Viking metal

Viking metal is a subgenre of black metal characterized by its chaotic and noisy sound, slow pace, use of keyboards, dark and violent imagery, and, primarily, lyrical themes of Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age. A lot of people mistake Viking metal for any metal with lyrical themes about Viking or Finno-Ugric mythology, heathenism etc. However, this is a completely different musical style. The most important bands to the Viking metal genre are Enslaved and Bathory. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Turisas

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Andre_L-

Amon Amarth? They're just Melodeath

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X-evier

Immortal, 1349, Eluveitie, Korpiklaani, Shining, Nokturnal Mortum, Cruachan, Stribog, Dark End and others will be on Carpathian Alliance Metal Festival - a very cool two-day festival in the mountains in Ukraine!!! www.gp-agency.com.ua www.facebook.com/CarpathianAliance www.lastfm.ru/festival/3496186+Carpathian+Alliance+Metal+Festival+2013 www.myspace.com/carpathianalliance

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razz-SHR

AA isn't viking metal!

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Tymell

I'm in agreement with Swed Simon, though I think the genre would be better re-named epic metal to reflect this. That's really the feel I get listening to the likes of Hammerheart, rather than the misleading "viking metal".

March 2013
catlitta392

Are Amon Amarth and Týr Viking Metal just because they sing about vikings? Actually, I don't think so. ;)

March 2013
Swed-Simon

The label ''viking metal'' didn't develop to describe bands singing about vikings. It developed to describe a certain set of musical aspects: It's structurally like black metal but features melodic and rhythmic influences from nordic folk music and sea shanties, it's more ''clean'' sounding both vocally and instrumentally than black metal and focuses on creating an ''epic'' atmosphere rather than grim one. Listen to this track (Falkenbach - Heathen Foray) and you'll know what viking metal is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFtDA9T9gw This is the way encylopedia metallum uses the label, for example. If you think it's just about trivial sound differences it's better to just ignore it and use broader labels as navigation tools to find music. Even though the usefulness of the label's been (very) bastardised by people using it to refer to lyrics, it's still quite helpful to find or avoid musical traits, for those who cares.

March 2013
DaemononVrosis

Amon Amarth is Melodeath

March 2013
Nordichora

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February 2013