Best Viking Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Blood Fire Death (1988) #465 Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #519 Bathory (1984) #1503
2	Equilibrium 2001, Germany Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Symphonic Metal	Sagas (2008) #458 Waldschrein (2013) [EP] #1280 Rekreatur (2010) #1758
3	Ensiferum 1995, Finland Viking Metal, Folk Metal	Ensiferum (2001) #1506 Tale of Revenge (2004) [Single] Victory Songs (2007) #1840
4	Enslaved 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal, Progressive Metal	Vikingligr veldi (1994) #513 Eld (1997) #1014 Ruun (2006)
5	Moonsorrow 1995, Finland Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Black Metal	Voimasta Ja Kunniasta (2001) #900 Suden Uni (2001) #1465 Kivenkantaja (2003) #1546
6	Falkenbach 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
7	Graveland 1991, Poland Pagan Black Metal, Viking Metal	Ogień przebudzenia (2014) Fire Chariot of Destruction (2005) #5434 Cold Winter Blades (2010) [EP]
8	Borknagar 1995, Norway Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Viking Metal	Empiricism (2001) Borknagar (1996) #4987 The Olden Domain (1997)
9	Månegarm 1995, Sweden Viking Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal	Vredens Tid (2005) #4870 Månegarm (2015) Nordstjärnans Tidsålder (1998)
10	Einherjer 1993, Norway Viking Metal, Folk Metal	North Star (2021) Blot (2003) #4621 Dragons of the North (1996)
11	Helheim 1992, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal	Jormundgand (1995) #1142 Woduridar (2021) Åsgårds Fall (2010) [EP]
12	Finsterforst 2004, Germany Viking Metal, Folk Metal	...zum Tode hin (2009) #3337 Wiege der Finsternis (2006) [EP] Weltenkraft (2007) #7596
13	Nachtfalke 1996, Germany Black Metal, Viking Metal	Doomed to Die (2002) #5464 First Battles (2006) [Boxed set] Following the Wanderers path (2007)
14	Hades 1992, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal	The Dawn of the Dying Sun (1997) #3243 ...Again Shall Be (1994) #6466 Alone Walkyng (1993) [Demo]
15	Glittertind 2001, Norway Viking Metal, Folk Metal, Folk Rock	Mellom Bakkar Og Berg (2002) [Demo] Evige Åsatro (2003) Landkjenning (2009)
16	Thyrfing 1995, Sweden Black Metal, Viking Metal	De Ödeslösa (2013) #5270 Vansinnesvisor (2002) Thyrfing (1998) #7329
17	Myrkgrav 2003, Norway Blackened Folk Metal, Viking Metal	Trollskau, Skrømt og Kølabrenning (2006) #2596 Takk og farvel; tida er blitt ei annen (2017) Sjuguttmyra (2013) [EP]
18	Morrigan Germany Black Metal, Viking Metal	Headcult (2005) Celts (2003) #5956 The Damned (2007)
19	Mithotyn 1993, Sweden Viking Metal, Black Metal	Gathered Around the Oaken Table (1999) #6467 King of the Distant Forest (1998) #7172 In the Sign of the Ravens (1997) #7334
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) #7242 Laguz (2015) The Diabolic Serenades (1994)
22	Irminsul Sweden Pagan Black Metal, Viking Metal, Folk Metal	Irminsul (2009) #5219 Fäder (2013)
23	Hrossharsgrani Austria Viking Metal	The Secret Fire (2001) #2964 Schattenkrieger (2003) ...Of Battles, Ravens and Fire (2000) [EP]
24	Runic 2000, Spain Viking Metal, Folk Metal, Black Metal	Liar Flags (2006) #6620 Awaiting the Sound of the Unavoidable (2001) [EP]
25	Heathen Foray 2004, Austria Melodic Death Metal, Viking Metal	Armored Bards (2010) #5969 The Passage (2009) #7354 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) #8062 Wolfskult (2011)

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