Your Favorite Viking/Folk Metal Band

[Necroraven]

amazing new song by Kromlek

I hadn't heard about this band yet, sound great!

 

[cannibal_breeder]

I would have to say...Korpiklaani, Glittertind, Amon Amarth, Enslaved, TYR, Bathory,Eluveitie and Ensiferum

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

I hadn't heard about this band yet, sound great!

Yes I've been a fan for a while. The new album is surprising though. It has trance elements and lots more keyboards, but they don't really overuse them. No real cheese as they're more complimentary than anything. But they have dropped some of the 'weird' stuff they used to put in their older songs. In essence I guess the folky stuff has waned but they still manage to create and keep an atmosphere. But do check out their older material...it's pretty solid.

 

[beast from the east]

Agalloch
Enslaved
SYG:AR:TYR
Suidakra

 

[Der Morgenstern]

I also like The Flight of Sleipnir.

 

[SweptbackFlame]

Suidakra & Heathen Foray are definitely 2 of my favorites.

Haven't listened to the new Suidakra yet though, hoping to get to that soon!

 

[Einherjar86]

New Suidakra is great.

 

[Splinterx]

I never really listen to this, but it seems interesting

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

I also like The Flight of Sleipnir.

Their albums have the most atrocious production.

 

[Der Morgenstern]

oh noes

 

[SweptbackFlame]

New Suidakra is great.

That's what I hear!

 

[Eligos]

I also like The Flight of Sleipnir.

Good choice man. Their bassist is in a band with my guitarist/songwriting partner called Stoic Dissention.

 

[childofbabylon]

moonsorrow
windir
amon amarth
equilibrium
finntroll

 

[isberg]

amazing new song by Kromlek

Now that was something worth listening to. Nice one dude.

 

[Einherjar86]

It's here, and it's fucking epic as hell:

 

[MetalliFio]

Definitely Turisas

 

[siljemb]

Tyr, Finntroll, Amon Amarth and Fejd!

 

[Kreated]

wait, I'm not understanding why people are claiming Amon Amarth to be viking / folk metal

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

where've you been?

 

[Kreated]

well first off, viking metal usually refers to a black metal subgenre. Amon is death metal. Even Johann Hegg said this:

"We play death metal. We write about vikings so, therefore, some refer us to viking metal, but I have no idea what that is. I can't imagine the Vikings were into metal at all except on the swords and stuff. And musically, I guess they only played these strange lip instruments and some bongos or whatever."

"We don’t really see ourselves as one of those bands doing pagan folklore music"