Viking Metal

[gabaghoul]

Moonsorrow is great; over the top and theatrical but real honest, too.

Windir is another great band that doesn't get many mentions - fast, speedy melodic black metal that's sometimes epic and sometimes thrashy. som great Burzum-ish use of electronics one some songs too. recommend starting with 1184 and then get Likferd and Arntor.

There;'s also Thyrfing and Falkenbach too, but I'm not a huge fan...

 

[hibernal_dream]

Windir
Manegarm
Falkenbach
Bathory
Immortal
Ildjarn
Sibelius

 

[i aint play this]

^Only Immortal album i really love is Sons of Northern Darkness, and i love it with a passion, everything came together for them on that album, the rest of their stuff is just ok

 

[Hypnos]

Bathory
Enslaved
Helheim
Sólstafir
(old) Forlorn
Mithotyn
Manegarm
Allegiance
(old) Hades
Moonsorrow
Vintersorg

 

[Lothlorien]

Windir
Manegarm
Falkenbach
Bathory
Immortal
Ildjarn
Sibelius

Falkenbach is enjoyable, very repetitive but good music to relax to and enjoy. How can Immortal be Viking Metal?

 

[hibernal_dream]

How can Immortal be Viking Metal?

-Bathory Worship
-Romantic composition
-Norwegian

 

[Lothlorien]

-Bathory Worship
-Romantic composition
-Norwegian

not good enough.

 

[Hubster]

Enslaved only dipped into Viking with Eld. Otherwise, the only true Viking band is Bathory.

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[hibernal_dream]

not good enough.

care to explain?

 

[Lothlorien]

care to explain?

i dont see how being from norway makes them a viking metal band? our views of what is viking metal must be different.

 

[hibernal_dream]

Well if the first viking band was Bathory, it has to be a contributor

 

[My Arms, Your Purse]

Immortal is viking metal solely because of it's badassness.

 

[Rocky Raccoon]

Well if the first viking band was Bathory, it has to be a contributor

Bathory are from Sweden btw..

 

[Tubbs]

I was just going to say that, but I think they meant Scandinavia in general.

edit: but I still don't get it.

 

[hibernal_dream]

Bathory are from Sweden btw..

Who sang about Norse mythology. Viking can generally cover anything Scandinavian from the viking age.

 

[BloodSword]

Bathory is good, nothing that makes my head spin but they have some really cool songs. Enslaved is obviously fucking amazing, and Amon Amarth is crappy, uninspired half-assed melodeath, silly band.

Agree. Bathory is really an excellent band, in that, Quorthons passion is unmatched, imo. Amon Amarth are just poser Vikings. Enslaved, well their Enslaved. Period.

 

[Red Ankh of Set]

Borknagar's first album is great viking metal.

 

[Death_To_False_Metal]

Why people continue to talk about Bathory in plural ? It was a one man project.

And stylistically, Immortal completely took the epic bathory sound and played Bathory music with better production and instrumentation.
Without Bathory, they just wouldn't be an Immortal.

What about Manowar ?

Talk about epic songwriting.

 

[hibernal_dream]

Why people continue to talk about Bathory in plural ? It was a one man project

Technically, all bands should be in the singular, whether one man or not

 

[Sheckles14]

Here are some true viking metal bands i know of,

Nomans Land
Windir
Vreid
Folkearth
Vintersorg
Tyr
Korpiklaani
Bathory


Amon Amarth is melodeath.