Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread...

imagery, to pagan metal, but pagan metal has a broader mythological focus and uses folk instrumentation more extensively. Most Viking metal bands originate...

numerous other countries. Pirate metal is a subgenre of folk metal that blends heavy metal, thrash metal, and sometimes speed metal with pirate mythology, and...

and Deströyer 666. Folk black metal, pagan metal and Viking metal are styles that incorporates elements of folk music, with pagan metal bands focusing on...

a list of folk metal bands. The folk metal genre is a fusion of heavy metal music with folk music. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments...

revivals. This type of folk music also includes fusion genres such as folk rock, folk metal, and others. While contemporary folk music is a genre generally...

Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. It typically combines elements of folk and...

genres, such as thrash metal, speed metal, and folk metal, may be combined with traditional-sounding songs like sea shanties. Folk instruments, such as...

folk punk, indie folk, folktronica, freak folk and Americana and fusion genres such as folk metal, progressive folk, psychedelic folk, and neofolk. Definitions...

their permanent base of operations. Viking/folk metal band Heidevolk are also gaining popularity. Dutch doom metal bands include Officium Triste, Deinonychus...