Your Favorite Viking/Folk Metal Band

[Vitor]

no, where have you see/hear it?

check here:in extremo

 

[Pearl101]

Cheesy Viking Metal is where it's at, Ensiferum kick ass!

 

[challenge_everything]

Orphaned Land. Hands down. Can't wait for the new album.

 

[Alter]

thyrfing is amazing

 

[CF87]

Finntroll...credible? WTF. And how are Unleashed not death metal. Even THEY say they are.

Unleashed are a death metal band.

Amon Amarth sound like a melodic death metal band to me.

 

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

I said they're death metal. Learn to read (unless you quoted that for truth).

 

[CF87]

I did!

 

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

Alright

 

[RedinTheSky]

Melechesh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2vc5vRh_YQ

Besides them, all the folk metal I listen to has been mentioned already, as well as some of the black, death, and pagan stuff, lol.

 

[Vitor]

Tuatha de Danann is very good too

 

[jimmybob123]

Viking - Amon Amarth, Ensiferum and Bathory

Folk - Finntroll, Korpiklaani, Moonsorrow, Vintersorg, In Extremo, Falkenbach, Turisas, Windir, Einherjer, Battlelore, and Wintersun

 

[Marevix]

I'm partial to Ensiferum, Finntroll, Bathory, Waylander, Elexorien, Moonsorrow, Wintersun (not so much folk/viking, but similar), and Skyclad. I'm a folk metal n00b, but I try.

 

[Seditious]

no, where have you see/hear it?

check here:in extremo

MA's server is still down > "The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later."

only song I remember of theirs is In Extremo - Vollmond


http://www.last.fm/music/In+Extremo/+similar

lol I've never seen a 'similar' list with so much fagrock on it (disturbed, korn, etc.)

 

[challenge_everything]

Melechesh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2vc5vRh_YQ

Besides them, all the folk metal I listen to has been mentioned already, as well as some of the black, death, and pagan stuff, lol.

Melechesh rule but even though they are heavily influenced by Eastern music, I wouldn't call them folk metal. The song structures are death/black. You wouldn't call Nile a folk metal band for the same reason.

 

[Joe B]

Eluveitie

 

[Sigma]

Melechesh rule but even though they are heavily influenced by Eastern music, I wouldn't call them folk metal. The song structures are death/black. You wouldn't call Nile a folk metal band for the same reason.

I would actually say Melechesh have far more 'folk' in them than other bands using Eastern influences. Melechesh's song structures (and just about all the drum patterns) are in fact based off of traditional rhythms and patterns. The enhanced Syphnx conent gives good insight into this. So bands like Melechesh and Rudra are much closer to folk than say, Orphaned Land, who are commonly labeled as folk. Sure they have folk passages, but the great majority of the music, save for said passages, are just regular Western scales and rock drums.

 

[The Living Fields]

Good entries! The correct answer was:

Bathory
Primordial
Manegarm
Asmegin
Enslaved
Thyrfing
Skyclad
Tyr

Thanks for playing

 

[The Ozzman]

The only ones I have heard are Amon Amarth and Wintersun. Both kick major amounts of ass.

 

[Daven]

Bathory
Windir (if they fall in this genre)

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

The only ones I have heard are Amon Amarth and Wintersun. Both kick major amounts of ass.

lol, shouldnt you go back to daves house?

anyone heard the new Ensiferum, Menhir, Manegarm?