folk metal

The West Virginian band's fourth album highlights their command of black metal and the indigenous-themed variant they helped pioneer. Stream it here before it releases on Friday.

We spoke with the Swedish Viking metal band about their latest album and their thirty-plus year career.

The black/folk metal band's upcoming full-length "Key to a Vanishing Future" continues their thoughtful and expressive career. Stream a new track from it now.

The progressive metal band delivers a masterful, genre-twisting adventure on their latest album. Read our full review.

After ten years, Australian symphonic (and much more) metal act Aquilus returns with a follow-up to "Griseus." We spoke to mastermind Horace "Waldorf" Rosenqvist -- learn more about the album's creation and check out an early full stream here.

Existing in a temporal realm between metal, neofolk, and dark rock, Dornenreich's hard-to-pin-down music is all about love.

Whether they're black metal, folk metal, or doom metal, The Flight of Sleipnir's singular sound resonates on its own. Listen to a pre-release debut of "Thaw" off the upcoming "Eventide."

Taking folk metal back to campfire singalong times, before the guitar even made it to Finland.

This week, Jon and Ted dive into the notable and obscure, citing heavy metal and would-be black metal classics alike.

German folk/doom metal duo Empyrium sets a high bar for "return" albums once again. Watch an exclusive pre-release video of album opener "The Three Flames Sapphire."