/r/folkmetal
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that developed in Europe during the 1990s, fusing traditional folk music with various styles of metal. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments and traditional vocal styles. and diverse languages.
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles.
Also, bagpipes.
This is a place for news, reviews, videos and discussion of your favorite folk metal bands. We also welcome Celtic metal, viking metal and medieval metal, which are all subgenres of folk metal.
Other subreddits you may enjoy:
- /r/metal
- /r/neofolk
- /r/PowerMetal
- /r/truemetal
- /r/melodicmetal
- /r/progmetal
- /r/melodicdeathmetal
- /r/truethrash
- /r/metaltrade
- /r/HeavySlavicFolkFans/
- /r/melodicblack/
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Other Metal Fans Should Fear Us
we can stand country music
20:53 UTC
SEKENGARD - Starfall (Lyric Video) - Creation's Veil lp out 5/18!!!
00:16 UTC
Nathyr - Almamluk (Oriental folk metal from Egypt 🇪🇬)
23:07 UTC
Is sirdies by obtest
Its their best song 🤘
22:08 UTC
Love this great song! 🤘
This is my favorite song from my favorite folk metal band 😎
04:39 UTC
Thyrfing - Draugs Harg
22:55 UTC
Alkonost - Reka
13:11 UTC
I just love the way the language sounds.
Some bands: Sventoyar(Ukraine), Наследие Вагантов, Grai, Zmey Gorynich, SatanaKozel, Woodscream, Chur(Ukraine), Руян
09:28 UTC
This Sunday in San Diego!
Who's heading out to see Korpiklaani THIS SUNDAY at Brick by Brick? Doors open at 6:00PM, see you there!
23:27 UTC
Leshak spotify oddity
Do any of you know why Leshak had to make various artist accounts on spotify?
Two albums on one account and one in the other.
22:25 UTC
Flying out to San Francisco for my birthday on Friday and going to this!! Anyone else?
03:31 UTC
Skymir - The Roadhouse (is this folk metal? The banjo sounds come from a keyboard)
20:30 UTC
Lyrre - Chariot of the Sun
05:12 UTC
More Irish/Celtic folk metal, please
I just discovered Miracle Of Sound of whom I enjoyed lately Valhalla Calling much is the same who made The Tale Of Cú Chulainn which I discovered in 2020 and loved much.
Then I went on to search for Celtic Folk Metal and one of the first results is Lords of Iron from Antti Martikainen which I've been aware of since it came out -- and I liked it a lot.
I also like Irish Rovers.
So... um... more please in this vein :) ?
21:53 UTC
Exmembers heidevolk started a new band.
Sounds like the old heidevolk i guess. Also on youtube.
https://open.spotify.com/track/3U7ejGccq7GFVYOqSNtuLt?si=G3e-bG8bQhWFuJdQfSjY0g https://youtu.be/7AyLDjtVxl0?si=GLk9PwbRK0Fm0V0e
18:41 UTC
Burgvogt
09:07 UTC
Moonsorrow - Köyliönjärven jäällä (Pakanavedet II)
15:56 UTC
Help finding a band
This may be a shot in the dark, but thank you in advance!
I'm looking for a band (formed pre 2021) that I can't remember the name of. Genre-wise, they may have leaked into Viking metal though I can't exactly recall the sound. From what I remember, one of their music videos was filmed in a mountainous/rocky area, at least one of the members (the singer?) had long hair, and the guitarist was a WOC (I mention this because there aren't a lot of bands with WOC members and this might help narrow it down). A lot of the comments on the video were about how happy/smiley the guitarist was (and how great she was at playing!).
Thanks again!
18:59 UTC
🐸🗡️FROGSWORD: 4 - He Who Breaks The Fairy Ring || folk metal, frog metal, swamp metal, bog metal - fantasy English folk metal with medieval stylings
14:04 UTC
When someone asks what folk metal is, what is the first band you say?
03:51 UTC
Arkona - Возрождение
I honestly think their debut album is underrated, they re-recorded it but I think the original one is so much better.
18:01 UTC
Wintersun - Fountain Of Life (A demo from 2000. After 7 years, they will finally release a new album package in August!!!)
20:21 UTC
Tyr Battle Ballad meet and greet.
Anyone who did the meet and greet have any info on it. The show I’m going to is next week and was wondering when they let you know what time to arrive to the venue.
17:35 UTC
Tyr, "Battle Ballads" - Let's talk about it! [Album Review]
17:27 UTC
The best folk metal album 🤘
07:12 UTC
Cruachan - To Invoke the Horned God (1995) (oldest folk metal?)
13:50 UTC
NiNi - HOMELAND ft. Jayant Bhadula of Bloodywood
18:41 UTC
Primeval Dark Folk from the forests of the Western Himalayas - PRIMAEVUS. Single "Into the Abyss" OUT NOW - Album coming May 03.
Listen / Pre-order the album here -
19:39 UTC
Zbava - Žьrtva - pagan neo-folk song written in the early medieval Proto-Slavic language.
12:29 UTC
Verikalpa - Sammalsynti (third single from the new album 'Tuomio' to be released April 19th)
11:58 UTC
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