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Folk metal band from Landsberg am Lech in Upper Bavaria, Germany, active since 2010. They blend traditional folk instrumentation with heavy metal energy from the Bavarian Lechfeld.
Folk-infused melodic death metal band from Valencia, Spain, active since 2005. With two decades of history, Curial blend folk elements with melodic death metal from the Mediterranean coast.
Atmospheric black metal project from Geneva, Switzerland, creating music rooted in deep emotions, nature, and folklore. Across albums like The Last Rain and Devoured By The Oak, Can Bardd channels howling mountains and misty forests into intense, heartfelt black metal with folk metal accents.
Named after the mythic Norse sword that cannot be sheathed without drawing blood, Boston's Dainsleif fuse melodic death metal's sweeping intensity with folk metal's ancient melodic sensibility. One of the newer acts to emerge from the New England scene, formed in 2025.
Dalriada is a folk metal band from Sopron, Hungary, formed in 2016. The band weave Hungarian folk melodies and traditional instruments into their heavy metal foundation.
Daniel Burgin is a folk metal composer and multi-instrumentalist from Basel, Switzerland, blending real instruments like bouzouki, lever harp, and banjo with epic orchestral sound libraries. His catalog includes albums like 'Elfenland Fairytrails' and 'King of a Distant Forest,' bridging Celtic, Nordic, and medieval folk traditions with metal arrangements.
Dark Reality is a band from Mainz, Germany, formed in 2019, that evolved from death/folk metal into a folk metal/rock direction. Their sound bridges extreme metal's intensity with folk elements and melodic sensibilities.
Darkest Era is a heavy/Celtic folk metal band from Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, active since 2014. They blend Celtic folklore with epic heavy metal from the shores of Lough Erne.
Dark Samurai plays folk/black metal with ambient elements from Privolnaya in southern Russia, active since 2016 and fusing Japanese warrior imagery with Slavic folk metal traditions. Their cross-cultural concept creates a unique hybrid that bridges Eastern and Western mythology.
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