Your Favorite Viking/Folk Metal Band

[Tennyson]

We were watching Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" in one of my classes last week. In the beginning (for those who haven't seen it) the Knight meets Death on the shore. In Swedish the conversation is simply: "Who are you?" "I am Death."

Something goes off in my head...why the fuck does that sound familiar?? Lo and behold I go home and play "Hawthorne Passage" by Agalloch and they put that sound clip in there at 7:45.

Pretty damn epic imo. Don't know if this has been discussed here before...but here is the link to the opening scene:



The line is at 2:40. And if you haven't seen this film you should.

 

[Doomguy]

I know its a bit cliche, but Amon Amarth is perhaps the only viking metal band I like.

 

[sevag00]

I don't think Amon Amarth are considered viking metal.

 

[Skepticism]

Can someone recommend me bands (albums) similar to Hammerheart era Bathory?

 

[Einherjar86]

Doomsword
Ereb Altor
Scald
Gjallarhorn

 

[Vilden]

Can someone recommend me bands (albums) similar to Hammerheart era Bathory?

Morrigan
Manowar
Crom
Falkenbach

 

[Hypnos]

Doomsword
Ereb Altor
Scald
Gjallarhorn

this

 

[J.]

Does anyone else here like Raventhrone? I don't really know where to discuss them except in this thread. They're not one of my favorites, but they have some cool, catchy tunes.

i used to own both albums along with his Pazuzu works. yeah, raventhrone was nothing special, a few good songs in an overall mediocre album

 

[lnfidel]

so i came across this band a few weeks ago...i was surprised to see no one mention them. they've quickly become one of my favorite folk metal bands...



i don't know much about them, other than they're german. and i can't recall where i first heard of them. either way, i'd probably say ahnenthron is the best of the two albums.

 

[Andromidius]

I know its a bit cliche, but Amon Amarth is perhaps the only viking metal band I like.

It's Viking themed Melodic Death Metal. Not to say it's bad, just not Viking Metal.

Oh, and I like:
Finntroll
Myrkgrav
Turisas

Not a long list, but meh.

 

[Einherjar86]

Morrigan
Manowar
Crom
Falkenbach

I really dig Crom, but they seem more like power metal than Viking-era Bathory. Or am I listening to the wrong Crom? Some of the acoustic stuff makes me think of Bathory, but the electric guitars sound more like power metal.

i used to own both albums along with his Pazuzu works. yeah, raventhrone was nothing special, a few good songs in an overall mediocre album

Yeah, this is basically how I feel. Nothing that jumps out, but every once in a while I get in the mood for it. I wasn't aware he had another project. Was it any good?

 

[Mr. Bungle]

The best Primordial albums are Spirit the Earth Aflame and The Gathering Wilderness imo.

YEah, The Gathering Wilderness especially for me. I'm seeing them on may 15th, fucking stoked.

 

[J.]

Yeah, this is basically how I feel. Nothing that jumps out, but every once in a while I get in the mood for it. I wasn't aware he had another project. Was it any good?

i enjoyed it for what it was: straight up keyboard ritualistic chants, spoken word, almost video game satanic music. THe best one: And All Was Silent

 

[Skepticism]

Not sure if this is the right thread but anyways.... Where to start with Suidakra?

 

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

Emprise to Avalon for the earlier, darker sound. Caledonia or the new one for the newer folkier/melo-deathy sound.

 

[J.]

i enjoyed suidakra's Auld Lang Syne and a few songs from the next one, but overall they just seem like a melo-death band with some folk thrown in. it just seems too beginner-ish.

that being said, i adore ensiferum's first album.

 

[Einherjar86]

The line is at 2:40. And if you haven't seen this film you should.

I need to see that film, I've read so much about it.

Emprise to Avalon for the earlier, darker sound. Caledonia or the new one for the newer folkier/melo-deathy sound.

I might as well ask since we're on this topic: I have Emprise to Avalon, Caledonia, and Crogacht; which should I get next?

 

[Skepticism]

that being said, i adore ensiferum's first album.

.

 

[Stoneheart]

Forefather, great English folk metal band, who sing about Saxons instead of Vikings.

 

[Vacant_Planets]

Forefather, great English folk metal band, who sing about Saxons instead of Vikings.

I have 2 of their albums, love the Sea-Kings song. lol