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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).
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This is a list of folk metal bands. The folk metal genre is...
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Folk metal is a type of heavy metal music that started in...
- List of folk metal bands - Wikipedia
Aug 29, 2023 · ‘Folk metal’ sits uneasily as a useful descriptor for Eire’s favourite sons. It fits, though, not just via themes of nationhood, rolling 6/8 rhythms, acoustic chords, or even guitarist Ciáran’s immersion in traditional Irish music.
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- Skyclad – Irrational Anthems (1996) Formed from the ashes of Brit pagan-thrashers Sabbat, Skyclad incorporated folk into their sound as early as 1991, with The Widdershins Jig standing as an early genre highlight.
- Waylander – Reawakening Pride Once Lost (1998) Norse culture may have become one of folk metal’s strongest identifiers, but early on it was Celtic metal and culture that ruled the roost.
- Finntroll – Jaktens Tid (2001) Finntroll’s Jaktens Tid saw them explode onto the European metal scene consciousness, landing them a top #20 back home in Finland but also onto festival bills throughout the continent.
- Turisas – Battle Metal (2004) Finntroll walked so Turisas could gallop. Dialling everything up to 11, Turisas captured the imagination of fans and publications alike in a way few folk metal bands before or since could replicate – until The Hu at least.
Sep 7, 2020 · For a very long time, the folk metal scene has been dominated by bands from Scandinavia and Northern Europe with a lot of focus on Norse, Celtic, Gaelic and similar themes and mythology. But for a few years now we have seen new bands rise from around the world, bringing their culture and mythology into the folk metal scene.
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.
