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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bowar, Chad . Folk Metal Artists . . 24 April 2008.
  2. See Folk metal#Vocals
  3. See Folk metal#Music
  4. See Folk metal#Regional variations
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  9. Web site: Sharpe-Young. Gary. Angizia. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161103035309/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/austria/vienna/angizia1. November 3, 2016. June 16, 2021. MusicMight.
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  15. See Indian Folk-Metal Act Bloodywood's New "Machi Bhasad (Expect a Riot)" Video . 25 April 2019 . . 26 April 2019.
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  37. Web site: Bowar. Chad. Kvass review. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060616102041/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/gr/kampfar.htm. June 16, 2006. June 16, 2021. About.com.
  38. Web site: Bowar. Chad. Shadowheart review. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160403001914/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/kivimetsanshado.htm. April 3, 2016. June 16, 2021. About.com.
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  43. Web site: Undercraft. March 10, 2006. Lumsk - Åsmund Frægdegjevar review. 2021-06-16. Metal Storm.
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  47. Web site: Sharpe-Young, Garry . Metsatöll . . 18 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120525131254/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/estonia/veskikula/metsatoll . 25 May 2012 .
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  51. Web site: 2018-08-20. Nine Treasures. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180820112944/http://earthbeat.nl/artist/nine-treasures/. August 20, 2018. 2021-04-29. Earthbeat.
  52. Web site: Jeffries, David . [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p544015|pure_url=yes}} Saltatio Mortis ]. . 2 April 2008.
  53. Web site: SCHANDMAUL: Folk Metal Of The Highest Order . 3 August 2002 . 1 June 2008 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20040116134642/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5201 . 16 January 2004 . dead .
  54. Web site: Shaw. Ted. October 11, 2012. Vancouver's Scythia a fusion of folk, heavy metal. 2021-06-16. Windsor Star. en-CA.
  55. Web site: Zed, Natalie. Skalmold - Baldur Review. About.com. 23 April 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324003815/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/skalmold/fr/Skalmold-Baldur-Review.htm. 24 March 2012.
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  57. Web site: SKYCLAD Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL - Mar. 21, 2010 . https://archive.today/20120912092531/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=137105 . dead . 12 September 2012 . . 26 June 2010 .
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  64. Web site: Bowar, Chad . Ravnenes Saga review . . 13 March 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071221221820/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/svartsotravnene.htm . 21 December 2007 .
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  67. Web site: TUATHA DE DANANN . . 26 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927191350/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/brazil/minas+gerais/varginha/tuatha+de+danann . 27 September 2012 .
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  70. Web site: Bowar, Chad . Eric the Red review . . 13 March 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080320001912/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/gr/tyrericthered.htm . 20 March 2008 .
  71. Web site: Varang Nord – 'Pārķiuņa Uomurs' (2021) . 22 February 2021 . Folkmetal.nl . 23 March 2021.
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  73. Web site: Vintersorg: Swedish prog pioneers tell pretenders to folk off . . 1 June 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070708051713/http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/jul2007/vintersorg.aspx . 8 July 2007 .
  74. Web site: Irish Metal Legends WAYLANDER Stage Mini-Reunion At DAY OF DARKNESS Festival . 13 July 2005 . 31 May 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090207021702/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=39250 . 7 February 2009 .
  75. Web site: WINDIR . . 26 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090930233008/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/norway/sogndal/windir . 30 September 2009 .
  76. Web site: Mikesn. Wintersun. Sputnik Music. 12 September 2010.
  77. Web site: Wytch Hazel - Prelude. Planet Mosh. Mark. Ashby. 14 April 2016. 27 July 2016.
  78. Web site: Ymyrgar: Tunisian folk metal ventures abroad metal4africa. metal4africa.com. en-US. 6 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170904113149/http://metal4africa.com/news/ymyrgar-tunisian-folk-metal-ventures-abroad/. 4 September 2017. dead.

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