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Re: Good folk metal bands?

ahahahhahaha' date='yehahhhh. xD think that song's MV is my most favorite among all of Korpiklaani MV! :)[/quote'] I really like the video for Metsamies. It's just so cheerful and folky. Other than Finntroll and Korpiklaani, Eluveitie is one of my favorite folk metal bands. The vocals are a bit more heavy than others, but it sounds good. Elvenking is okay as well.
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Re: Good folk metal bands? Depends on the region. There are folk metal bands for almost any ancient culture you want to pick. I'd say people have got the Finnish folk scene and Celtic folk metal pretty well covered, although I didn't see Cruachan pop up. South America: there isn't much here, but Peruvian bands seem the most authentic. Chaska is my favorite. They're a folk/death combo. Celtic areas: Folkstone is an Italian band, but their bagpipes are pretty authentic. They sound like they're directly from the Highland games. Other than that, fairly typical folk metal fare. Leaves' Eyes new album Meredead has a lot of Celtic and apparently Old English influences. Viking/Norse Pagan: Svartsot is great: they have penny-whistles and immensely folky, powerful guitars mated to brutal death growling. Heljareyga is a side project of Heri Joensen from Tyr, ostensibly with a viking flavor. Heidevolk, while Dutch and Saxon, still qualifies as Norse pagan since they mention Wodan and Donar, which seem to be variants of Oden and Thor. Plus they bring clean vocals into folk metal, WHICH NO ONE SEEMS TO DO. Eastern Europe: Oddly enough, my favorite one from here is a very little-known group called Oskord; they use flutes as their prime folk instrument. Middle East: Narjahanam, Arsames, Orphaned Land, Melechesh, Myrath (a bit more progressive). Refer to the 'arab metal' thread for more about these. East Asia: Shangren is a Chinese group which does actually sound Chinese. I can't name the instruments but check them out anyway. Rudra is a powerful black metal assault from Singapore who sings about some history in the area. Alchemist, from Australia, uses dijeridoos in one song, Austral Spectrum. Dijeridoo is an Australian aborigine instrument. Africa: Sorry...nothing south of the Sahara. :(

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Re: bands? Well, I refer you to my post in the "Good Folk Metal Bands" thread: It depends on the region. There are folk metal bands for almost any ancient culture you want to pick. I'd say people have got the Finnish folk scene and Celtic folk metal pretty well covered, although I didn't see Cruachan or Moonsorrow pop up and both of them are pretty good. South America: there isn't much here, but Peruvian bands seem the most authentic. Chaska is my favorite. They're a folk/death combo. Celtic areas: Folkstone is an Italian band, but their bagpipes are pretty authentic. They sound like they're directly from the Highland games. Other than that, fairly typical folk metal fare. Leaves' Eyes new album Meredead has a lot of Celtic and apparently Old English influences. Cruachan is also Irish folk/black metal and I like them. They use flute and bagpipes...they also have a female singer who does sound a lot like what you'd expect in a Celtic band. Viking/Norse Pagan: Svartsot is great: they have penny-whistles and immensely folky, powerful guitars mated to brutal death growling. Heljareyga is a side project of Heri Joensen from Tyr, ostensibly with a viking flavor. Heidevolk, while Dutch and Saxon, still qualifies as Norse pagan since they mention Wodan and Donar, which seem to be variants of Oden and Thor. Plus they bring clean vocals into folk metal, WHICH ALMOST NO ONE SEEMS TO DO. Heidevolk is my absolute favorite folk metal band. Eastern Europe: Oddly enough, my favorite one from here is a very little-known group called Oskord; they use flutes as their prime folk instrument. Middle East: Narjahanam, Arsames, Orphaned Land, Melechesh, Myrath (a bit more progressive). Refer to the 'arab metal' thread for more about these. East Asia: Shangren is a Chinese group which does actually sound Chinese. I can't name the instruments but check them out anyway. Rudra is a powerful black metal assault from Singapore who sings about some history in the area. Alchemist, from Australia, uses dijeridoos in one song, Austral Spectrum. Dijeridoo is an Australian aborigine instrument. Africa: Sorry...nothing south of the Sahara. :(

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Re: Good folk metal bands? the functional principle of the instrument is obviously the same, but exploring Bergamo's old-men-music panorama you could find many long bearded groups that play the baghet, wich is the name of the local bagpipe, with traditional repertory and sound, different from more "northern" cousins. Folkstone also draw from this kind of repertory: never forget, though, that our ancestors date back to celts, so there are many similarities. EDIT: You're free to call me a fool, i just assumed Folkstone to have more patriotic pride :) and also I didn't see the termination of the main bass of their bagpipes, as NOW i can call them bagpipes, wich is much wider than Baghèt's one. Sorry!

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