Year 2002:

Two brothers from a small Finnish town called Kouvola, Finland, Antti (keyboard) and Joni Koskinen (guitar, growling vocals) decide that…

SuidAkrA is a melodic death/black/folk metal band from Germany.

SuidAkrA's very beginnings lie back in the small and otherwise extraneous town…

There are two artists bearing the name Falconer:

1) Falconer is Stefan Weinerhall's (former guitarist of Mithotyn) Swedish power metal project,…

Elvenking is a folk metal band formed in Sacile, Italy in October 1997 by guitarists Aydan and Jarpen. In March 1998, singer Damnagoras joined the…

Turisas is a Finnish folk metal band from Hämeenlinna. They were founded in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström and named after an ancient…

Midnattsol is a nordic folk metal band from Norway and Germany. The band was formed in 2002 and currently consists of vocalist Carmen Elise…

Eluveitie is a folk metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland. The founder of this band was Chrigel Glanzmann. The band formed in 2002 and their…

Thyrfing is a viking metal band from Sweden. The band is named after the royal sword Tyrfing from Norse mythology.

Thyrfing was formed in 1995 by…

At least five bands share the name "Equilibrium":

1. Equilibrium is a symphonic power/folk metal band from Munich, Germany, founded in 2001. They…

Lunatica is a symphonic metal band that was formed in Suhr, Switzerland in November 1998. The band consists of Andrea Dätwyler (vocals), Sandro…

Crimfall is a Symphonic metal/progressive power metal/viking metal/folk metal band from Finland.

Crimfall is a young soul; it came to being on a…

The original goal of the band was to forge the different musical styles of both Iced Earth's dark melodies and Blind Guardian's powerful vocals…

Ensiferum (Latin ēnsiferum (neuter adjective) meaning "sword bearer") is a folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland.

In 1995 Markus Toivonen played…

Edenbridge is a symphonic metal band from Austria which was founded as a studio-project by guitarist/keyboardist Lanvall, bassist Kurt Bednarsky,…

Cruachan (kroo-a-khawn) is a Celtic and black metal band from Dublin, Ireland that has been active since the 1990s. They have been acclaimed as…