Non-metal folk recommendations

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Recently I've discovered that I like a lot of the unplugged pure folk moments of a lot of northern european folk/pagan metal bands, as a matter of fact right now im listening to manegarms "Urminnes Hävd - The Forest Sessions". Now I'm very inexperienced in the non-metal folk world so I don't know how authentic this is to pure folk, but I am interested in hearing more. Do you know of any artists (contemporary or not) or albums for someone who is trying to further their knowledge of this genre? I know I haven't posted much on this forum but from what I can tell most of you have high quality musical tastes, so I'll trust your opinions.
 
Väsen (Swe), Pettersson & Fredriksson (Swe), and Frigg (Fin) are all good. Daniel Fredriksson from Otyg is in P&F.
 
After checking out some of your suggestions, and liking a lot of them, especially Triakel and Tenhi, I've decided to branch out from northern europe, and move on to the rest of the continent. Any more suggestions, Nordic or otherwise?
 
Well since no one else has an euro folk recommendations, I'll make one!

The Moon and the Nightspirit (Hungary)
Taken from their website:
The Moon and the Nightspirit was formed in 2003 by Agnes and Mihaly. It is a mystical journey into the amaranthine realm of dreams and beauty, long-forgotten by modern man. A journey inspired by pagan fables, ancient Hungarian folk music and nature itself.

The band recorded a promotional EP in 2004, which earned them a deal with Equilibrium Music for the release of their first album, "Of Dreams Forgotten and Fables Untold", recorded and released on the following year. This album was very well received and made a name for The Moon and the Nightspirit in the musical scene. They played several festivals/concerts, both in Hungary and abroad, and even at a live TV show on one of Hungarian National television's programmes dedicated to folk/world music.

Recordings for their second album, "Regõ Rejtem", began around mid 2006, again at the band's own studio, Elysion. "Regõ rejtem" is a line from ancient Hungarian minstrel songs, which means "I conjure with magic", or, in words even closer to Shamanism, "révüléssel révülök" ("I am ecstatic in a trance"), a vision that suits perfectly the mood on the duo's songs. This time they have traveled further into times bygone, rekindling the flames of the Taltos (Hungarian shaman) and reawakening the spirits of the Elders. The music has acquired a more varied and colorful tone through the use of varied ethnic instrumentation (such as kaval, tapan, jew's harp or zither), and has also become significantly more energetic and vibrant, without sacrificing the unique ambiance that the band had found on their debut album.

"Regõ Rejtem" also finds the duo leaving behind the English language, and using only Hungarian lyrics this time. They come in the form of poems - chants dedicated to Mother Earth, the spiritual world and the ancient wisdom, and have also served, together with the music, as inspiration for several superb paintings that Agnes has produced to illustrate the album. These three elements (music, lyrics and illustrations) form a strong unity, and only with the existence of these three does "Regõ Rejtem" become a whole.


Title track:
http://www.equilibriummusic.com/samples/The_Moon_and_the_Nightspirit_(Rego)_-_Rego_Rejtem.mp3
I'm diggin this album a lot.
 
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