Best Folk Metal Bands
64 bands
Rank | Image | Band / Formed / Genres | Albums |
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1 | 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal | ||
2 | 2001, Germany Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Symphonic Metal | ||
3 | 1995, Finland Viking Metal, Folk Metal | ||
4 | 2002, Switzerland Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal | ||
5 | 1995, Finland Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Black Metal | ||
6 | 1994, Germany Dark Folk, Neofolk, Folk Metal, Doom Metal, Symphonic Metal, Neoclassical Darkwave, Gothic Metal | Songs of Moors and Misty Fields (1997) #1814 A Wintersunset... (1996) #2074 Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays (1999) #2800 | |
7 | 2007, United Kingdom Folk Metal, Power Metal | No Grave but the Sea (2017) #3372 Sunset on the Golden Age (2014) #3384 Black Sails at Midnight (2009) #4445 | |
8 | 2003, Finland Folk Metal | ||
9 | 1989, Germany Viking Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal | ...En Their Medh Riki Fara... (1996) #500 ...Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri... (1998) #859 Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty (2003) #3573 | |
10 | 1997, Italy Power Metal, Folk Metal | Era (2012) #2170 Red Silent Tides (2010) #4037 | |
11 | 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal | ||
12 | 1999, Japan Heavy Metal, Folk Metal, Power Metal | ||
13 | 1994, Ukraine Pagan Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Folk Metal | ||
14 | 1991, Israel Middle Eastern Folk Metal | Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs (2018) #1283 The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR (2010) #2001 All Is One (2013) #3972 | |
15 | 2010, United States Progressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Folk Metal, Black Metal, Post-Rock | ||
16 | 2002, Italy Power Metal, Folk Metal | Creepy Symphonies (2022) #2497 The Legend of the XII Saints (2020) #2643 Rabbits' Hill Pt. 2 (2016) #3260 | |
17 | United Kingdom Folk Metal | The Answer Machine? (1997) #2144 Prince of the Poverty Line (1994) #2948 The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth (1991) #3404 | |
18 | 1993, Ireland Folk Metal, Pagan Black Metal | Redemption At the Puritan's Hand (2011) #3195 Exile Amongst the Ruins (2018) #5044 Spirit the Earth Aflame (2000) | |
19 | 1996, Germany Power Metal, Folk Metal | ||
20 | 2002, Russia Folk Metal, Pagan Black Metal | ||
21 | 2003, Germany Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal, Gothic Metal | ||
22 | 1999, Sweden Power Metal, Folk Metal | ||
23 | 1997, Finland Folk Metal, Dungeon Synth | ||
24 | 2007, United States Progressive Folk Metal, Black Metal | ||
25 | 1989, Denmark Progressive Power Metal, Folk Metal | ||
26 | 2008, United States Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal | ||
27 | 1995, Germany Death Metal, Folk Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
28 | Chile Folk Metal, Doom Metal | ||
29 | 1993, Israel Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal | ||
30 | 1999, Finland Folk Metal, Symphonic Metal | ||
31 | 1995, Sweden Viking Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal | ||
32 | 1993, Norway Viking Metal, Folk Metal | ||
33 | 1998, Faroe Islands Progressive Metal, Folk Metal | ||
34 | 2007, United States Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal | Aria of Vernal Tombs (2015) #3927 The Palms of Sorrowed Kings (2019) Suspended in the Brume of Eos (2011) #7082 | |
35 | 2004, Germany Viking Metal, Folk Metal | ||
36 | 2016, Mongolia Folk Metal, Heavy Metal | Sad but True (Metallica cover) (2020) [Single] The Gereg (2019) #4159 Wolf Totem (feat. Jacoby Shaddix) (2019) [Single] | |
37 | 2004, Korea Progressive Heavy Metal, Folk Metal | ||
38 | 1999, Germany Gothic Metal, Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal | ||
39 | 2001, Norway Viking Metal, Folk Metal, Folk Rock | ||
40 | 2006, United States Atmospheric Folk Metal, Dark Metal | Ashen Eidolon (2010) [EP] #2913 | |
41 | 2003, Norway Blackened Folk Metal, Viking Metal | Trollskau, Skrømt og Kølabrenning (2006) #2596 Sjuguttmyra (2013) [EP] | |
42 | Korea Gothic Metal, Folk Metal | Nostalgia (2004) #4012 | |
43 | 2006, United States Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal | ||
44 | 2007, Canada Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal, Post-Rock | ||
45 | Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal, Folk Metal | Corona Borealis (2006) #4724 So Pale Is the Light (2005) | |
46 | 2001, Finland Folk Metal, Ambient, Dark Metal | ||
47 | 1996, Russia Folk Metal, Black Metal | ||
48 | 2005, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal | Vigilance Perennial (2017) The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood (2011) #7080 Hail Wind and Hewn Oak (2008) | |
49 | 2010, United Kingdom Post-Rock, Folk Metal | Where Distant Spirits Remain (2011) #5248 This Island, Our Funeral (2014) #6029 Beyond Embers and the Earth (2011) [Single] | |
50 | 2012, United States Folk Metal, Melodic Death Metal |
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