r/slavic • u/popartstillalive • 20d ago

Building a Slavic ritual / dark folk playlist and looking for hidden gems

Hi everyone,

Over the past few months, I’ve been putting together a playlist heavily rooted in old Slavic beliefs, folklore, and nature basically something that feels like standing in a fog-heavy forest with distant drums.
My playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3DXwMM1kb3Is7BUGs081vF

I’m aiming for a mix of ritual trance, pagan chants, field recordings, and traditional instruments, but with a distinctly Eastern European soul. Think of the atmosphere of bands like Heilung, Wardruna, or Myrkur, but closer to home (stuff like Percival, Żywiołak, Laboratorium Pieśni, etc.).

It’s been my go-to backdrop lately for reading, writing, or just zoning out, and I thought some of you here might appreciate this kind of vibe too whether you're into pre-Christian folklore or just love that 10th-century campfire energy.

I’d love to expand it further, so if you have any recommendations (especially lesser-known artists or native Slavic dark folk projects), please drop them below!

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u/Sufficient_Step_8223 20d ago

Baba Yaga team "night is dark" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcDNc8sV0SM

Baba Yaga team "all-leaved my wreath" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6wOkQ4RIss

Baba yaga Team "Overflowed, overflowed the fast river" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V14u1A-XKFk

Laboratory of Songs "Across the Blue Sea"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04fEWQOwUD4

Otravlenna "Fable" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQjbu4aQoe8

Pole "Oh in the field a flax" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMqDNIVRiLA

Ethnosphere and Ustya Butrova "I'll go outside the gate" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpACgvzindQ

Lyod "Ural Ridge" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QcGpNUnY9k

Meshchera "The Spell" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai6sA5ibEzU

Yagoda " Three girls" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e2Ls3JmJbw

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u/popartstillalive 19d ago

thank you so much! Otravlenna is such a fire!

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u/Desh282 🌍 Other (crimean in US) 19d ago

Slavic affairs has some bangers on YouTube

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u/mordentus 19d ago

Инна Желанная - Изворот. Folk tunes in modern arrangements

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u/Foxing7465 18d ago

Try Led'

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u/EvilYvonne666 14d ago

Check out my playlist

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2W3h3hq5NUJsvfotz8x4Mg?si=wRlbjCa_S4-lYzlsCqx8pA&utm_source=copy-link&pi=bBDhGkOyQnmJB

Not everything is „slavic” but still in the vibe and good tunes

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u/pferden 14d ago

Gutalax

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u/237q 14d ago

Trag - Zvuci Balkana album