Metal Bands with cultural influences.

[NinjaGeek]

Bands that take their culture's, or another culture's music and mix it in with metal. Stuff like Melechesh, Pentagram(Mezarkabul), Flametal, and Al Qaynah.

Preferably nothing Scandinavian, Celtic, or anything else that appears in the 1000s of bands classified as folk metal.

 

[Zephyrus]

Darkestrah

 

[waif]

Orphaned Land

 

[Jimm O)))]

Orphaned Land

What I was going to say.

 

[Belligerent]

What I was going to say.

Makes 3 of us.

 

[Cythraul]

Rudra

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

Negura Bunget

 

[xeperu]

Odious
Absu

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Makes 3 of us.

4, rather. Orphaned Land was the first and only thing that came to mind when I saw the thread title.

 

[waif]

Win!

 

[Catastrophic]

Rudra

This.

Here are some typical Malaysian metal bands

Sil Khannaz
Langsuyr

Non-Malaysian

Chthonic
Anthelion
Sad Legend
As-Sahar

 

[Seditious]

Sad Lengend rules, but I can't say I'd have had a CLUE they were from Korea just from listening to them.

I agree with the Orphaned Land rec. nice band.

Haggard (orchestral involvement, so it has that cultural influence to it, call it what you will)

Hollenthon (middle-eastern melodies, even the vocals from a haka (Maori war dance) incorperated into one song)

Shaman (the band name of the first two albums of the band Korpiklaani, before they changed up their style. Their two albums have this heavily native-american vibe about them, in drumming and vocals. very unique among 'folk metal' bands, so I'm not discounting them with all other slavic/scandinavian/celtic stuff)

 

[Seditious]

and how about Nokturnal Mortum? (or would they just be a collection of things he doesn't want?)

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

He's being pretty retarded and implying that folk bands are not influenced by their cultures. Nokturnal Mortum is probably a safe rec.

 

[waif]

No, he's just not interested in scandinavian/celtic influenced stuff.

 

[Qoppa]

Nile?

Also you could check out some pagan metal.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

No, he's just not interested in scandinavian/celtic influenced stuff.

It almost seems like he was implying that those bands shouldn't be considered folk metal to me, but that's because I'm cynical probably.

 

[NinjaGeek]

I just don't want Scandinavian or Celtic stuff, because I already have loads of folk metal albums with their influences on it, and I'm looking for different stuff.

Preferably nothing Scandinavian, Celtic, or anything else that appears in the 1000s of bands classified as folk metal.

All I meant by this is I'm not looking for "Folk Metal" recommendations. Folk Metal is usually a term reserved for the Scandinavian and Celtic bands. You don't really hear bands like Melechesh being called folk metal, although I personally feel that they do fall into the category.

 

[Hypnos]

EK from Mexico

 

[Phrozenspite]

The Firstborn - The Unclenching of Fists