Best Folk Metal
Released in 2001, the self-titled *Falconer* is the debut album by the Swedish power metal band, notable for blending fast-paced riffing with traditional folk music melodies.
The Varangian Way is a 2007 concept album by the Finnish metal band Turisas. Its narrative follows a group of Norse travelers along the eastern trade route from Scandinavia toward Constantinople, drawing on the historical world of the Varangians. The music combines heavy metal with folk melodies, or...
Iron is the second studio album by Finnish band Ensiferum, released in 2004. It combines melodic death metal and power metal with folk-derived melodies, acoustic passages, keyboards, clean singing, and harsh vocals, while its lyrics draw on heroic and martial imagery. The album was the band's final...
Released in 2006, "Ragnarok" is the third album by Faroese metal band Tyr, notable for blending progressive heavy metal with traditional Faroese ballads and themes of Norse mythology. The album's title references Ragnarök, the cataclysmic event in Norse cosmology where the world is destroyed and reb...
Chapters from a Vale Forlorn is the second studio album by Swedish power metal band Falconer, released in 2002 on Metal Blade Records. The album continues the band's blend of fast melodic power metal with folk-inspired melodies and medieval-themed lyrics. Falconer was formed by guitarist Stefan Wein...
From Afar is the fourth studio album by Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum, released in 2009. It combines melodic death metal and power metal instrumentation with folk-derived melodies, layered vocals, keyboards, and orchestral or choral textures. The record includes the title track and the extended...
Tyr is a Faroese metal band that blends heavy metal with traditional Nordic and Faroese folk music. "Eric the Red," released in 2003, is their second studio album, featuring Viking-themed lyrics and melodies inspired by Norse history and mythology. The album's title references the Norse explorer Eri...
Slania is the second full-length album by Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie, released on February 15, 2008, through Nuclear Blast Records. The album represents a significant development in the band's fusion of melodic death metal with Celtic folk music, incorporating traditional instruments including...
Battle Metal is the 2004 debut studio album by Turisas, a Finnish metal band. It combines heavy and power metal foundations with folk-influenced melodies, orchestral keyboards, choral passages, and lyrics centered on warfare, journeys, and historical imagery. The album's title also became closely as...
Easton Hope is a studio album by the German power-metal band Orden Ogan. It was first released independently in 2008 and later received a wider label release, helping establish the band's combination of melodic heavy-metal guitar work, large choral arrangements, folk-influenced passages, and dark na...
