Folk Metal

[Ryuuzaki]

Hi this is a genre that I'm starting to get into and I would like some recommendations. Stuff like Falkenbach, Moonsorrow, or Equilibrium would be great.

Much appreciated.

 

[The Emptier]

Ensiferum, Tyr, Eluveitie, Finntroll, Falconer, Korpiklaani, Alestorm, Kivimetsän Druidi, Suidakra, Turisas....

that's the stuff I like, but heres a big list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_folk_metal_bands

 

[Seditious]

fuck, so many to name... is there anything else you can say to narrow things down?

do you prefer death or black?

do you like clean or extreme vocals?

do you like piano, violin, bagpipes, flutes, whistles, symphonic elements, or want standard guitar/guitar/bass/drum music?

do you have any preference for what language vocals are in?

what other bands do you like?

 

[Draehl]

Windir & Myrkgrav.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3r8ck3fLAs&feature=related[/ame]

 

[Ryuuzaki]

I like both death and black vocals. Probably black more. Prefer extreme vocals over clean. I like the folk instruments but not too heavy on them. I guess any language is fine.

I like most of what everyone has posted so far. What I don't like is stuff like Tyr, Turisas, and Alestorm. What I do like is stuff like the Windir and Myrkgrav that Draele posted.

Thanks guys!

 

[Seditious]

I like both death and black vocals. Probably black more. Prefer extreme vocals over clean. I like the folk instruments but not too heavy on them. I guess any language is fine.

I like most of what everyone has posted so far. What I don't like is stuff like Tyr, Turisas, and Alestorm. What I do like is stuff like the Windir and Myrkgrav that Draele posted.

Thanks guys!

good info!

I don't disagree with anything mentioned so far (though personally I've never been a big Turisas or Alestorm fan). here's what I'd add:

for Folk/Black:
Mithotyn (if you like their riffs, also check out Falconer, which is the Folk Power Metal band the guitarist started, wanting to go in a different direction)
Thyrfing (their style varies quite a bit from earliest to latest albums, so check out a number of songs)
Eternal Tears of Sorrow (their old albums. Melodic-Death, but like early In Flames they have Scandinavian Folk influences in their riffs)
Wolfchant
Pagan Reign (the only band in this Folk/Black list with a very strong woodwind sound that might take some getting used to)
Taunusheim
Hromovlad
Finsterforst (their recent album was very popular)
Alkonost
Panychida
Menhir

if 'Black' (scare-quoted) is cool with you (i.e., Christians doing Black Metal):
Slechtvalk and Holy Blood are cool

for Folk/Death, Svartsot is an absolute must. Strydegor is another good one. Heathen Foray (from Austria) has a kinda Children of Bodom tech style that's cool, too. And Winterdome has a cool Symphonic Death sound that's a lot tighter than Haggard's style of Symph/Classical Death.

for a Celtic feel: Eluveitie, Suidakra, Mael Mórdha, and the new Bran Barr album.

personally, I'm big on the Belarusian sound right now, which has the same vocal elements as other Slavic Folk Metal, but quite a Thrash influence:
Kamaedzitca and Weeping Twilight have the richest, most developed sound; Gods Tower and Vicious Crusade are clearly precursors to their style, so a little simpler, if you like that.
Litvintroll is very different, bagpipes led.

Dysperium and SIG:AR:TYR are pretty good for Can/US efforts.

Falkenbach, Ensiferum, Månegarm, and XIV Dark Centuries are a good place to see if you develop a taste for pagan vocals, since they vary between Black and clean pagan vox. If you do like them, definitely check out Heidevolk, Grimm (the one from Holland), Vintersorg, Nomans Land, Folkodia, and Isengard.
If you like Månegarm's Thrashy Pagan vox, check out Thronar, Rusich, Hroptatyr, and SatanaKozel. A lot of German and Slavic Folk Black is in a similar vein.

and even if you're not big on clean vox, I still recommend checking out and Kalevala's debut album, and Chur's most recent.

If you like any more Rock-like stuff (generally rhythm guitar and a folk instrument playing lead, and clean vocals), again Chur and Kalevala are great, but so are Svarga (the one from Russia), Schandmaul, Ignis Fatuu, Balkandji, and Nasledie Vagantov.

 

[theBstthatburns]

I believe that Woods of Ypres fall into this category. They're way too 'organic' to be considered anything else, besides heavy. I don't know how many fans out there of this great Canadian quartet, but IncarcerI9 were honored to bring them to Georgia for their first American tour earlier this summer.
Pick up an album before it's too late: I understand their latest recording will be their last.

 

[Ryuuzaki]

Hey Seditious thanks for taking the time out to name out all these bands. Really digging what I hear so far in the Folk/Black. I still need to check out the other stuff though. Will take awhile to get through them all but good times are to be had.

Awesome stuff.

 

[The Emptier]

the woods of ypres guy posts on UM and IIRC he was a total dick when he was promoting a recent tour and people said they wouldn't even see his shows because of him


folkvang
pagan hellfire
wodensthrone


slechtvalk and the like are called "unblack" metal btw

 

[Doomguy]

Lord Wind is essential.



Has the guy from Graveland in it from memory.

You may also like some of the cheesier melodeath-y bands like Ensiferum, Korpiklaani, Eluveitie etc,