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Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for example, Dutch Heidevolk, Danish Sylvatica and Spanish Stone of Erech).
- List of Folk Metal Bands
This is a list of folk metal bands. The folk metal genre is...
- Medieval metal
Medieval metal is a subgenre of folk metal that blends heavy...
- List of Folk Metal Bands
Folk metal is a type of heavy metal music that started in Europe in the 1990s. This music is a mixture of heavy metal and traditional folk music. Many times, folk instruments are used in it. Sometimes traditional singing styles are also used. The earliest example of folk metal was the English band Skyclad.
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Aug 29, 2023 · Here we tell the strange tale of folk metal across five crucial records. Skyclad - Jonah’s Ark (1993) With metal’s first full-time violinist, lyrics about environmental catastrophe and medieval pagan aesthetics, Skyclad were marked out as batshit eccentrics in the early 90s, but they were just years ahead of their time.
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- Equilibrium. An amazing band that just keep getting better. Although probably more of a melodic death metal band, they do have a sound that really seems to speak to a lot of folk metal fans.
- Korpiklaani. For me, Korpiklaani has all you want from a folk metal band. A lot of focus on the melodies and utilising folk instruments in a great way.
- Falconer. A really great Swedish band – one of my favourites. The main part of the music is power metal, although the singer has a much darker voice than the traditional power metal singer.
- Finntroll. One of the bands who really brought the folk metal scene forward during the early 2000s. Although the releases are a few years apart, they have consistently released solid material.
Celtic metal is a subgenre of folk metal that developed in the 1990s in Ireland. The genre is a fusion of heavy metal and Celtic rock. The early pioneers of the genre were the Irish bands Cruachan, Primordial and Waylander.
