Metal Mixtape: Folk Metal Edition

So I left the awesome post I wrote yesterday during my lunch break – Fashion of Folk Metallers – on my work computer. Sad Face :( So that won’t go up till Tueday next week. So I’ll probably be extending Folk Metal Week to the end of next week to make up for that mistake :)

You knew it was coming. Part 1 of a two part folk Metal Mixtape.

Bathory – Valhalla

From the Hammerheart album (my favorite after Blood Fire Death). Black metal just doesn’t get any better than this.

Skyclad – Spinning Jenny

The original version with Martin on vocals, from 1992′s Burnt Offering to the Bone Idol.

Korpiklaani – Wooden Pints

Who couldn’t love these silly Finns?

Turisas – Rasputin

Do any of you remember that awesome disco band, Boney M? Well, this is Turisas – a finnish folk metal band – covering their best song “Rasputin”. They released this as a single in 2007. The video is a crack-up and the song itself is genius!

Eluveitie – Of Fire, Wind and Wisdom

Eluveitie are probably my favorite band at the moment. I think they’ve nailed the perfect balance of folk and metal. The composition of this song is just spot on.

Amorphis – Better Unborn

The first Amorphis song I ever heard. From their Elegy album, an eclectic mix of melo-death and middle-eastern instrumentation.

Cruachan – Celtica

A slideshow of Scottish landscapes to Cruachan’s most excellent song “Celtica”.

Finntroll – Trollhammaren

Hell, yeah!

The Lord Weird Slough Feg – Warrior’s Dawn

From Down Among the Deadmen. These guys are generally categorised as an American “Folk Metal” band, although some would argue against that classification. Whatever you call them, I call them “fucken wicked”.

What folk metal or folk music is on your playlist at the moment?

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