1.Tribulation - Where The Gloom Becomes Sound

2.Thy Catafalque - Vadak

3.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion

4.Yoth Iria - As The Flame Withers

5.Cradle Of Filth - Existence Is Futile

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1.Alestorm - Live In Tilburg

2.Eclipse - Wired

3.Empyrium - Über Den Sternen

4.Enforcer - Live By Fire II

5.Epica - Omega

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Keeping track of 2021's albums

1.First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle

2.Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse

3.Thy Catafalque - Vadak

4.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

5.Iotunn - Access All Worlds

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No stars - Don't know yet
✮✮✮✮✮ - Incredible, possibly Album Of The Year
✮✮✮✮½ - Awesome
✮✮✮✮ - Solid release
✮✮✮½ - Good release
✮✮✮ - Not bad
✮✮½ - Shuffle material (probably boring as an album)
✮✮ - Disappointing

1.1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Meet

2.In Mourning - The Bleeding Veil

3.Dordeduh - Har

4.Tribulation - Where The Gloom Becomes Sound

5.Stortregn - Impermanence

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1.Lorna Shore - ...And I Return To Nothingness

2.Harakiri For The Sky - Mære

3.Monolord - Your Time To Shine

4.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion

5.Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Noktvrn

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Build up of my top 2021

1.Lorna Shore - ...And I Return To Nothingness

2.Archspire - Bleed The Future

3.Stormkeep - Tales Of Othertime

4.Cult Of Luna - The Raging River

5.Brand Of Sacrifice - Lifeblood

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1.Thurnin - Menhir

2.Harakiri For The Sky - Mӕre

3.Ablaze My Sorrow - Among Ashes And Monoliths

4.Lake Of Tears - Ominous

5.Empyrium - Über Den Sternen

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1.Asphyx - Necroceros

2.Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined

3.Fulci - Exhumed Information

4.Baest - Necro Sapiens

5.Hooded Menace - The Tritonus Bell

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2021 Playlist

1.Swallow The Sun - Moonflowers

2.Empyrium - Über Den Sternen

3.Iotunn - Access All Worlds

4.Wheel - Resident Human

5.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

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1.Beast In Black - Dark Connection

2.1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Meet

3.Duskmourn - Fallen Kings And Rusted Crowns

4.Grima - Rotten Garden

5.Gojira - Fortitude

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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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