Folk Metal

[LTDE]

Any listeners of folk/viking metal? Here's some for those who haven't heard it before..

YouTube- Equilibrium - Widars Hallen

YouTube- Eluveitie - Tegernako

YouTube- Ensiferum - Victory Song

It can get more brutal sounding than that (like Finntroll?), but I've been mostly listening to Equilibrium.

 

[Döden]

Folk metal is probably my favorite metal subgenre. Týr, Primordial, Myrkgrav, Månegarm, Korpiklaani are great too. Primordial doesn't have the obvious folk sound as some of the others but they have a lot of folk themes so I count them. I recently found Falkenbach, which really folky and has no vocals, as far as I know.
Anyone know of non-Scandinavian/Northern European acts?
I think there's a Finnish Japanese folk metal band called Whisper. Others?

Edit: "Mother Earth Father Thunder." That is all.

 

[Anthile]

Hm, I could offer you trve Japanese Folk Metal:

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fit6nS2sr-4

They use traditional Japanese instruments so it sounds naturally a bit odd, especially the 'drums'.

 

[LTDE]

That was interesting, favourited.

Non-European... I know there's a Taiwanese folk/black metal band called Cthonic, and a Canadian band called Profugus Mortis.

 

[bovinity]

I wub me some good folk metal. Primordial, Agalloch, Ensiferum, Bathory, Falkenbach, Moonsorrow, Enslaved, Drudkh, Graveland, Rivendell, Nokturnal Mortum, Wolves in the Throne Room, and Windir all get pretty heavy listening from me.

 

[Döden]

Wearing my Enslaved shirt right now XD.
"The Fall of Gil-Galad" by Rivendell is the most epic song ever. Speaking of Tolkien, Falls of Rauros and Summoning are rad. Deciding which Summoning album to get next.

 

[bovinity]

I absolutely LOVE Summoning, I wasn't sure if you'd call them folk metal or not though. My top 3 from them would have to be Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame, Stronghold, and Oath Bound.

Falls of Rauros aren't bad at all either, isn't their aesthetic more like, pagan/nature than Tolkien though?

 

[Döden]

Their name comes from LOTR so I was reminded XD.
Oath Bound it is then! I've only got Minas Morgul and a few songs from other albums. Seriously, the way they layer the sounds is subtle but lends to such an enormous sound, love it.

 

[LTDE]

I just listened to Summoning. I like it.

 

[SweetLeaf1189]

My favorites are Korkiplaani, Amon Amarth, Cruachan, Agalloch, Ensiferum, and Månegarm.

 

[Logos]

Elvenking is another neat band.

YouTube- Elvenking Skywards

 

[Dunno]

I was a total fan of Cruachan like 2 years ago. Their songs are good, the last album is the less subtile of all, but a fine one to discover this kind of music. Now I can't listen at any of their songs again, because I've heard each of them too many times, they "disgust" me now. It is a good band though.

Now, my favourite ones are Finntroll, Folkstone, Bran Barr, Falkenbach, In Extremo, and also Nokturnal Mortum. A very violent and "shocking" band for the ones who narrow their minds too easily... They use ukrainian folk instruments (sopilkas, zitras, domra, drymba) as a dionysian element into the furry of the whole.

YouTube- Nokturnal Mortum - NeChrist: The Dance of the Swords

Oh, and Eliwagar too. It's not really metal but the metal spirit lays in their music.

YouTube- Eliwagar - Sous La Bannière De La Roue Solaire

 

[ohrtonz]

YouTube- FINNTROLL - Trollhammeren (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

 

[Cogwulf]

Amon Amarth is great, but their sound gets a bit samey after a while.

I love Turisas, but only for the sheer cheesiness rather than any musical appreciation.

Spoiler

YouTube- TURISAS - Battle Metal 2008 (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

 

[Red Devil]

Interesting stuff. I listen to Agalloch, Ensiferum, Amon Amarth and Finntroll every now and then. Plan to give some of these a try.