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Pagan black metal band from Alexandreia in northern Greece, active since 2013. They channel Celtic and pagan themes through atmospheric black metal from the Macedonian region.
Folk metal band from Ciudad Real, Spain, formed in 2022. They blend Celtiberian cultural heritage and folk elements with heavy metal energy from the Castilian plains.
Pagan black metal band from the Bremen/Delmenhorst area, Germany, formed in 2016. They channel Celtic themes and nature worship through raw, atmospheric black metal.
Celtic Frost formed in Zürich, Switzerland in June 1984 when guitarist Thomas Gabriel Fischer and bassist Martin Eric Ain dissolved their previous band Hellhammer and rebuilt with more ambitious musical goals. Their first two records, Morbid Tales (1984) and To Mega Therion (1985), were foundational texts for extreme metal, directly influencing the development of black, death, and doom metal. After a long hiatus, the band reformed and released the critically acclaimed Monotheist in 2006 before disbanding permanently in 2008 when Fischer departed to form Triptykon.
Melodic death-power-thrash act from Udine in Friuli, formed in 2020. Celtic Hills blends folk-tinged melodies with aggressive extreme metal in a genre-crossing approach.
Dublin heavy metal band with roots stretching back to 1998. Celtic Legacy has been a stalwart of the Irish traditional heavy metal scene for over a quarter century, drawing on Celtic themes and classic metal structures.
Black speed metal act from Oslo, active since 2006. Celtic Moon fuses Celtic themes with raw black-speed metal from the Norwegian capital.
Celtica is a heavy metal band from New York, working in a melodic traditional style rooted in classic 1980s American and European heavy metal, with hook-forward songwriting built around clean vocals and crunching mid-tempo riffs.
Raw black metal band from Vigo, Spain, emerging in 2026. They channel Celtic and pagan themes through primitive, stripped-down black metal from Galicia.
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