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Folk Metal
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Primary Stylistic Influences: Folk Music, Folk Rock, Heavy Metal Secondary Stylistic Influences: Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal Folk metal is a combination of folk music and Heavy Metal. It's easily one of the most diverse subgenres of metal, due to the wide variety of both metal styles and Folk Music influences different folk metal bands incorporate. On the Metal side, the primary influence has been Death Metal and Black Metal, particularly for bands from Northern Europe (Scandinavia and Germany especially); with the latter being most common in conjunction with strong pagan and/or anti-Christian themes. Substantial influences from Power Metal, Progressive Metal, and Doom / Gothic Metal are also increasingly common, and a few bands even play Folk Punk / Metal crossover. Folk influences are typically derived from music traditions local to the bands' places of origin or ethnic heritage, but some bands eschew this and incorporate folk music from countries they have no connection to, and many also incorporate a mashup of multiple influences, with Irish and Celtic revival being among the most common in both of these categories. Use of keyboards to replicate the sound of traditional instruments, as well as more atmospheric musical effects, is common; but quite a few bands also employ actual traditional instruments and even preform with them live. The first successful folk metal band was Skyclad. Though Skyclad's first album was released in 1990, the genre didn't start to pick up steam until 1994, when such bands as Cruachan and Orphaned Land were founded. It remained relatively obscure in The '90s, but became popular in Europe during the 2000's. Finnish bands Korpiklaani and Finntroll are often credited with being the primary influence in the recent explosion of Folk Metal's popularity outside of Europe; and Finland has produced arguably the largest percentage of offerings in the genre. Since its founding, the sub-genres Celtic metal, Oriental metal and medieval metal have branched off. Compare Bardcore, a genre of music that uses classic instruments to create medieval or antiquity-themed versions of contemporary songs, some of which are metal tunes. |
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Skyforger - Latvian folk metal | |
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Kontrust - Austrian/Polish Folk | |
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Moonsorrow - Melodic black/folk metal, with substantial Progressive Metal influence from Verisäkeet on (three of their songs approach 30 minutes in length, one of them being seconds over that) | |
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Cellar Darling - incorporates the hurdy-gurdy and transverse flute | |
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Heilung: The band describe their sound as "amplified history," and the music is mostly voices, drums and subtle electronic effects with no guitars. Amazon still class them as Heavy Metal, possibly because the band sing in Old Norse and write their album track lists in runes. After all, you don't get much more metal than Vikings. | |
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Agalloch - Includes Folk Metal but is a slight case of Genre Mashup | |
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Dalriada - Hungarian Folk Metal; notable for covering several of János Arany's ballads in 10+ minute epics. | |
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Wintersun - Finnish folk metal | |
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Alestorm - A combination of Pirate themed folk metal and largely European styled Power Metal. | |
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Korpiklaani - More Folk than Metal, often sings about booze. Use both modern and traditional instruments. According to lead singer Jonne Järvelä, could be described as 'old people's music with heavy metal guitars' in Finland. | |
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Burzum - neo-medieval | |
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Drudkh - Ukrainian Folk/Black Metal | |
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SloughFeg - Traditional Heavy Metal with Celtic influences. | |
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Finntroll - Black/Folk Metal with a heavy dose of humppa (a sort of Finnish polka) and strictly troll-themed lyrics. One of the odder examples of... anything. | |
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Enslaved - They tend more towards Black Metal and Progressive Metal than folk metal, but as the primary Trope Codifier for Viking metal, they deserve a listing here. Some of their songs, such as "Yggdrasil", are unmistakable examples of folk metal. | |
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Alien Weaponry - New Zealand-based Thrash Metal/Groove Metal band with elements of traditional Maori music, as well as lyrics partly written in native Maori. | |
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Myrath - Tunisian Progressive/Oriental Metal, crossing over with Power Metal | |
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Saurom - Spanish Folk/Celtic metal | |
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Skagos - Canadian folk/black/post-metal | |
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Skyclad - Folk Metal | |
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D - Medieval music and folk dance | |
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Eluveitie - Gaulish for 'The Swiss'; Celtic/Melodic Death Metal, with some of the lyrics in Gaulish. | |
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Bloodywood – Indian (Punjabi, specifically) folk metal mixed with Rap Metal, of all things. | |
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Amorphis - Mixes Folk Metal with elements of death metal (less so now) and prog. | |
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Oathean | |
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Panopticon - US black metal crossed with bluegrass. | |
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Tengger Cavalry - Mongolian folk metal | |
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Fair to Midland - A mixture of folk, country, and metal. | |
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Negură Bunget - Black/folk/progressive/folk-metal from Romania with a strong Transylvanian theme. | |
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The Hu - Mongolian folk/blues metal (they describe their genre as "hunnu rock"). Notable for their use of the morin khuur and mixing Harsh Vocals with throat singing. | |
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Rotting Christ - Started out as straight black metal, though they started infusing gothic metal into their sound, along with Greek folk and neofolk. | |
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In Extremo - Medieval Metal. They were the ones who evolved the genre from the Medieval Folk Rock Subway to Sally and Ougenweide played to actual Metal. | |
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Saltatio Mortis - Medieval metal | |
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Irish folk-rockers Horslips were early pioneers of this genre: rock guitars and keyboards alongside traditional instruments, playing modern takes on old songs. | |
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Ensiferum - Death/Power/Folk Metal | |
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Primordial - Irish blackened doom/folk metal | |
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Bathory - Trope Maker for Viking Metal starting with the two epics on Blood Fire Death (1988), Blood on Ice (mostly recorded in 1989, but not released until 1996), and Hammerheart (1990) | |
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Mägo de Oz: They started as Spanish Folk/Celtic Metal, although they have marched throughout almost every metal style. | |
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