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List of folk metal bands

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ2471525 ↗
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This is a list of notable folk metal bands. Folk metal is a fusion of heavy metal music and folk music that features widespread use of folk instruments and to a lesser extent traditional singing styles. The music of folk metal is characterised by its diversity with bands known to perform different styles of heavy metal music and folk music.

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This entry incorporates text from “List of folk metal bands” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.