slavic mythology. There is a version that world was created by the god Rod, who descended to earth in a golden egg

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    2021/09/30
    18:45 UTC
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    GRAI - Beard

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    2020/09/05
    09:34 UTC
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    Grai - Vesna

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    2020/09/05
    09:21 UTC
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    Arkona - Odna

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    2020/06/18
    06:33 UTC
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    Żywiołak - Dzień ósmy

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    2020/01/07
    17:29 UTC
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    Svarga & Drygva - V Pasti Novoj Vojny

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    2019/11/28
    21:14 UTC
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    ARKONA - Goi, Rode, Goi!

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    2019/10/10
    09:11 UTC
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