Wind Rose perfectly fits here.

Just a description of metal about battles, no matter the actual subgenre. Folks... it's just labels to help people categorize stuff. Don't take them too seriously.

No Remorse No Retreat are a five piece band based in England/Wales.Formed in 2006/7. Initially as a side project with members from three other bands ,it has taken on a life of its own.Thier music is British Heavy metal which croses several genres, such as NWOBHM,early thrash,early death and even punk.Thier lyrics are battle/pagan/war inspired along the lines of Manowar etc. They have released two full length albums “TO GLORY WE RIDE”2008 which was stripped back old school metal and “WARBRINGER”2009 a much heavier album.Both were released on Ironage Records( www.ironagerecords.com).They have also appeared on covermount cds of the magazines Terrorizer,Zero Tolerence,Legacy/ Pagan Fire(Germ),Rock Tribune(Belg)http://www.last.fm/music/No+Remorse+No+Retreat?source=home-new-to-library https://www.facebook.com/pages/No-Remorse-No-Retreat/227401764038639

"Battle Metal" just like Viking Metal refers to thematic elements of the music..."Melodic Death Metal" and the 'real' genres refer to the stylistic genre. So I don't see what the debate is about, all music has thematic and stylistic characteristics! [2]

One discussion below makes me think of certain groups or tags as [group]Only wimpy kids list their genres[/group] or [tag]not to be taken too seriously[/tag] ;)

all tags doesn't need to be genres.. tags are used to describe music and this tag is good for that [2]

Well then these are just mistagged. Manowar = Mixture of Folk and Black Metal... Yeah right.

V Except Viking Metal is actually a mixture of Folk and Black Metal, not a thematic element like many people think. [2]

V Except Viking Metal is actually a mixture of Folk and Black Metal, not a thematic element like many people think.

"Battle Metal" just like Viking Metal refers to thematic elements of the music..."Melodic Death Metal" and the 'real' genres refer to the stylistic genre. So I don't see what the debate is about, all music has thematic and stylistic characteristics!

folk is a Sub-genre just like any other band and turisus actually picked up the microphone stand like a sword on stage and said they are the only battle metal band period. every other band can be whatever they want. but manowar is NOT battle metal they are Crap metal...so in that case i cant reason with that logic XD

Urgh. This isn't a genre..."viking metal" was bad enough, but "battle metal" is just a stupid tag. It's folk metal.... [3]

Yea, especially Manowar and Sabaton.

Urgh. This isn't a genre..."viking metal" was bad enough, but "battle metal" is just a stupid tag. It's folk metal.... [2]

No.

I think its fucking badass. I mean, battle metal, sounds awesome xD

oh yeah only kids listen to folk metal... live in a cave? the majority people at the concerts I go to that are folk it's mainly adults :)

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HeroesEnd : "Nature metal"! That would be it! Maybe Wolves In The Throne Room once will be called pioneers of that style? Hehe

btw Tyr is NOT folk metal and never will be, Heri Joensen does not want fruity folk instruments in his music. Basically it's progressive heavy metal about vikings, so Tyr calls it TRUE viking metal! Just like Turisas calls their music Battle Metal !!!

Like Viking metal this is a real genre. Battle metal is bombastic polka party metal for trolls, about battles and booze. A lot like power metal which is more fantasy metal actually. Little children love these genres.

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EPIC!

because they sing about battles

why is 3 Inches of Blood listed under Battle Metal?

I actually put Tyr in both viking and folk metal. They sing about vikings and have folk elements in their music. Viking metal is a genre and so isn't folk metal.

I <3 battle metal

Stop debating, start listening.

omg

lolpiratemetal

Actually viking metal is a genre. It combines folk metal, power metal and black metal and usually has viking themed lyrics. The other styles you mentioned however are not real genres (just like you wrote).

viking metal, pirate metal (like swashbuckle), battle metal, beer metal (like tankard) and party metal (like municipal waste) are not genres - just ways of grouping themed artists.

lyrics don't define a genre. or else we would have useless shit like fantasy metal, post-apocalyptic metal, nature metal, etc. viking metal or battle metal as a musical genre does not exist, but it's a useful tag for finding similar themed artists.

Viking metal to me is a mix of black metal with folk influences like galloping riffs, viking chants, keyboards etc

Viking metal is subgenre of black metal. Lyrics themes are vikings and nordic tales. It's only difference.

you're wrong, folk & viking metal are genre itself. if you don't believe me, slot Tyr

Not a fucking genre.

new sub-genres are created all the time, in metal especially. call it a pseudo-genre if you must, but genre it is, even if only two or three acts associate with it at this time. also, there is a (subtle, to be sure) difference between viking metal and battle metal. it's all in the lyrical content.

Not a genre. But still, more genre than "progressive symphonic power metal crossover gothic/death" which I've seen today as some faggot-metal adagio description.

Not a genre. Just a lyric content. Even less a genre than epic, viking and stuff. Most of the bands there are either power metal or folk metal.

useful for last fm purposes tho faggots

Definitely not a real genre.

how can you say that? new genres born all the time