List of folk metal bands

This is a list of folk metal bands. The folk metal genre is a fusion of heavy metal music with folk music. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments^[2] and to a lesser extent traditional singing styles.^[3]

With a bagpiper in their lineup, Skyforger is an example of a folk metal band that performs with traditional folk instruments.^[1]

The music of folk metal is characterised by its diversity with bands known to perform different styles of heavy metal music and folk music.^[4] Bands are identified in the list below.^[5]

List of bands

Anna Murphy (ex-Eluveitie;Cellar Darling) with a hurdy-gurdy

Vocalist Mathias Lillmåns of Finntroll

Juho Kauppinen of Korpiklaani on the accordion

Lauri Õunapuu of Metsatöll with the torupill

Alea der Bescheidene of Saltatio Mortis

Olli Vänskä of Turisas

Terji Skibenæs of Týr

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Band	Country	Formed	Notes
Agalloch	United States	1995	[6]
Alestorm	Scotland	2004	[7]
Al-Namrood	Saudi Arabia	2008	[8]
Amorphis	Finland	1990	[9]
Angizia	Austria	1994	[10]
Arandu Arakuaa	Brazil	2008
Аркона	Russia	2002	[11]
Balkandji	Bulgaria	1999	[12]
Bathory	Sweden	1983	[13]
Battlelore	Finland	1999	[14]
Blackguard	Canada	2001	[15][16]
Bloodywood	India	2016	[17]
Bucovina	Romania	2000	[18]
Cadacross	Finland	1997	[19]
Cellar Darling	Switzerland	2016
Chthonic	Taiwan	1995
Cruachan	Ireland	1992	[20][21]
Dalriada	Hungary	1998	[22]
Eluveitie	Switzerland	2002	[23]
Elvenking	Italy	1997	[24][25]
Empyrium	Germany	1994	[26]
Ensiferum	Finland	1995	[27]
Falconer	Sweden	1999	[28]
Falkenbach	Germany	1989	[13]
Finntroll	Finland	1997	[29]
Finsterforst	Germany	2004
Folkearth	International	2003	[30]
Forefather	England	1997	[31][32]
Geasa	Ireland	1994	[21]
Glittertind	Norway	2001	[33]
Heidevolk	Netherlands	2002	[34]
Holy Blood	Ukraine	1999	[35]
Huldre	Denmark	2009
In Extremo	Germany	1996	[36]
Ithilien	Belgium	2005	[37]
Kampfar	Norway	1994	[38]
Kivimetsän Druidi	Finland	2002	[39]
Korpiklaani	Finland	1993	[40][41]
Leah	Canada	2011	[42]
Letzte Instanz	Germany	1996	[43]
Lumsk	Norway	1999	[44]
Lyriel	Germany	2003	[45]
Mael Mórdha	Ireland	1998	[46]
Mägo de Oz	Spain	1989	[47]
Metsatöll	Estonia	1998	[48]
Midnattsol	Germany	2003	[49]
Mithotyn	Sweden	1992	[28]
Moonsorrow	Finland	1995	[50]
Myrath	Tunisia	2001	[51]
Nine Treasures	China	2010	[52]
Obtest	Lithuania	1992
Onmyo-Za	Japan	1999
Orphaned Land	Israel	1991
Percival Schuttenbach	Poland	1999
Saltatio Mortis	Germany	2000	[53]
Saurom	Spain	1996
Schandmaul	Germany	1998	[54]
Scythia	Canada	2010	[55]
Skálmöld	Iceland	2009	[56]
Skyclad	England	1990	[57][58]
Skyforger	Latvia	1995	[59]
Slough Feg	United States	1990	[60]
Storm	Norway	1994	[61]
Storm Seeker	Germany	2013
Subway to Sally	Germany	1992	[62]
Suidakra	Germany	1994	[63]
Summoning	Austria	1993	[64]
Svartsot	Denmark	2005	[65]
Tanzwut	Germany	1998	[66]
Tengger Cavalry	United States	2010
The HU	Mongolia	2016
Thyrfing	Sweden	1995	[67]
Trollfest	Norway	2003
Tuatha de Danann	Brazil	1995	[68]
Tumulus	Russia	1997	[69]
Turisas	Finland	1997	[70]
Týr	Faroe Islands	1998	[71]
Ulver (early)	Norway	1993
Varang Nord	Latvia	2014	[72]
Vardøger	Norway	1994	[73]
Viikate	Finland	1996
Vintersorg	Sweden	1994	[74]
Waylander	Northern Ireland	1993	[21][75]
Windir	Norway	1994	[76]
Wind Rose	Italy	2009
Wintersun	Finland	2004	[77]
Wolfchant	Germany	2003
Wytch Hazel	England	2011	[78]
Ymyrgar	Tunisia	2012	[79]

See also

• List of Viking metal bands
• List of heavy metal bands
• Heavy metal subgenres