Ensiferum

8,886,848 plays (149,381 listeners)

Ensiferum is a Viking / Folk Metal band from Helsinki, Finland. Story of Ensiferum 1995 Markus Toivonen played guitar with some friends in a band called ”Dark Reflections” which played mainly covers of certain heavy metal bands including Megadeth, Pantera and many others.

Moonsorrow

2,154,341 plays (58,513 listeners)

Moonsorrow is a Folk metal band formed in Helsinki, Finland in 1995. The group's earliest formation consisted of cousins Ville Sorvali (vocals and bass) and Henri Sorvali (guitar and keyboards) who released various demos that were much more characteristic as being symphonic black metal, musically, than future releases.

Eluveitie

2,711,248 plays (54,232 listeners)

Eluveitie (pronounced el-vey-ti) is a Celtic Folk Metal band from Switzerland. They use both traditional Swiss and Celtic instruments alongside electric guitars and drums. Their music is known to be inspired by Gothenburg's Melodic Death Metal Scene and their lyrics are written in a mix of English, Gaelic and Swiss dialects.

Thyrfing

1,262,590 plays (54,065 listeners)

Thyrfing's musical evolution and progression, still with their roots in mind, has given the band a wide amount of fans all over the world. Thyrfing plays their Metal with a northern touch alongside their folk- and symphonic influences, and they are counted among the finest of their genre.

Månegarm

889,109 plays (25,366 listeners)

It all started in Norrtälje, Sweden, 1995. Three old friends began to talk about starting a band. They had all played or growled in different constellations before.

Turisas

2,752,202 plays (79,088 listeners)

Turisas is a Finnish Folk/Viking Metal band founded in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström and named after an ancient Finnish God of war. Turisas are known for their progressive elements in their music, as well as using additional instruments such as violin and accordion when playing live. They are also labeled as Symphonic Metal. (especially due to their second album, The Varangian Way)

TrollfesT

440,725 plays (8,948 listeners)

TrollfesT are a band consisting of four Norwegian trolls, who have created a unique brand of folk metal which provides the perfect soundtrack to a drinking party. Their music incorporates over thirty different traditional instruments and is heavily influenced by bands like Finntroll and Korpiklaani.

Amon Amarth

11,019,329 plays (181,658 listeners)

Deeply rooted in melodic death metal with lyrics centred around Viking history and Norse mythology, Amon Amarth (formerly known as Scum) formed in 1992 in Tumba, Sweden, a southern suburb of Stockholm. They began writing material with lots of melodies, harmonies and lyrics about Vikings and the norse Pantheon.