| Orplid | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | Germany |
| Genre: | Neofolk Experimental Post-industrial |
| Years Active: | 1996–present |
| Label: | Prophecy Productions |
| Associated Acts: | Tiktok |
| Current Members: | Uwe Nolte Frank Machau |
| Past Members: | Volker Willhardt Claudia Arndt |
Orplid is a neofolk, martial, post-industrial and experimental music group of German musicians, Uwe Nolte and Frank Machau. The name is drawn from the poem Gesang Weylas by Eduard Mörike, beginning ‘Du bist Orplid, mein Land’ ('You are Orplid, my land').[1] Orplid in the poem is a faraway fantasy land. The band has progressed over the course of their discography from acoustic folk peppered with instruments like the piano, organ, and cello, to a more experimental minimalistic style.
| Year | Title | Additional information | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Orplid | CD. Two editions with different artwork. Limited to 500 copies each. Debut album. | |
| 1999 | Das Schicksal (Fate) | 10". 430 copies. | |
| 1999 | Geheiligt Sei Der Toten Name (Hallowed be the names of the dead) | CD5" | |
| 2000 | Orplid | CD. Reissue with bonus tracks and new artwork. | |
| 2001 | Barbarossa | 10" | |
| 2002 | Nächtliche Jünger (Nocturnal Youth) | CD and limited 2x10" LPs with booklet limited to 500 copies. | |
| 2006 | Sterbender Satyr (Dying Satyr) | CD. | |
| 2007 | Frühe Werke (Early Works) | CD, compilation of early and unreleased material. | |
| 2008 | Greifenherz (Gryphon Heart) | CD | |
| 2010 | Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings | CD, compilation of various neofolk artists songs. Disc 2. |