Top 10 Folk/Pagan Metal Bands of All Time

The Top Ten
1 Nine Treasures
2 Tengger Cavalry
3 Cruachan Cruachan is a Folk Metal band from Dublin, Ireland that has been active since the 1990s. They have been acclaimed as having "gone the greatest lengths of anyone in their attempts to expand" the genre of folk metal.
4 Alestorm Alestorm is a heavy metal band originally from Perth, Scotland. Their music is characterized by a pirate theme, and as a result they have been dubbed a "pirate metal" band by many critics and their fanbase.
5 Korpiklaani
6 Moonsorrow Moonsorrow is a pagan metal band formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in their sound.
7 Finntroll Finntroll is a folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They combine elements of black metal and folk metal.
8 Lunatic Gods
9 Equilibrium Equilibrium is a German folk metal band. The band's music combines elements of folk music, power metal, black metal and symphonic metal with various other influences.
10 Ensiferum Ensiferum is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "melodic folk metal."
The Contenders
11 Empyrium

They are a German symphonic folk/doom metal and neofolk/dark folk band.

12 Trollfest

One of my favorite - I even made a list about them: 'Top 10 TrollfesT Songs'.
They are a Norwegian folk metal band. Most of their lyrics are written in the fictional Trollspråk (Troll language), which is a mixture of Norwegian and German.

13 Heidevolk
14 Arkona
15 Skyforger
16 Eluveitie
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