List some good folk metal bands (both Christian ones & non-Christian ones)?

Hi guys. What are some good folk metal bands? Can anyone please give a list of good folk metal bands (both Christian ones & non-Christian ones)? Thank you.

I hear that the guys in Helloween are pretty good folks.

TopJosh (Josh L.) wrote:Hi guys. What are some good folk metal bands? Can anyone please give a list of good folk metal bands (both Christian ones & non-Christian ones)? Thank you.

Yeah I know a few. Of course, folk metal is an incredibly diverse subgenre, it's usually combined with another subgenre like power, thrash, melodeath and black metal.

Anyway, Christian folk metal is extremely rare. When you search Metal Archives on folk metal with Christianity as lyrical theme, you get 60 results of which 43 only show up because their lyrical themes are actually anti-Christianity. Even the 'positive' results aren't exactly Christian, since the band either made a big shift in that department or because it's tacked onto extreme leftist drivel.
The bands worth mentioning are Arvinger, Cat o' Nine Tails, Holy Blood, Illuminandi and Oskord.

As for the secular bands, I assume you're familiar with Ensiferum, Turisas and the likes. So I'll list a few that I find worth mentioning, ranging from atmospheric black metal to power metal:
Cân Bardd, Eterknight, Kylfingar, Lör, Riverwood, Tierramystica, Tuatha de Danann, Valhalore, Vanaheim, (early) Wilderun, Wind Rose and Wuthering Heights.

MagnusPrime wrote:I hear that the guys in Helloween are pretty good folks.

Helloween is a power metal band. In other words, as much as I like power metal in general, they're NOT a folk metal band.

TopJosh (Josh L.) wrote:

MagnusPrime wrote:I hear that the guys in Helloween are pretty good folks.

Helloween is a power metal band. In other words, as much as I like power metal in general, they're NOT a folk metal band.

OK, but you might change your mind if you get to know them.

They're good folks.

You should try and just talk to them.

They like pumpkins and keys.

MagnusPrime wrote:

TopJosh (Josh L.) wrote:

MagnusPrime wrote:I hear that the guys in Helloween are pretty good folks.

Helloween is a power metal band. In other words, as much as I like power metal in general, they're NOT a folk metal band.

OK, but you might change your mind if you get to know them.

They're good folks.

You should try and just talk to them.

They like pumpkins and keys.

No time for jokes please. I'm being serious here. I did check out a few of Helloween's songs so far and they're cool. However, all I'm asking is do you think you could please list off some good folk metal bands (both Christian ones & non-Christian ones)? Once again, Helloween is a power metal band, but they're NOT a folk metal band. That's all.

Morgarten

Illuminandi and Oskord are good, although most of the former’s and all of the latter’s lyrics are not in English. Ecthirion had some folk elements, and they are really good and have Christian lyrics in English. 
And although they aren’t exactly what you typically think of as folk metal, I have to recommend Epta Astera. The guy behind the band calls his genre “Gregorian folk metal,” it isn’t really like anything I’ve heard elsewhere but is REALLY good

TopJosh (Josh L.) wrote:

MagnusPrime wrote:

TopJosh (Josh L.) wrote:

MagnusPrime wrote:I hear that the guys in Helloween are pretty good folks.

Helloween is a power metal band. In other words, as much as I like power metal in general, they're NOT a folk metal band.

OK, but you might change your mind if you get to know them.

They're good folks.

You should try and just talk to them.

They like pumpkins and keys.

No time for jokes please. I'm being serious here. I did check out a few of Helloween's songs so far and they're cool. However, all I'm asking is do you think you could please list off some good folk metal bands (both Christian ones & non-Christian ones)? Once again, Helloween is a power metal band, but they're NOT a folk metal band. That's all.

No time for jokes? You in a rush to find an answer? Just ignore the jokes, some of us find them funny

Either way, Illuminandi is a good Christian folk metal band.

Amorphis

The only folk metal band I listened to was Skyclad. Not Christian, very pagan. To me Jonah's Ark is the birth of folk metal. Their first two albums were closer to Martin Walkyier's thrash band Sabbat. After Jonah's Ark all of their albums up to Folkeman are pretty good but they had an alt rock phase for 3-4 albums before that.