List of folk metal bands explained

This is a list of folk metal bands. The folk metal genre is a fusion of heavy metal music with folk music. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments[1] and to a lesser extent traditional singing styles.[2]

The music of folk metal is characterised by its diversity with bands known to perform different styles of heavy metal music and folk music.[3] Bands are identified in the list below.[4]

List of bands

BandCountryFormedclass=unsortableNotes
AgallochUnited States1995[5]
Scotland 2004 [6]
Al-NamroodSaudi Arabia2008[7]
Finland 1990 [8]
AngiziaAustria1994[9]
Arandu ArakuaaBrazil2008
АрконаRussia 2002 [10]
BalkandjiBulgaria1999[11]
BathorySweden1983
BattleloreFinland1999[12]
BlackguardCanada 2001 [13] [14]
BloodywoodIndia2016[15]
Romania 2000[16]
CadacrossFinland1997[17]
Cellar DarlingSwitzerland2016
ChthonicTaiwan1995
CruachanIreland1992[18] [19]
DalriadaHungary1998[20]
EluveitieSwitzerland2002[21]
ElvenkingItaly1997[22] [23]
EmpyriumGermany1994[24]
EnsiferumFinland1995[25]
FalconerSweden1999[26]
FalkenbachGermany1989[27]
FinntrollFinland1997[28]
FinsterforstGermany2004
International 2003 [29]
ForefatherEngland1997[30] [31]
GeasaIreland1994
GlittertindNorway2001[32]
HeidevolkNetherlands2002[33]
Holy BloodUkraine1999[34]
HuldreDenmark2009
In ExtremoGermany1996[35]
IthilienBelgium2005[36]
KampfarNorway1994[37]
Kivimetsän DruidiFinland2002[38]
KorpiklaaniFinland1993[39] [40]
LeahCanada2011[41]
Letzte InstanzGermany1996[42]
Norway 1999 [43]
LyrielGermany2003[44]
Ireland 1998 [45]
Mägo de OzSpain1989[46]
MetsatöllEstonia1998[47]
MidnattsolGermany2003[48]
MithotynSweden1992
MoonsorrowFinland1995[49]
MyrathTunisia2001[50]
Nine TreasuresChina2010[51]
ObtestLithuania1992
Onmyo-ZaJapan1999
Orphaned LandIsrael1991
Percival SchuttenbachPoland1999
Saltatio MortisGermany2000[52]
SauromSpain1996
SchandmaulGermany1998[53]
ScythiaCanada2010[54]
SkálmöldIceland2009[55]
England 1990 [56] [57]
SkyforgerLatvia1995[58]
Slough FegUnited States1990[59]
StormNorway1994[60]
Storm SeekerGermany2013
Subway to SallyGermany1992[61]
SuidakraGermany1994[62]
SummoningAustria1993[63]
SvartsotDenmark2005[64]
TanzwutGermany1998[65]
Tengger CavalryUnited States2010
The HUMongolia2016
ThyrfingSweden1995[66]
TrollfestNorway2003
Brazil 1995 [67]
TumulusRussia1997[68]
TurisasFinland1997[69]
TýrFaroe Islands1998[70]
Ulver (early)Norway1993
Varang NordLatvia2014[71]
VardøgerNorway1994[72]
ViikateFinland1996
VintersorgSweden1994[73]
WaylanderNorthern Ireland1993[74]
Norway 1994 [75]
Wind RoseItaly2009
Finland 2004 [76]
WolfchantGermany2003
Wytch HazelEngland2011[77]
YmyrgarTunisia2012[78]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. See Folk metal#Vocals
  3. See Folk metal#Music
  4. See Folk metal#Regional variations
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