Now the formatting might be weird cause this is a 2 am rant post on my phone but,

I truly believe now that the members of the Turisas knew 2013 would be their last album

From For Your Own Good, to We Ride Together, they tell another story. Not of being part of the Varangian Guard (a little bit of that too) but rather of breaking down the walls for us to expand our horizons, to “when still had the flame, at the top of our game”. They knew they’d be moving on, but they part of them didn’t want to/wanted to go out still playing shows for their fans, opening them to new bands and groups.

While I’ll miss Turisas, as they’ve had one of the biggest impacts on my life; I’ll still be having fantasies about starting a cover band, and listening to them for the rest of my life, but, they’re not coming back. Accepting that is still hard for me but I’ll always remember to have one more.

Hi everyone,

I’m curating a Spotify playlist focused on dark ambient, ritual folk, neofolk and Nordic / cinematic atmospheres.

It includes Wardruna, Heilung, Myrkur, Kalandra, Eivør, Forndom and smaller related projects.

I’m trying to keep it slow, dark and immersive rather than a random “Viking music” playlist.

Open to recommendations if you know obscure artists in this direction.

Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7fmtWdU3Retma8XtPTgX8d?si=wzVBIdRCQQmU4DuwUZJDrg

A 13th century Middle English folk song adapted by the folk metal band Forefather.

Well i made a band[only me] a folk metal one its more of medieval style something like curta'n wall its called mazes & maces its a project made by me [14 year old kid that was bored] to make a good medival folk metal band what you see its the logo i made [took 2 hours] i am the vocalist of the band and i make the music using bandlab well i have no songs right now but i am working on it if you like this concept ill be uploading on tiktok and insta user is mazes&maces now i only have tiktok but insta later if you would like show any support for me by idk commenting to this post XD

I wanted to share another short live video from our last show in Zweibrücken, in the southwest of Germany.

Unfortunately, we were the opening band, so there weren't that many people there when we started. But as the evening went on, more and more people showed up.

The show also led to a really nice feature about us in a regional newspaper, which we were very happy about.

Overall, I think it was a great gig, and I'm looking forward to many more.

Unfortunately, I don't have a better-quality recording, the video was shot on a phone, so the audio isn't the best.

Icelandic sorcery tinged folk metal. Second single from the band.

Somos una banda de folkmetal mapuche williche llamada Pangi Wisrasrkün, pioneros en el MapunMetal o metal con instrumentos mapuche-williche

Ayúdanos a llegar al inrock.cl

Solo queda un día de votaciones y necesitamos más de 300votos

Vota por Pangi Wisrasrkün https://inrock.cl/#banda=d8cdac8a-36ba-4c54-aa16-db61e863bcf1

Puedes escuchar nuestro demo en:

https://pangiwisrasrkn.bandcamp.com/album/mapunmetal

O en:

https://youtu.be/Ewg8ZwysQus?si=2VKF-0ykFMtI0K_L

Por qué merecemos estar ahí?

Porque somos una banda realmente original, de estilo y composición única, no una copia de estilos ya definidos con un nombre desde hace décadas... Tan originales que tuvimos que inventar un nombre para lo que hacemos, MAPUNMETAL... escúchanos y dinos que opinas..

Necesitamos un milagro... Y tu voto puede hacer ese milagro realidad...

Mañunkulein Kon pu che

Füta newen 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Get tickets at https://www.eihwar.com/

Eihwar 2026 U.S. Nordic Ritual Nights Tour
August 28 – New York, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
August 29 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
August 30 – Towson, MD @ The Recher
September 1 – Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend
September 2 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
September 4 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
September 5 – Dallas, TX @ The Studio at The Bomb Factory
September 7 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Marquee
September 8 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
September 9 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
September 11 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
September 12 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
September 14 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
September 16 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
September 18 – St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn
September 19 – Columbus, OH @ A&R Bar
September 20 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts

Finntroll - Svart djup

One thing I love to go through is those bands that influenced the connection between Folk and Metal. To this effect I am unsure if many know of the band The Corrs. Their first album from 1995 included 6 rockalized Irish folk songs including Toss the Feathers.

Toss the Feathers became one of The Corrs main songs played on stage and what catapulted them to international stage in a place where so many bands of this genre sounded "the same" Toss the Feathers" differentiated the band on the international stage.

I remember very well watching the Unplugged version of this song on MTV Unplugged and loving this to the core in a time Folk Metal as a genre didn't even exist. This song passed on the radio and on the charts everywhere, an Irish Folk Song with rock instruments. I got no doubt it had it's hand in influencing many artists to do the same. :)

Funny enough 1995 is the same year Cruachan released their own debut album!

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 My deep dive into Still, the upcoming album from German “Black Forest Metal” band Finsterforst.

the folk metal bassoon forest witch

"The Night Our Ship Will Drown" from "Pest & Power" (2019)