Best Viking Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #460 Blood Fire Death (1988) #487 Hammerheart (1990) #1831
2	Equilibrium 2001, Germany Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Symphonic Metal	Sagas (2008) #435 Waldschrein (2013) [EP] #1149 Rekreatur (2010) #1733
3	Enslaved 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal, Progressive Metal	Vikingligr veldi (1994) #533 Eld (1997) #790 Isa (2004) #2052
4	Ensiferum 1995, Finland Viking Metal, Folk Metal	Victory Songs (2007) #1668 From Afar (2009) #1783 Ensiferum (2001) #1802
5	Moonsorrow 1995, Finland Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Black Metal	Voimasta Ja Kunniasta (2001) #914 Kivenkantaja (2003) #1403 Suden Uni (2001) #1827
6	Falkenbach 1989, Germany Viking Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal	...En Their Medh Riki Fara... (1996) #420 ...Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri... (1998) #771 Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty (2003) #3253
7	Graveland 1991, Poland Pagan Black Metal, Viking Metal	Ogień przebudzenia (2014) Cold Winter Blades (2010) [EP] Thousand Swords (1995) #5603
8	Borknagar 1995, Norway Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Viking Metal	The Olden Domain (1997) Empiricism (2001) Winter Thrice (2016) #5550
9	Einherjer 1993, Norway Viking Metal, Folk Metal	North Star (2021) Blot (2003) #4224 Dragons of the North (1996)
10	Helheim 1992, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal	Jormundgand (1995) #1037 Åsgårds Fall (2010) [EP] Demo '93 (1993) [Demo]
11	Finsterforst 2004, Germany Viking Metal, Folk Metal	...zum Tode hin (2009) #3027 Wiege der Finsternis (2006) [EP] Weltenkraft (2007) #7007
12	Månegarm 1995, Sweden Viking Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal	Vredens Tid (2005) #4456 Nordstjärnans Tidsålder (1998) Havets Vargar (2000)
13	Nachtfalke 1996, Germany Black Metal, Viking Metal	Doomed to Die (2002) #4774 First Battles (2006) [Boxed set] Following the Wanderers path (2007)
14	Glittertind 2001, Norway Viking Metal, Folk Metal, Folk Rock	Mellom Bakkar Og Berg (2002) [Demo] Evige Åsatro (2003) Landkjenning (2009)
15	Myrkgrav 2003, Norway Blackened Folk Metal, Viking Metal	Trollskau, Skrømt og Kølabrenning (2006) #2346 Takk og farvel; tida er blitt ei annen (2017) Sjuguttmyra (2013) [EP]
16	Morrigan Germany Black Metal, Viking Metal	Headcult (2005) Celts (2003) #5471 The Damned (2007)
17	Hades 1992, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal	The Dawn of the Dying Sun (1997) #2933 ...Again Shall Be (1994) Alone Walkyng (1993) [Demo]
18	Thyrfing 1995, Sweden Black Metal, Viking Metal	De Ödeslösa (2013) #4838 Vansinnesvisor (2002) Thyrfing (1998)
19	Mithotyn 1993, Sweden Viking Metal, Black Metal	Gathered Around the Oaken Table (1999) #5951 King of the Distant Forest (1998) #6594 In the Sign of the Ravens (1997) #6755
20	Heidevolk 2002, Netherlands Folk Metal, Viking Metal	Walhalla Wacht (2008) Batavi (2012) Velua (2015)
21	Ancient Rites 1988, Belgium Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Black Metal	Fatherland (1998) #6663 Laguz (2015) The Diabolic Serenades (1994)
22	Irminsul Sweden Pagan Black Metal, Viking Metal, Folk Metal	Irminsul (2009) #4787 Fäder (2013)
23	Hrossharsgrani Austria Viking Metal	The Secret Fire (2001) #2683 Schattenkrieger (2003) ...Of Battles, Ravens and Fire (2000) [EP]
24	Runic 2000, Spain Viking Metal, Folk Metal, Black Metal	Liar Flags (2006) #6088 Awaiting the Sound of the Unavoidable (2001) [EP]
25	Heathen Foray 2004, Austria Melodic Death Metal, Viking Metal	Armored Bards (2010) #5486 The Passage (2009) #6774 Inner Force (2013)
26	Twin Obscenity 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal	Where Light Touches None (1997) Bloodstone (2001) For Blood, Honour and Soil (1998)
27	Varg 2005, Germany Melodic Black Metal, Viking Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Zeichen (2020) Guten Tag (2012) #7437 Wolfskult (2011)

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