more great viking/pagan metal bands

[Simargl]

Pagan Reign

Slav POWER!

 

[Knarfi]

3 year old?

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Pagan Reign

Slav POWER!

hel yes!
I need their new cd though

 

[bloodland]

don't know if they were previously published but my choice is the following:-

Wolfchant - Bloody Tales of Disgraced Lands... so bloody fuckin Pagan
Einherjer - Viking Black Metal
Black Messiah were already mentioned
Thyrfing
TYR are also great do not pagan
and others lool

Btw, what all of u think about Ensiferum?

 

[Pessimism]

Ensiferum is fucking magnificent.

 

[Subliminal87]

Àsmegin is a really cool band form norway...that is more folk metal but i thought I should shear the word...

 

[bloodland]

wot about Ensiferum, Cruachan and Elvenking peeps?

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

TYR are also great do not pagan
and others lool

if anyone lols at Tyr they should be kicked in the nuts...... by the Tarrasque

 

[Belgar]

Tyr is a good band, they have some really awesome songs that you could call good drinking/viking songs ... but they also have songs that I am not too fond of ... I guess some might be too soft-rock while some really good ones have a more pagan-heavy tone .... take songs like "regin smidur (which btw is a trully amazing song), "hail to the hammer", "wild rover",....
They are def. not death metal ...

 

[Pessimism]

wot about Ensiferum, Cruachan and Elvenking peeps?

Already stated Ensiferum is magnisicent, Cruachan is also pretty damn good (Táin Bó Cuailgne ftw).

Elvenking....meh. Stick with Mithotyn/Falconer


If you want some Celtic Folk/Metal, I'd rec. Bran Barr, Belenos, and Clannad.

 

[bloodland]

if anyone lols at Tyr they should be kicked in the nuts...... by the Tarrasque

i loled only because i did not knew any other bands.. the rest were already mentioned... it was not my aim to offend no band... especially TYR.... the first time i heard their Hail to the Hammer i fall in love with their music.... they are surely great, no doubt !!!

 

[Belgar]

Cruachan's version of "the devil is dead" is just great.
I've always loved Eire's anti Uk songs.

 

[bloodland]

few days ago a friend from abroad told me about Metsatöll... they're great estonian folk metal. My fav song is Hundi Loomine.

 

[Marco Spain]

Hi!

The most of bands you´ve mentioned are amazing.

Let me recommend you a band from my country. They´re called Crystal Moors. They pagan black metal (not viking), quite good in my opinion.

They have only released a MCD (and a couple of demos) but I guess they´re writing or even recording their first album.

Here are a cumple of links.

Clip from a song:
YouTube - CRYSTAL MOORS - CROWN OF WOLVES

Website (there are any MP3):
CRYSTALMOORS

 

[Bates]

Not too bad... be better if they dropped the blastbeats (IMO, of course). I used to love blastbeats, but I've just, I dunno, gotten old or something. I prefer the mid-tempo grooves more. Pretty decent keyboard work, from what I could hear.

 

[Blutaar]

There are many good viking/pagan bands so I'll tell you just some underground shit, the "big" bands will be surelly postet bei sb. else...

Holy Blood : http://www.holyblood.metal-forever.com (check out "to heaven"!)
Falkenbach: http://www.falkenbach.de/
Black Messiah: http://www.black-messiah.de/
Nomans Land: http://www.nomansland.ru/
Ulvhedin: http://home.chello.no/~ulvhedin/
Bran Barr: http://branbarr.free.fr/index2.htm
Forefather: http://www.forefather.net/
Doomsword: http://www.doomsword.com/

so you are searching for Viking Metal and thats really my genre! I know a lot more bands perhaps I will post them some day.

I dont want to open up a new thread for this, I just want to get rid of this list here. I made this years ago for another forum. It isnt only a listing of some Viking/Folk Metal Bands - these are bands I really was listening for a bunch of time, so they are all "good". So these are not all bands I ever listened to, there are enough bands just making crap in this genre

THYRFING (Viking Metal) http://www.thyrfing.com/
EINHERJER (Viking Metal) http://einherjer.com/
MORRIGAN (Pagan Metal) http://www.morrigan.org
MOONSORROW (Pagan Metal) http://www.moonsorrow.com/
BRAN BARR (Folk Metal) http://branbarr.free.fr/
ENSIFERUM (Viking Metal) http://www.ensiferum.com/
FINNTROLL (Folk Metal) http://www.finntroll.net/
NOMANS LAND (Viking Metal) http://www.nomansland.ru/
FALKENBACH (Viking Metal) http://www.falkenbach.de/
MENHIR (Pagan Metal) http://www.ziuwari.de/
OBSCURITY (Pagan Metal) http://www.obscurity-online.de
OBTEST (Heathen Metal) http://www.obtest.lt
BLACK MESSIAH (Viking Metal) http://www.black-messiah.de/
EQUILIBRIUM (Viking Metal) http://www.equilibrium-metal.de/
BATHORY (Black/Viking Metal) http://www.bathory.se/
ASMEGIN (Viking Metal) http://www.asmegin.com/
BLIND STARE (Viking Metal) http://www.blindstare.net/
FOREFATHER (Viking Metal) http://www.forefather.net/
HIN ONDE (Viking Metal) http://www.aftermath-music.com/
ORNA ANON (Viking Metal) http://www.myspace.com/ornaannon
AEGIR (Viking Metal) http://www.aegir.se/
HELENGAR (Viking Metal) http://www.helangar.de.vu/
HELRUNAR (Pagan Metal) http://www.helrunar.com/
MANEGARM (Viking Metal) http://www.manegarm.com/
KAMPFAR (Pagan Metal) http://www.kampfar.com/
PRIMORDIAL (Pagan Metal) http://www.primordialweb.tk/
SKYFORGER (Pagan Metal) http://www.skyforger.lv/
THURISAZ (Pagan Metal) http://www.thurisaz.be/
CHRUACHAN (Folk Metal) http://cruachan.cjb.net/
ABDORNED BLOOD (Folk Metal) http://www.adornedbrood.de/
FOLKEARTH (Folk Metal) http://www.folkearth.cjb.net/
KORPIKLAANI (Folk Metal) http://www.korpiklaani.com/
SKYCLAD (Folk Metal) www.skyclad.co.uk
LUMSK (Folk Metal) http://www.lumsk.com/
METSATÖLL (Folk Metal) http://www.metsatoll.ee/
VINTERSORG (Folk Metal) http://www.vintersorg.com/
HOLY BLOOD (Folk Metal) http://www.holyblood.metal-forever.com/
MIDNATTSOL (Folk Metal) http://www.midnattsol.com/
ODROERIR (Folk Metal) http://www.odroerir.com/
XIV DARK CENTURIES (Pagan Metal) www.xivdarkcenturies.de
WINDIR (Viking Metal) http://www.windir.no/
GERNOTSHAGEN (Pagan Metal) http://www.gernotshagen.de/
HEIDEFOLK (Folk Metal) http://www.heidevolk.com/
ULVHEDIN (Pagan Metal) http://home.chello.no/~ulvhedin/
DOOMSWORD (Viking Metal) http://www.doomsword.com/
NEBELHORN (Viking Metal) http://www.nebelhorn-vikingmetal.de/
HELHEIM (Pagan Metal) http://www.helheim.com/
SOLSTAFIR (Pagan Metal) http://www.solstafir.com/
PAGAN REIGN (Pagan Metal) http://pagan-reign.musica.mustdie.ru/
TUATHA DE DANANN (Pagan Metal) http://www.tuathadedanann.com.br/
DARK FOREST (Pagan Metal) http://www.darkforest.ca/
OTYG (Folk Metal) http://home.no.net/futhark/otyg/
WAYLANDER (Pagan Metal) http://www.clanwaylander.org/
AES DANA (Celtic Metal) http://aesdana.free.fr
THRONAR (Heathen/Battle Metal) http://www.thronar.com/
TURISAZ (Battle Metal) http://www.thurisaz.be/
ELEXORIEN (Battle Metal) http://www.elexorien.com/
WAPENSPRAAK & DRINKGELAG (Celtic Metal) http://users.pandora.be/fynnbrenn_o_torcklan/W&D/site/
YGGDRASIL (Folk Metal) http://www.yggdrasil-sweden.com/
NUMEN (Folk Metal)http://www.numen.info/
EMPYRIUM (Viking Metal) http://www.empyrium.de/[
TYR (Pagan Metal) http://www.tyr.net
MYTHOTIN (Viking Metal) Keine Hompage!
TURISAS (Viking metal) http://www.turisas.com/
HAGALAZ ' RUNEDANCE (Pagan/Folk Metal) http://go.to/hagalaz-runedance
RIGER (Heaten Metal) http://www.riger.org
THEUDHO (Pagan Metal) http://www.theudho.com/
BELENOS (Pagan Metal) http://www.belenos.biz
HEOL TELWEN (Black/Celtic Metal) http://heoltelwen.acrocyanose.com/
ELUVEITIE (Folk/Pagan Metal) http://www.eluveitie.ch/
VINTERSPHROST (Viking Metal) www.vintersphrost.ch.vu/
LANDVAETTIR (Pagan Metal) http://www.landvaettir.fr.st/
ULVER (Pagan Metal) http://www.zenial.nl/html/ulver.htm[/B]
EXELCIS (Power/Folk Metal) http://www.excelsis.ch
FALCHION (Pagan Metal) http://www.falchion.tk/
WOLFCHANT (Pagan Metal) http://www.wolfchant-metal.com
AISLING (Celtic Metal) http://www.aislingweb.it/
BUTTERFLY TEMPLE (Pagan Metal) http://www.butterflytemple.ru/[
HEL (Pagan Metal) http://www.pagan-midgard-art.de/
KROMLEK (Folk Metal) http://www.kromlek-homecave.de.tp/
RIVENDELL (Pagan Metal) http://listen.to/rivendell
SOLGRAV (Pagan Metal) http://www.solgrav.cjb.net/
TAUNUSHEIM (Pagan Metal) http://www.taunusheim.de/
TROLLFEST (Folk Metal) http://www.trollfest.tk/

Some are still great I think, you could check out Obscurity, Nomans Land, Holy Blood, Bran Barr, Aegir (Nice Website!), Theudho (Fafnirs Blut omg) and Ulvhedin.

P.S - Haha I was wondering why the list was so short after I was posting it in here...I just marked half of the list...now it is complete

 

[GmT-Curwen]

Windir isn't on that list? You don't have an idea of how much i hate you.

 

[Blutaar]

haha you are totally right my friend^^
I wasnt listening to them at the time I made the list. Today I think they are one of the few bands in this genre wich are immortally.

P.S I will add windir immediately

 

[Rae_of_Sunshine]

Nice list! I'll be busy for the next week...


I really wish I could go to Paganfest.

 

[Dragon Of Earth]

How about Einherjer? They're more Viking than anyone.

And has anybody heard that Lord of the Rings metal band Battlelore? I saw a photo of them in Metal Maniacs and they look like the funniest band I've ever seen... one of them was an elf, one was an orc, etc. Curious as to what they sound like.

-Vince

N.P. Men Without Hats - Messiahs Die Young

i have all of battlelore's CDs they are a really good band (with harsh vocals and clean female vocals) my favorite album from them is Sword's Song