It's always changing.

1.Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty

2.Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet

3.Equilibrium - Sagas

4.Týr - Ragnarok

5.Finsterforst - Rastlos

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1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

2.Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

3.Evoken - Antithesis Of Light

4.Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet

5.Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

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This is a list of all the folk metal albums I have listened to that I found to be of at least marginal quality. It is purely for my own organizational purposes and is not meant to be a definitive statement about the genre; for that reason, there are some entries that don't entirely fit the description, including some neofolk albums and bands that don't exactly play "folk metal" but are close enough.

There used to be a good amount of crossover with my black metal list, but I have since cleaned house and removed anything labeled "pagan" or "Viking" to this list. Personally, I'm very skeptical of the idea that "pagan" anything is its own genre, and unless you're Bathory, the Viking shtick doesn't really work with me. I file it under blackened folk or folk black metal or something like that; if it has any ties to traditional music, I've decided simply to add it to this list and not bother with splitting hairs.

The first section of albums represents my favorite albums - sometimes just within the genre, sometimes overall. Beyond that, they are divided into sections by rating going down to 6/10, and within those sections in alphabetical order.

This list was last updated August 8, 2021.

1.Elvenking - Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire

2.Forefather - Ours Is The Kingdom

3.Forefather - Steadfast

4.Forefather - Last Of The Line

5.Dalriada - Áldás

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My top 3 albums per year starting in 1999.

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2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

3.Finntroll - Midnattens Widunder

4.Shaman (FIN) - Idja

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Favorite means Favorite!

1.Wintersun - Time I

2.Wintersun - Wintersun

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

5.Týr - The Lay Of Thrym

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1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

2.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

3.Noumena - Absence

4.Falkenbach - Heralding - The Fireblade

5.Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine

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1.Ensiferum - Iron

2.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

3.Turisas - The Varangian Way

4.Eluveitie - Slania

5.Equilibrium - Sagas

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Best Folkish albums I've heard so far...!! Please feel free to post your Suggestions!!

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Ensiferum - Iron

3.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

4.Blackmore's Night - Under A Violet Moon

5.Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon

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1.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

2.Tristania - Ashes

3.The Project Hate MCMXCIX - Armageddon March Eternal (Symphonies Of Slit Wrists)

4.Epica - Consign To Oblivion

5.Dark Tranquillity - Character

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1.Mors Principium Est - The Unborn

2.Masterplan - Aeronautics

3.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

4.Timeless Miracle - Into The Enchanted Chamber

5.Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

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1.Equilibrium - Sagas

2.Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr

3.Moonlyght - Progressive Darkness

4.Windir - Arntor

5.Eluveitie - Everything Remains As It Never Was

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A decent year. Some incredible releases but not too much to be a year I'll remember.

1.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

2.Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr

3.Shining - IV - The Eerie Cold

4.Dream Theater - Octavarium

5.Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet

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Only 1 album per band;
Rating:
1.-8.: 10
9.-32.: 9
33.-50.: 8

1.Subway To Sally - Herzblut

2.Skyclad - The Silent Whales Of Lunar Sea

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

5.Vicious Crusade - Forbidden Tunes

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Once upon a time, there was a metaller who dared to say : hey, let's put symphonies in our metal, dudes. The dudes thought it was stupid at first, then they tried and guess what? The result was WONDERFUL!!! Here are my 20 favourite symphonic metal albums, taken from all subgenres, from power to folk, black and death.

1.Equilibrium - Sagas

2.Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr

3.Septicflesh - Communion

4.Epica - Design Your Universe

5.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

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