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This is a list of Viking metal bands. Viking metal is a style of heavy metal music, an offshoot of black metal and folk metal with a tempo ranging from mid-pace to fast, often accompanied with traditional nordic folk melodies and instrumentation. It is characterized by a chaotic and noisy sound, slow pace, dark and violent imagery, and lyrical themes of Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age. It was developed in the 1980s through the mid-1990s as a rejection of Satanism and the occult, and instead embracing the Vikings and paganism as the leaders of opposition to Christianity. Nearly all Viking metal bands claim to have Viking ancestry.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Sven-Erik Lind of DrottnarHåvard Ellefsen of MortiisSlechtvalk at OccultfestWarlord Nygård of TurisasHeri Joensen of Týr
Band Formed Origin Notes
Amon Amarth 1992 Sweden
Ancient Rites 1988 Belgium
Ásmegin 1998 Norway
Bathory 1983 Sweden
Borknagar 1995 Norway
Burzum 1988 Norway
Darkwoods My Betrothed 1992 Finland
Destroy Destroy Destroy 2003 United States
Drottnar 1996 Norway
Einherjer 1993 Norway
Elexorien 2004 Netherlands
Emperor 1991 Norway
Ensiferum 1995 Finland
Enslaved 1991 Norway
Equilibrium 2001 Germany
Falconer 1999 Sweden
Falkenbach 1989 Germany
Folkearth 2003 International
Forefather 1997 England
Glittertind 2001 Norway
Grand Magus 1996 Sweden
Hel 1999 Sweden
Heidevolk 2002 Netherlands
Helheim 1992 Norway
Helrunar 2001 Germany
Holy Blood 1999 Ukraine
Kampfar 1994 Norway
Leaves' Eyes 2003 Germany/Norway
Lumsk 1999 Norway
Månegarm 1995 Sweden
Mithotyn 1993 Sweden
Moonsorrow 1995 Finland
Mortiis 1993 Norway
Obscurity 1997 Germany
Skálmöld 2009 Iceland
Skeletonwitch 2003 United States
Storm 1994 Norway
Slechtvalk 1999 Netherlands
Svartsot 2005 Denmark
Thyrfing 1995 Sweden
Trollech 1999 Czech Republic
Turisas 1997 Finland
Týr 1998 Faroe Islands
Unleashed 1989 Sweden
Windir 1994 Norway
Wolfchant 2003 Germany

See also

References

  • Kahn-Harris, Keith (2007). Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge. Oxford: Berg Publishers. ISBN 1-84520-399-2.

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