Best Folk Metal Bands | page 2

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
51	Fjoergyn 2003, Germany Black Metal	Ernte Im Herbst (2005) Sade Et Masoch (2007) Lvcifer es (2017)
52	Opera IX 1988, Italy Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	The Call of the Wood (1995) #6002 The Black Opera: Symphoniae Mysteriorum in Laudem Tenebrarum (2000) Maleventum (2002)
53	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #943 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #4280 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4463
54	Lyriel 2003, Germany Folk Metal, Rock	Paranoid Circus (2009) Leverage (2012) #7671 Skin and Bones (2014)
55	Subterranean Masquerade 1997, United States Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Mountain Fever (2021) #1776 Vagabond (2017) Suspended Animation Dreams (2005)
56	Silent Stream of Godless Elegy 1995, Czech Republic Folk Metal, Doom Metal	Osameli (2006) [EP] Relic Dances (2004) ... Amber Sea (1996) [Demo]
57	Cormorant 2007, United States Progressive Folk Metal, Black Metal	Metazoa (2009) #1042 The Last Tree (2007) [EP] Dwellings (2011)
58	Pagan Reign 1997, Russia Pagan Black Metal, Folk Metal	Твердь (2006) #7574 Уделы былой веры (2004) #9103 Отблески славы и возрождение былого величия (2003)
59	Wind Rose 2009, Italy Folk Metal, Power Metal	Warfront (2022) #6061 Wintersaga (2019) #6672 Shadows Over Lothadruin (2012)
60	Midnattsol 2002, Germany Gothic Metal, Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal	Nordlys (2008) The Metamorphosis Melody (2011) The Aftermath (2018)
61	Wilderun 2008, United States Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal	Veil of Imagination (2019) #2130 Epigone (2022) #3345 Sleep at the Edge of the Earth (2015) #4156
62	Aeternam 2007, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Al Qassam (2020) Disciples of the Unseen (2010) Moongod (2012)
63	Heathen Foray 2004, Austria Melodic Death Metal, Viking Metal	Armored Bards (2010) #6575 The Passage (2009) #8098 Inner Force (2013)
64	Orden Ogan 1996, Germany Power Metal, Folk Metal	To the End (2012) #827 Gunmen (2017) #1869 Ravenhead (2015) #4026
65	Duskmourn 2012, United States Folk Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Fallen Kings and Rusted Crowns (2021) #6880 Of Shadow and Flame (2017) Legends (2014)
66	Obsequiae 2007, United States Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Aria of Vernal Tombs (2015) #4531 Suspended in the Brume of Eos (2011) The Palms of Sorrowed Kings (2019)
67	Nekrogoblikon 2006, United States Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Welcome to Bonkers (2018) #4044 Heavy Meta (2015) Stench (2011) #8637
68	Aquilus Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Griseus (2011) #705 Bellum II (2024) Bellum I (2021) #6686
69	Falconer 1999, Sweden Power Metal, Folk Metal	Falconer (2001) #1634 Chapters From a Vale Forlorn (2002) #3134 From a Dying Ember (2020)
70	Wardruna 2003, Norway Nordic Folk Music, Dark Ambient	Kvitravn (2021) Runaljod - Yggdrasil (2013) Runaljod - Ragnarok (2016)
71	Peste Noire 2000, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	La Sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénérescence (2006) #1139 Le retour des pastoureaux (2021) Macabre Transcendance... (2002) [Demo]
72	Leaves' Eyes 2003, Germany Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal, Gothic Metal	Njord (2009) #2080 Meredead (2011) #3449 King of Kings (2015)
73	Vintersorg 1996, Sweden Viking Metal, Folk Metal, Progressive Metal	Orkan (2012) Till Fjalls (1998) Naturbål (2014)
74	Dragon Guardian 2006, Japan Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	聖魔剣ヴァルキュリアス( Holy & Evil Sword Valkyrious) (2011) #3077 Dragonvarius (2009) #3270 Polyphony (2012) #6175
75	Isengard 1989, Norway Black Metal, Folk Metal, Death Metal	Vinterskugge (1994) #8697 Horizons (1991) [Demo] Vandreren (1993) [Demo]
76	Borknagar 1995, Norway Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Viking Metal	Fall (2024) Empiricism (2001) #4923 Borknagar (1996) #6172
77	Coronatus 1999, Germany Gothic Metal, Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal	Porta Obscura (2008) Fabula Magna (2009) Terra Incognita (2011)
78	Ancient Rites 1988, Belgium Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Black Metal	Fatherland (1998) #8462 Laguz (2015) The Diabolic Serenades (1994)
79	Babymetal 2010, Japan Trance Metal, Alternative Metal, Power Metal, Melodic Metalcore	BxMxC (2020) [Single] Pa Pa Ya!! (feat. F.Hero) (2019) [Single] The Other One (2023)

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