Folk Metal

Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990’s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with folk music. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Shaman

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Nov 28 Saturday 28 November 2009
Ensiferum Blackguard	The Rock Maplewood, Minneapolis, United States 44.98 -93.26361	18 people attending 18 shouts
Ensiferum Hypocrisy, Ex Deo, Blackguard	The Triple Rock Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States 44.966722 -93.247104	2 people attending 1 shout
Ensiferum Hypocrisy, Ex Deo, Blackguard	The Rave Milwaukee WI, United States 43.038243 -87.94337	3 people attending 12 shouts
Nov 29 Sunday 29 November 2009
Ensiferum Ex Deo, Blackguard, Urn	House of Blues Chicago IL, United States 41.88812 -87.629525	25 people attending 16 shouts Buy Tickets
Nov 30 Monday 30 November 2009
Tour From Afar at Peabody's Downunder Ensiferum, Blackguard	Peabody's Downunder Cleveland OH, United States 41.500479 -81.675463	14 people attending 6 shouts
Dec 4 Friday 4 December 2009
Ensiferum Swashbuckle, Ex Deo, Blackguard	The Palladium Worcester MA, United States 42.266603 -71.800965	19 people attending 5 shouts

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lijemo wrote:
last week

"Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1960’s." -- um, they mean the 1990's, surely? They aren't claiming that Folk Metal existed before Metal, are they?

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croninsdisease1 wrote:
last week

brilliant.

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-pui wrote:
22 days ago

haha why are people ashamed for enjoying folkmetal? I like it very much and I could tell anyone I like it.

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MetsaNoita wrote:
last month

symphonic folk metal from hungary: http://www.myspace.com/kerecsensolyom

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dirqe_inferno wrote:
last month

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Symphonic-Folk-Metal-Turkey/174423821376?ref=mf

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dirqe_inferno wrote:
last month

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Symphonic-Folk-Metal-Turkey/174423821376?ref=mf

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dirqe_inferno wrote:
last month

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Symphonic-Folk-Metal-Turkey/174423821376?ref=mf

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ForestWhisper wrote:
last month

you are right. it can't be cured

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Blackdragon5151 wrote:
last month

once you go folk you cant go back :P

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Affligem wrote:
last month

Ensiferum and Finntroll still kick ass !

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warcry_mistress wrote:
last month

its either the two..if your contented with our current metal sub-genres you'll not like this..(then your a metal purist)but if you some like new stuff(evolution of metal music is important..its stupidity,if we set boundaries and limitations for metal,because metal is unique and flexible.i can't wait to hear new genre fusing..who knows?asian ethno metal?bulgarian metal?carnatic metal?tibetan metal? the goes on and on..

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Meshyf wrote:
last month

Folk metal is the best.

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Colony666 wrote:
last month

most folk metal is shit but then you got bands like Skyclad, Agalloch, Empyrium

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travisishigh wrote:
last month

you guys say fag a lot.

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SoulFusion wrote:
last month

I freakin' love this genre so much and I'm not ashamed to drive around with it full blast from my car!

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PuppetMaster66 wrote:
last month

Folk metal's an awesome genre, but its not something I would listen to in public

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ThePlayStation2 wrote:
September 2009

i'd be damned ashamed to ever admitting to liking this. you should all be ashamed.

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Lost_Souls_UK wrote:
September 2009

It IS a good genre, but all the record labels are saturating the market big-time. Now we have things like Alestorm, which we definitely didn't ask for. Primordial, Windir and Agalloch show the diversity of the genre.

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bloodgrave45 wrote:
September 2009

says the guy who loves visual key and screamemo get outta here faggot

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L1ama wrote:
September 2009

agalloch and finntroll both own in completely different ways you butts

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