| Folkémon | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Skyclad |
| Cover: | SkycladFolkemon250.jpg |
| Released: | 23 October 2000 |
| Genre: | Folk metal |
| Length: | 47:37 |
| Label: | Nuclear Blast |
| Producer: | Skyclad |
| Prev Title: | Vintage Whine |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | History Lessens |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
Folkémon is a studio album by the British folk metal band Skyclad.[1] [2] It is the last album the band recorded with Martin Walkyier as vocalist. As is normal with the band's works under Walkyier, the album's lyrical themes deal with politics, environmentalism, spirituality and personal issues.
The album's title was thought up after one of the band members read in a newspaper that, according to a survey, more children recognised the Pokémon character Pikachu than the current Prime Minister. The theme is continued in the liner notes, with the band members listed, for example, as 'Folkémon trainers'.
The front cover art and the three illustrations in the lyric-booklet are by Duncan Storr, longtime Skyclad collaborator.
Exclaim! wrote that "the sextet prove that metal, fiddles, smart lyrical waxing and the occasional lager can mix neatly; the best examples being the sweet, sweet mayhem of tracks like 'The Great Brain Robbery', 'Think Back and Lie of England', 'The Anti-Body Politic' and 'Any Old Irony?'"[3]