My Top 10 of Folk and Pagan Metal

[dunkelheit616]

check ot Glittertind - Longships and Mead, Falkenbach - As Long As Winds Will Blow

both are epic songs!

Also nice to see Slavland in this list =D

[DeadwoodForest]

guys! if u like stuff like Equilibrium Old In Flames, Wintersun Skyfire, Check out the song The Crimson Wind by the band inRed off the CD Serpents Hold...its new and really good!

[Lachausis]

Not the best song from Skyforger. They have many better ones. More folk-oriented.

[xXPureMetalXx]

Menhir, Thrudvangar, Helrunar, Myrkgrav, Varg, XIV Dark Centuries, Alkonost and Bifrost. Check those band out!!

[UnrealGerry]

arkona, eluveitie, finntroll, equilibrium are the best in my opinion and they are different in style \m/ folk metal is the best!

[MrHellsreaper]

go Eluveitie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SlavenskiSrbin]

Follow The Silver Path

from STRIBOG is very good

[inflames11one]

Arkonaaaaaaa yeeeah motherfucker!! vote up for Arkona!

[BrutalRussianBear]

INIS MONAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!! \m/

[unexplainedpointing]

Ensiferum is the fuckin' bomb in my opinion, but there ares some bands here that rivals with them here... in my opinion anyways

[raoufe16]

thats awsome dude folk metal is the bestttttttttttttt

[lilithbehemoth22]

Ensiferum, Kivimetsän Druidi and Skyforger are the best!!

Koston Miekka is awesome!

[yoshimaidenjuglar]

i love you

[Himotary]

I love the song Wanderer from Ensiferum!

[snorox]

Have you ever heard about Finnish epic folk/pagan metal band called FROSTTIDE? Check it and if you like it you can download whole Dawn of Frost EP from Last.Fm!

[Calminmind]

Meditate on this noise and see where it takes you.

[heavendissection]

Whoa, Skyforger and Slavland, nice selection ;)

[1boo2go3]

equilibrium-blut im auge??

[USUD9]

very good choice! Greetings from Serbia!!!

[runingwolflexan]

@USUD9 Nisam znao da nisam jedini srbin koji slusha Folk/Pagan Metal : D

[pulse0fmagg0ts]

what was the second song called

[kcg711]

ya thos suck lissin to tyr or korpakalanni for real pagan metal

[666Eternus666]

ensiferum is better than arkona

[BloodyBroccoli]

heidevolk?

[Himotary]

@BloodyBroccoli The pride of Holland :)

[Un4GivNX]

Dude !!!! #9 Equilibrium - Met ... this isn't the best way to sell this band !!! You should listen to "Blut im auge" or "Snuffel" !!!! :D

[catzviol]

And exactly where did you put Windir.....?

[ADeadlierSnake]

btw, this was a fucking awesome list dude. opened my eyes to a lot of new bands, and definitely my favorite top 10 list ive seen on youtube!

[MysticDemonKnight]

DUDE WHAT ABOUT TYR AND MOONSORROW?

[Bernier666]

Falkenbach? Bathory???

[SavinMiroslav]

Arkona - Kupala i Kostroma - russian volk song =)

"Я за то люблю Ивана" =)

[project5593]

ELUVEITIE!!!

[germanpaganmetaler]

I miss Heidevolk

but it's good

[200403094]

Svartsot - Grendel ... check it out

[AtTheEdge93]

Der gesamtmix is gut, aber der erste platz ist absolut deplatziert <_<

[FireMoviesNL]

Wolfchant isn't in there? You should check it out

[xisco95]

Inis mona is the best song of pagan metal

[nixgilli]

\../Eluveitie\../ The best band of the world, vo dä schwiiz :-}

[Sahrroh]

WHERE THE FUCK IS KORPIKLAANI?

[1234ravenlukk]

ELUVEITIE #1

[cuzzo820]

suidakra is my favorite!

[medzhiitis18]

Skyforger is the best

[Santanico89]

ARKONA!

Кудри вьются до венца, люблю Купалу-молодца...

Wspaniały zespół, gdyby tylko zawitał do Polski... cudownie byłoby usłyszeć Maszę :)

Слава

[m00se321]

Check out,,AINSHVAL-(Pictish Pride)

[avengedphilly13]

eluveitie should be #1

[satanicmetaler666]

ARKONA RULZ !!... saw them live at Pagan Fest Tour ^^... i have a Pic with the bass guitarist :P

[vom1966]

I cant believe that EARTH CULTURE is not in that list???

[levediagyermeke]

where is DALRIADA ?

[viperxeon]

LMAO, the pig squealing, doesn't that appear in porno grind normally?

[Raithorna]

slavland xD genialnie, genialnie x33

[kurde710]

Slavland napierdala najlepiej!!!

[twltovgods]

MANEGARM!!! "Vredens Tid" made me like them but "Vargstenen" made them one of my favorite bands ever.

[neth4x]

Inis mona!

[balckfrost]

another good bands

I like that that

it's true

[tinybrainwave]

Nice list, but where the hell is TURISAS?

[kingdogol]

fuckin oath bro!

[MINIMI95020]

#9 is like pigs singing lol

[habs49]

yeah its the vocal style called pig squealing hahah

[HahaJubJub92]

LOL!!!!! fail troll is failing

[darkmagicofhell]

arkona the best!

[0verlord1841]

damn i love that #10 song  :D

but HAIL ENSIFERUM

[betterthanbarker]

what is pagan metal anyways?

[elfofwoods]

which word from pagan and metal you don't understand?

[betterthanbarker]

I understand what both of them mean, but in a genre I dont know what pagan metal would sound like. I realize that folk metal incorporates traditional folk instruments like violin and accordians, but pagan doesnt really describe how it would sound.

[elfofwoods]

hmm, not all pagan metal bands sound the same, the thing what unites them is metal and dark lyrical themes based on their nations mythology, old(pagan) religion or important historical happenings, sometimes they sing folk songs + metal. these bands try to use traditional music instruments, depending on what nation they are, these bands, i think, are very nationalistic. term pagan is reffered to bands style and lyrics, not so much the "sound". you can say pagan metal band is folk metal band

[GodVraccas]

mby the spacekey ;)

[elfofwoods]

that skyforger's song is called Nāves sala, with english letters- Naaves sala (Death island)

[BastardSpeedCountry]

Black Messiah and Equilibrium are the best!!!!

...ps Equilibrium is no Folk and no Pagan

Its epic viking metal

[Indoom11782]

Arkona

[vikingfromchile]

great music and great bands

[bebosnroses]

kick ass top 10 mate

keep on folk N troll

[zeromoekoner]

como se llamo la primera banda

[BardockxKiller]

SuidAkrA

[Cherrymint123]

and TÝR is missing!!!

[Ryysti]

Only Korpiklaani and Finntroll is missing :s

[Ryysti]

Ensiferum = The Best ;)

[Aragorn266]

Equilibrium is the best !!

[1291pascal1291]

eluveitie! good pagan metal band from switzerland...

[79reynevan]

thanks for this list,Slava!!!

[punksnotdead3333]

equilibrium meeeet yeahhhh

[VAERIKORTH666]

eelent compilation, awesome

[Darkcriam]

Eluveitie and Faun rules!!!!! Forever!

PS Epica Costa Rica WOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!

[orclv]

Skyforger !!!

[MichaelBecket]

Eluveitie = The Best !

[florinyaco]

try equilibrium lol

[VargKDM]

not

[YetiBerra]

Månegarm is the best band! =)

Sweden pagan metal ftw!

[slavianstvonet]

slavianstvo,net Portal of Slavic brotherhood invites all Slavs to visit!!!

[SwordXEvil]

do pagan metal and black metal have something in common or it's just me?

[BlackMetalSage]

of course they have something in common lol.... both of them obviously have pagan overtones to them... not to mention they are both scandinavian in origin so it should not be surprising :)

[MattiasJohansso]

Månegarm

[diegodepontos]

Where is Finntroll?

[alreadytaken334]

I fucking love folk, viking, and pagan.

Seriously, some of the best music in metal comes out of these kinds of bands.

[CABEMA]

Arkona = The best!!!!!!!!!!!

[lukiqwer]

polish song?? wow

\m/

[En0miS09]

WHERE IS KORPIKLAANI? :D

[cerealbloodx]

in your hearth n_n

[HypnoticSpecter]

Slavland!!

[Gjallarhorn7]

Arkona is the shit! =D

СЛАВА!

[DanishMetalhead]

I dont get why people are complaining about the list. It is ThePantoffel's lisst not yours, make your own if you dont think Equilibrium should be 9. for example

[TheVikingful]

yeah man, you're right....... stop to write useless and stupid messages, fucker

[BloodoftheBlackOwl]

Ensiferum is just amazing.

[TernusTorakson]

equilibrium only 9??

[coldmirrorssynchros1]

ENSIFERUM !!!! ****

[Kilgorin10]

Manegarm - Vargstenen is the best song in there IMO. Nice list! Can I reccommend to you Moonsorrow?

[apokaly666]

why is equilibrium only 9? equilibrium should be under the top 3...

[EitievulE]

How can Arkona be better than Eluveitie???

Omg

[ThePantoffel]

very simple =)

Arkonas music is MUCH better than Eluveitie. I don't like this modern touch of Eluveitie.

Arkona are just awesome =)

[cRaZyFrOgGYy]

@ThePantoffel

you can say that Arkona is better IN YOUR OPINION ;)

I think both are great :]

[ADeadlierSnake]

@cRaZyFrOgGYy actually the fact that its HIS video, pretty much automatically means its his opinion, so he can say whatever he likes.

[cRaZyFrOgGYy]

@ADeadlierSnake

yeah I didn't see that this was posted by the same person who did the vid sorry ;)

[666Eternus666]

You forgor many great bands like Wolfchant, Nebelhorn, Tyr, Vintersorg, Heidevolk, Einherjer, Thyrfing...

[ThePantoffel]

@666Eternus666

I didn't forgott them, i don't like them :D (except Tyr)

[Himotary]

@ThePantoffel That the most idiotic thing i have ever seen.

You say Arkona IS better then Eluveitie (as if it is an fact) then you state as argument something based on sheer opinion.

plus, if you say Eluveitie is Modern, you have clearly not heard the albums Spirit en Evocation

[ThePantoffel]

@Himotary

in my opinion Arkona is much better than Eluveitie. This is MY list so only MY opinion counts and not yours ;)

Wow one album with folk my music...and the other songs of them are all very modern with a touch of swedish Metal à la In Flames.

[Himotary]

@ThePantoffel This is indeed your list, as well as your opinion. but do not say "Band 1 is better then Band 2". Say: "I like band 1 better then band 2"

And what songs are modern? you clearly have only heard slania, plus Spirit, Venn and Evocation are three albums, not 1 (i forgot ven the first time).

And i also don't think their newest album (everything remains as it never was) is modern touched

BTW, their not from Sweden, their from Switserland

[ThePantoffel]

@Himotary

I know that they are from Switzerland :O But their music has a touch of swedish metal.

[Himotary]

@ThePantoffel ah ok, well thats still not an argument for the other statements. i just don't hear the "swedish metal" (i also think you can't classify a bands music from the country they are from)

[ThePantoffel]

@Himotary

you are very quibbling :O only because we have different opinions of music O.o

And I think you can classify some bands music from their country. For example german metalcore often sounds very different then american. They have their own style. Or NWOBHM ;)

[viTaminB87]

Nice vid! You should also check out my 3 parts "Ultimate Folk & Pagan Compilation". greets

[Souerkraut]

What a toiltet taste of music ... You are not Europenan???

[doom599469]

nice bands...but manegarm is the best

[dajere1]

last song is soo fuking shit i wanna kill them!

[AdingerXD]

manegarm!

[shwonderOK]

ARKONA!!!

[Bedrich312]

Equilibrium hat eindeutig einen besseren Platz verdient ;)

[MrKinderlied]

was würdest du denn für einen vorschlagen?

[SlashFlash93]

Slavland auch =)

[bittemeinrammstein]

ARKONA, NAVSEGDA!!!

[jrockmcbean]

very solid list, I would have had several of these bands on my top 10, but this has given me a couple of new bands to check out

[MrKinderlied]

right so I do

[EiccaToppinen90]

Ensiferum, Eluveitie, Korpiklaani, Amon Amarth, Finntroll <3

[catrindarkangel]

Eluveitie!! :)

[aaarrrghhhh]

equilibrium 9?

[XxsorgxX]

yeah i questioned the same thing...lol

[anonvscos]

Good day to all of my fellow Christians, firstly my apology for being out of topic. I came here to remind you people that the judgment day has started already. Please depart from cursing, smoking, violent entertainment, fornication, occultism, and for watching pornography etc. lest you be found not worthy to inter the kingdom of God in the Day of Execution.

[guitarii]

*doesn't believe in a kingdom of God*

So I can do all those tings? ^^

Cool

[FormerlyMrBean667]

Fuck it, I'm a Christian, and PAGAN METAL KICK ASS!!!!!

[chielie6662]

lol no dude check blood is the price of glory, ahti and the new dawn and sorry for the eluveitie thing i typed it before i saw who was second

[cyberrem]

were is Korpiklaani??? its like the best folk metal band ever!

[FormerlyMrBean667]

It's folk metal, but not really pagan.

[ThePantoffel]

i called this list folk and pagan. For example Slavland isn't realy folk but pagan black metal ;)

[Shovelheaded666]

@ThePantoffel Really? I've always kind of associated slavland with folk. Ehh whatever

[ThePantoffel]

I hate korpiklaani....saw them live one them and they suck!

[Nytsaakuolet]

Why do you have to do that?? just keep it to yourself. Korpiklaani are amazing.

[shadowdudej]

well we can all have a different taste in music, but yours just suck ;)

[MrKinderlied]

korpiklaani for me is more or less a funny band...the music is really simple but ok :)

[korpiklaanifreak]

Korpiklaani is one of the best Folk-Metal bands!! ;-)

[ErneMetaller666]

Because Wanderer is a fantastic song n00b!

[chielie6662]

where is eluveitie and korpiklaani??

and why thad song of Ensiferum?

[bowjifuckoff]

eluveitie is 2. u lol and ensiferum's song is the best

[blazek666]

Slavland should be the #1

[MrKataklysm]

Hmm I don't knew Slavland before this video. They are very good!

[ShieldbitersValhalla]

Arkona and Ensiferum are auosum.

[oberdambacher]

nice video, all these bands are GREAT !!!

but my Favourite one is Ensiferum ;)

greetings from Austrian :D:D

[forlorn1981]

Slavland best and polish pagan is best on this planet

[LegendaryShooter]

EQUILIBRIUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

ENSIFERUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

Met ist der beste scheiss den man trinken kann!

Kennst du den Urknall aus dem Horn?

Kennst du den grund für den Nordmannen Zorn?

Klar wie das wasser aus unsren Tälern, gelb wie die reife weizen Äre!

Aus dem fasse muss er fließen, damit wir schlacht und sieg begießen!!!!!

MET MET MET MET MET MET MET MET \m/

[Talbuk]

Na kann man bei deinem Enthusiasmus damit rechnen dass du nächsten Monat aufm Legacy festival bist wo Equilibrium und Ensiferum spielen? :P

Freu mich derbe man^^ Bin jetzt schon hibbelig.

Btw.. Nice choice!!

[w34zl3]

ya same bin auch da ^^

[fedddi666]

Met Met Met MetMetMetMet!!!

equilibrium is the best!

[karlheins1]

Equilibrium!

best pagan band ever!

[st1lker]

i love all songs ,but arkona my favorite

[Masli93]

ENSIFERUM!!!!!

[darkmagicofhell]

no aes dana? :(

[tristania57]

Did Falkenbach and Moonsorrow get forgotten somehow??

[popsandworm]

Quite.

[Skinnedcyborg]

Arkona is one of the greatest bands ever :D

[Iluvatar0013]

MASHA RULEZ!

[PathofArt]

Moonsorrow is good though.

[Seppovesimies]

Some great bands!

[giannhskorakas123456]

Where is moonsorrow?

[pageuser55]

Skyforger Rock's

[edliedragon666]

slavland is a great band i love there song blasku gromu there drumming is very smooth and i like that i like alot of black metal mainly symphonic and melodic i dont like black metal that has to much noise bands like gorgoroth marduk darkthrone there really fuckin cool just a bit much of distortion

[sinbysin666]

Im missing some Týr on this list.

[SeriekillerStudios]

dude me to Tyr owns!

[sinbysin666]

agreed

[eve666eve]

skyforgrer is the best!

[eberabio]

im quite surprised, i like that song of manegarm and black messiah quite much, though havent heard much of them before !