TIL: There is medieval metal.
How do you think they made swords?
Well, shit.
You want to open a can of awesomeness? Well you got it. This is by no means an exhaustive list nor any that covers the whole spectrum. Some bands are serious others much more lighthearted. Generally all of these have strong folk metal influences drawing inspiration from the middle ages (fall of Rome to fall of Constantinople). Go wild. If I were to do a “top five tracks” from a few bands I would choose Cruachan, Heidevolk, Månegarm and Skálmöld
Cruachan - irish/celtic
Eluveitie - celtic gaul
Feuerschwanz - german “high medieval”
Equilibrium - german
Heidevolk - dutch
Norse/Viking (here I just dump a bunch) - Amon Amath, Brothers of Metal, Ensiferum, Månegarm, Skálmöld, Tyr
Alestorm - PIRATES, a humorous bonus for the funzies
In Extremo is pretty good too
Got a lot to check out but I have to upvote Alestorm.
Alestorm is seriously good. Keeps the theme, makes catchy tracks and expanding on the theme. Love their Last Saskatchewan Pirate from their latest EP.
And I’m excited for more Frøggë
I love silly music, what are the funniest bands? Who is the Bloodhound Gang of folk metal?
Okay, there are: Feuerschwanz (Fire tail/dick) for German funny medieval metal with songs like “Metnotstand I’m Märchenland” (Mead-shortage in fairyland) or “Dumme Frage, Saufgelage” (stupid question, booze-session) Alestorm for a pirate-y metal with song like “Mexico” (the title isn’t a pun, but the song is funny) or “Zombies ate my pirate ship” Korpiklaani for the purest of drunken metal with songs to a lot of alcoholics including “Vodka”, “Tequila”, “Beer Beer” and more…
Just straight up not being too serious about themselves while still being serious in the act I would recommend Alestorm, Brothers of Metal and Nanowar of Steel. The last one describes thenselves as Humor Metal. Very skilled musicians doing metal of various mainstream genres. Like Norwegian Reggaeton, heavy metal reggaeton about norwegian black metal.
If you go into power metal I can also recommend Gloryhammer (fantasy in space by the frontman from Alestorm), Grailknights (early 90’s action figures, check out Pumping Iron Power for a great workout track) ang Wind Rose (dwarf metal with a great cover of Diggy Diggy Hole and just released Rock and Stone). Power Metal in general is just filled with thematic bands. Final recommendation would be Power Wolf (gothic symphonic metal, “catholic werewolves”).
I love Holy Scrotum
Just straight up not being too serious about themselves while still being serious in the act
So, kind of like the Primus of folk metal?
I can also recommend Electric Callboy, but they’re Electronicore (= electropop + metalcore) rather than folk. “We Got The Moves” has become quite the hit as far as I can tell. Do make sure to watch the video because it really sells the point.
Who is the Bloodhound Gang of folk metal?
First that comes to mind is Feuerschwanz: https://youtu.be/jWXsSwAMSHA
Eluveitie is the tits :)
They are. But I cannot lusten long to them. Love listening but grow tired quick. Think my best description is that they fill their sound with too many sounds. Not sure if it makes sense.
I get it. Ear fatigue is a thing for sure, and they definitely have that wall of sound approach.
I think it’s usually called Folk Metal. Check out Saltatio Mortis
Check out the album Tarot by Aether Realm
Fucking men is the most metal thing you can do as a man
What, are they gay or something?
probably
