VINTERSORG - Fjällets mäktiga mur (Official Lyric Video) (Folk metal, Sweden 2017) (youtu.be)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/9233249...
Finsterforst -holy cow you guys. FFO Moonsorrow. 44 min EP! (youtu.be)
I specifically added the folkiest track, but the whole album is fantastic. Hidden gem!
I've been binge watching The Office and thought the janitors' song sounded familiar. (youtu.be)
The song is Yarilo...
Trold - Heksen [Denmark] [2023] [Folk Metal] (www.youtube.com)
Folkier and harsher than Nekrogoblikon, very much reminding me of Trollfest, so if you want more troll metal, here you go ;)...
Orphaned Land feat. Hansi Kürsch - Like Orpheus [Israel] [2018] (www.youtube.com)
An important song, video, message in current times.
Fortíð - Þúsund þjáninga smiður (from Narkissos, new release) [Iceland] [2023] [Viking Metal] (www.youtube.com)
No idea what they are singing about, but the video with the English explanations is hilarious :D I might buy this one....
Varg - Ewige Wacht (from Ewige Wacht, new release) [Germany] [2023] [Melodic Folk/Death] (www.youtube.com)
Finally, some nice releases this week :) Varg is probably well known (especially with all the Germans here), I do like the strong female vocals in here....
Feuerschwanz - Schubsetanz (invidious.slipfox.xyz)
Mourning Wood - Heathen Hooray [Netherlands] [2023] [Folk Metal] (www.youtube.com)
Or as they call themselves: Dutch Epic Party Folk Metal. They were announced as a new band on my yearly folk metal festival, and all I could find online were ~5 seconds from a crappy live recording....
Permutation - Into The Abyss (from Transience, new release) [Germany] [2023] [Folky Blackened Death] (www.youtube.com)
This is not bad. I don’t love it, but my favorite folkmetal release of this sad year 2023 so far. If they were playing at a festival I’m at, I’d go and watch them ;)...
Feuerschwanz - Bastard Von Asgard feat. Fabienne Erni (Eluveitie) (Official Video) (vid.puffyan.us)
Finsterforst - Kapitel II: Dualität (from Jenseits, new Release) [Germany] [2023] (www.youtube.com)
Folky Black/Doom or something. It’s just too slow for me.
EviloN - Foreign Land (from A Warrior’s Way, new Release) [Sweden] [2023] (www.youtube.com)
Valravn - Charge of the Last Cavalry (from The Awakening, new release) [Finland] [2023] [Blackened Folk] (www.youtube.com)
Black Metal with folk influences. Too black for me to love it, but this is probably still my favorite folk metal-ish release this year, so far, it wasn’t a great one for folk metal.
Irrbloss - Nine Winters [Sweden] [2014] [Blackened Folk] (www.youtube.com)
Sadly, more or less disbanded since 2016
Shepherds Reign - Nafanua (from Ala Mai, new release) [2023] [New Zealand] (www.youtube.com)
Valkeat - Tribe (from Fireborn, new release) [2023] [Finland]
Certainly more in the symphonic/power/pop region of folk metal.
Lombolo - Slap Thyne Enemy (Nazis Must Die) (from Här och Där, new release) [2023] [Sweden] (www.youtube.com)
Not taking themselves quite serious. Not bad, but not too much for me...
Skálmöld - Ýdalir (from Ýdalir, new release) [2023] [Iceland] (www.youtube.com)
Bandcamp
Thyrfing - Vanagandr [2021] (www.youtube.com)
A band I somehow missed out on in all those years (active since 1995). Viking/Pagan/Black Metal. Everyone who likes Windir should check them out.
What are your favorite folk metal bands?
Let’s see if we can get a tiny bit of activity here so I’m not 95% of this sub ;)
Anyone seen The Hu on this tour?
I’m seeing them tomorrow in Munich, and I’m really looking forward to it. How’s the opening act, Gunnar? The bit I listened to on Spotify felt very different from The Hu, and I have to admit, I wasn’t too excited.
Dalriada - Betyár-altató [2021] (www.youtube.com)
Hungarian Folk-Metal Band Dalriada, male & female vocals (both clean and unclean)
Vansind - Den Farefulde Færd [2021] (www.youtube.com)
Another band I saw last weekend at Hörnerfest. Danish folk metal.
Uuhai - Uuhai [2022] FFO The Hu (www.youtube.com)
They played at the folk metal festival I just returned from. I did not plan to see them, but my wife wanted to. Was positively surprised. The studio versions don’t fully do them justice, they sound more metal live, and generally have an amazing stage presence (I feel like all Asian bands are a step above others in that...
