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The folk metal genre is a fusion of heavy metal music with folk music. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments [2] and to a lesser extent traditional singing styles. [3] The music of folk metal is characterised by its diversity with bands known to perform different styles of heavy metal music and folk music. [4]
Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for example, Dutch Heidevolk , Danish Sylvatica and Spanish Stone of Erech).
Celtic metal – a style of folk metal/Celtic fusion that fuses Celtic music and heavy metal music. Celtic music – any music (usually folk music) of the Celts. Celtic punk – a Celtic fusion of Celtic music and punk rock. Celtic reggae – a fusion of Celtic and reggae music. Celtic rock – a Celtic fusion of Celtic music and folk rock.
The earliest example of folk metal was the English band Golgotha, whose 1984 EP Dangerous Games contained a mixture of new wave of British heavy metal and folk styles. The genre was not further developed, however, until the emergence of another English band, Skyclad. Their debut album The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth was released in 1990. It ...
Pagan metal is "more of an idea than a genre" and consequently bands tend to be "wildly different" from one another. [1] Bassist Jarkko Aaltonen of the band Korpiklaani notes that bands singing about "Vikings or other ancient tribes of people are all labelled as pagan", regardless of whether they use folk instruments. [6]
Folk metal musical groups by subgenre (4 C) Pages in category "Folk metal musical groups" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Folk metal musical groups (2 C, 23 P) S. Folk metal songs (7 C, 1 P) V. Viking metal (3 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Folk metal" The following 3 pages are in this ...
Pages in category "English folk metal musical groups" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. N.