Oakfather - Rúnskógr & Fornviðr

Forgotten Realms namedropping anti-fascism promoting pagan/heathen forest synth playing non-problematic neofolk? Gimme more of this!

Two short tracks, released separately a few days apart. I can only hope that this is merely a taster for an album to come sooner rather than later.

We start with 'Rúnskógr', an all-too brief ritualistic ambient track full of sylvan (or is that Silvan) flutes and hypnotic drumming. I am really grooving to this when it ends before the 4 minute mark. Honestly, this could be stretched out into a whole tape side...

<a href="https://oakfather.bandcamp.com/track/r-nsk-gr">Rúnskógr by Oakfather</a>

Secondly we have 'Fornviðr'. Decidedly darker than the previous track, and leaning hard into the ritual aspects, we move in a much more somber direction. Like the previous track, it ends too soon for my tastes, and I would love to see this as well stretched out to an entire side of a cassette. I would be really happy with a ~15 minute version of both of these tracks as a nice release.

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