So I was watching this video on Youtube where a musican demonstrates various different styles of metal music and 'folk metal' pops up at about 1 minute in: link.
Googling 'folk metal' gives me this page on Last.fm and I've been listening to a few - does anybody have any further suggestions on good 'folk metal' bands?
I don't know Folk Metal groups that sing in English; but I love Mägo de Oz (a Spaniard band), here is a link to one of my favourite songs from them "La Cruz de Santiago"
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I also feel that Lumsk deserves mention since I didn't see it on that list. Their Åsmund Frægdegjevar was a really good listen. I Lytinne Tvĺ being my favorite off that CD. Followed closely by Ormin lange.
While In Flames might not be playing folk metal, some of their earlier albums do have songs that remind of it. Check out Moonshield, Dialogue with the stars, and for some actual folk Pallar Anders Visa and (with some metal in it) Hårgalåten. Here's how Hårgalåten sounds sung more traditional folk style.
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Another one that popped into my head, not sure how much Folk Metal they are but Falconer is pretty epic. Clarion Call and Portals of Light both rater good songs
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Another one that popped into my head, not sure how much Folk Metal they are but Falconer is pretty epic. Clarion Call and Portals of Light both rater good songs
And I can't believe that I forgot about those two. Especially Falconer, which I listened to a lot a couple of years ago. Trollhammaren is a classic
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Ivan Tzarevich is a Russian folk metal band. They had a bunch of their stuff free on their site, but their domain registration expired.
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As Nameless said, there is a general Metal thread in which to ask these questions, but while I'm here I'll mention some bands from the Middle Eastern side of Folk Metal.
Orphaned Land - This song is from what is generally regarded as their best album, though I'm personally more fond of the heavier, slightly less folky follow up.
Myrath - very Symphony X-esque Power/Prog on the metal side, with Folk influences from their native Tunisia mixed in.
As Nameless said, there is a general Metal thread in which to ask these questions, but while I'm here I'll mention some bands from the Middle Eastern side of Folk Metal.
Orphaned Land - This song is from what is generally regarded as their best album, though I'm personally more fond of the heavier, slightly less folky follow up.
Hey, if you're gonna post anything from Mabool, It should obviously be this.
Here's a few more (and I'm going to throw some Viking metal in, because it seems people can't tell the two apart):
Someone mentioned Bathory - who was actually the progenitor of Viking metal Dalriada Elvenking Einherjer - pure Viking metal Equilibrium Falkenbach - Bathory-inspired Viking metal Finsterforst Folkearth - actually not a single band, but a collaboration between various folk metal bands throughout the world. Music quality is a bit hit-and-miss, but the albums feature a variety of styles. Some are pretty good.
Someone mentioned Lumsk as well Moonsorrow Svartsot
And then there's like Subway to Sally and Tanzwut and Umbra et Imago (I actually wanted to link a song called "Teutonen lied", but damned if I could find it. I may have hallucinated this) and stuff for "medieval metal", which is kinda-sorta-not really the same as folk metal.
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Feytalist beat me to recommending Folkearth, so I'll second it. They're partly folk metal, partly other. I like 'em, but they are hit n' miss. Wolfsong in Moonlight (Fenris Unbound) is absolutely NOT folk at all, but it's right up there as far as my favorites by them. Also, Rhyming with Thunder, but I imagine it's not for everyone.
Nordman is probably very folk metal. Swedish, I believe. I can't understand a single word he's saying, but he seems very passionate about it, whatever "it" is that he's singing about. Still really like it.
I can't provide links, because I can't get to youtube from here; it irritates me no end when someone offers up a link to it, and it could be interesting. I will cease to be irritated by it after November rolls around though.
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I'm eager to know what you think of all the bands listed here, even though there are quite a number of them, Brother Oni.
I'm trying to work my way through the list, although if my wife rolls her eyes much more, she's going to end up resembling Cookie Monster in a washing machine.
My children are also complaining that I'm playing it too loud.
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I may have hallucinated this) and stuff for "medieval metal", which is kinda-sorta-not really the same as folk metal.
Medieval metal sounds interesting - a quick google search gives me Corvus Corax and I've realised I've watched one of their videos (Dulcemissa?) where they ride onto the stage on a chariot.
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Medieval metal sounds interesting - a quick google search gives me Corvus Corax and I've realised I've watched one of their videos (Dulcemissa?) where they ride onto the stage on a chariot.
Corvus Corax is awesome. I debated mentioning them, because their music isn't really metal, but some of their side projects/related acts include the already mentioned In Extremo and Tanzwut.
But yeah, real medieval instruments, bird costumes, musicians leaping and cavorting on stage - just good old fashioned medieval type music.
Here's Bacchus and Skudrinka from their first - acoustic only - album.
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The holy Trinity: Finntroll, Ensiferum, Korpiklaani.
I think they actually know each other quite well.
In Extremo is hugely popular with my friends, but I guess being German plays a significant part in it. Though I like them a lot more than Corvus Corax.
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I can mention Folkstone a folk metal band from Bergamo (North Italy), they heavily use the baghet, a traditional medieval bagpipe in the area of Brescia/Bergamo (and also a traditional definition of beer belly:D).
The last one. Although here the second and the third parties you mentioned are probably in cahoots, as well as the second limiting the first one because they suck like that and hide behind "up to X Mbps throughput", and have said as much that they limit bandwidth to foreign sites when called and asked point blank. At least I'll be back in the States in time for Halloween and not dealing with these issues.
Be pretty happy to get a VPN when I get back, too. I dare not try it here, since the second "they" become aware of one that works, it gets canned, else you have the one and only one that proudly says, "State approved". Yeah, right, that's trustworthy.
But anyway, folk metal yay! I was very happy to discover this was a thing, if mostly outside the States. One of my long long ago classmates said she really like "pirate metal" which is apparently also a thing. Epica, specifically, though whether it's really pirate metal or not is left for more seasons music lovers than myself. I see hear similiarites, though.
One of my long long ago classmates said she really like "pirate metal" which is apparently also a thing. Epica, specifically, though whether it's really pirate metal or not is left for more seasons music lovers than myself. I see hear similiarites, though.
It's really not. The type of swinging work shanties that we think of as "pirate" or "nautical" music is present in a couple of folk bands - I'm thinking of Finntroll's more bouncy songs specifically - but there's not really anything like that in Epica's music.
If we're talking pirate metal, here's Alestorm (and I can't believe no-one in this thread, myself included, thought to mention them). There's a few other similar bands, but this here's probably the best.
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