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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).
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]
In Extremo (Latin for At the Edge; abbreviated InEx or IE) is a German Medieval metal band originating from Berlin.The band's musical style combines metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock/metal instruments with historical instruments (such as bagpipes, harp, hurdy-gurdy and shawm).
Tengger Cavalry was a heavy metal band originating from Inner Mongolia and Beijing and was formerly based in New York state and Texas. [1] They combine elements of the traditional music of Central Asia and music of Mongolia with heavy metal into a kind of folk metal that Billboard and CNN refer to as nomadic folk metal.
The album name translates roughly to "Welcome Folk to the Drinking Feast" in English. Their second album, Brakebein (2006), was released by Omvina on 24 May 2006. The band performed at the 2007 Barther Metal Openair festival in Germany , which was their first-ever live appearance; in 2008 they played at the pagan metal Ragnarök Festival . [ 1 ]
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 ...
Triddana was founded in early 2011, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Their music is usually branded as a combination of heavy metal and European Nordic "Celtic music" and/or folk, in that it combines conventional rock instruments with traditional Celtic instruments (Highland bagpipes, Irish tin whistle, etc.). This band's songwriting style is ...