Folk Metal

How Einar Selvik brings back our past.

The popularity that folk-influenced metal has seen in the last few years has also...

Finding the balance between modern heavy metal and traditional folk instruments has often been...

There is always something of a pinch of excitement when a symphonic metal release...

I’ve always found a certain charm in the strange lovechild of a genre that...

Folk metal has been a pretty divisive genre since its earliest days; while many...

Eluveitie had a difficult job ahead of them when it came to their new...

Few would question the fact that folk metal is doing pretty well right now....

Everybody has a gimmick. Manowar have their homoerotic “true metal” thing; Arch Enemy their...

Diversity has always been the name of the game when it comes to folk...

When Elvenking's debut Heathenreel came out it was met with tremendous praise. Their beautiful folk melodies...

Ever since their debut Vozrozhdeniye, Arkona have been slowly but steadily growing from an...

Elvenking have been around for almost 20 years, and have had a number of...

Folk metal has always been a mixed bag of sounds; Often ridiculed by those...

Among the hordes of self-proclaimed Viking metal acts that took the mainstream metal scene...

Good Folk Metal requires a careful balance. Too much Metal, and it loses its...

Finsterforst is a folk metal act hailing from the heart of Germany, a country...

As a long-standing fan of Elvenking, I've witnessed all the various artistic changes the...

Since their first studio release in 2001, Elvenking has become a force to reckon with in...

The 2000's saw an expansion of Folk Metal - a genre that, until then,...

The album opens (sadly, after a completely pointless and forgettable intro) with Bridge of...