I make music inspired by occult ideas and figures, and I’m looking for artists who bring those themes into the work in a substantial way. I already know Current 93 and some Thelema-related music, so I’d love suggestions from other corners, especially if the references go beyond surface imagery.
Any more left-field music with real occult themes?
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Coil is probably the first place I’d look. Magic, transformation, and ritual sit close to the center of their work, but the references can be oblique rather than laid out as a lesson. Psychic TV is another useful contrast: its connection to occult practice is more explicit, though the sound and subject matter shift a lot across its catalog.
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If you’re open to music that’s more about texture than lyrics, try Z'EV for ritual-minded percussion and Aghast for dark ambient with witchcraft themes. Neither is really a straightforward guide to a belief system, but both make the atmosphere and ritual associations part of the listening experience.
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The Devil’s Blood is worth a look for a more song-based, overtly occult-rock approach. I’d also separate that kind of explicit occult framing from projects drawing on older myth or folklore. Wardruna, for example, leans into Norse themes, but that’s a different thing from a direct exploration of occult practice.
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