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Folk and Viking Metal are both under the umbrella genre "Pagan Metal".


Viking Metal focuses allot on Viking paganism in the lyrics while Folk Metal tries to blend Folk Music with heavy metal.


Both pretty much follow the same style though.


One trait that these genres both share are the lyrical mentions of medieval era battle and war.


Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between the two really.


Thing is though, some of the most badass tracks of heavy metal music that I've listened to personally have come straight out of these two genres.


"Ensiferum", which literally translates to "sword bearer", is one of my favorite Folk Metal bands,.


They blend Black Metal (which is also a pagan metal genre) and Folk Metal together to give a dark war-like theme to their music.



That's just one of their tracks.


A personal favorite of mine from them is "Into Battle".



 


Anyways, is anyone else familiar with Pagan Metal?


Or at least interested?


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I need to listen to more Ensiferum. I only really know this one song:

 

 

I have an album from Amon Amarth and intend to get another one soon but I don't know which one I want. I have Surtur Rising. Recommendations anyone?

 

Also, this song is pretty much godmode:

 

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I need to listen to more Ensiferum. I only really know this one song:

I have an album from Amon Amarth and intend to get another one soon but I don't know which one I want. I have Surtur Rising. Recommendations anyone?Also, this song is pretty much godmode:

From my own personal taste in this genre I would have to say, if you like folk black metal stick with ensiferum, but if you like the nordic viking stuff I'd recommend Heidevolk.

Sure they speak Dutch like 100% of the time, but the lead singer has a very "strongman-like" voice that gives each of their tracks a certain Nordic vikingish flavor.

You'll know what I mean when you hear this track.

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From my own personal taste in this genre I would have to say, if you like folk black metal stick with ensiferum, but if you like the nordic viking stuff I'd recommend Heidevolk.

Sure they speak Dutch like 100% of the time, but the lead singer has a very "strongman-like" voice that gives each of their tracks a certain Nordic vikingish flavor.

You'll know what I mean when you hear this track.

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That's alright. I can't hear most English lyrics either. It'll sound the same to me. :lol:

 

I definitely like the sound of that song though.

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That's alright. I can't hear most English lyrics either. It'll sound the same to me. :lol:

 

I definitely like the sound of that song though.

Though they're a black metal folk band (black metal being a genre with allot of screeching), Ensiferum's not really a huge culprit in the case of incomprehensible music.

A quick read of the lyrics from their track "Twilight Tavern" and you'll know exactly what the leader singer is saying and what the song's about.

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/ensiferum/twilighttavern.html

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oh yes i do.
my favorite band in those genres are Bathory, of course, their viking/folk metal releases.
from 1988's Blood Fire Death, to the last of all time from Bathory, Nordland II (they did have 2 mediocre thrash metal albums mixed in the viking era).
some was of course more general vikingish in style, heavy and brutal.
while as the 1990's Hammerheart and '91's Twilight of the Gods was more folkish.

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