Finland’s approach to modern folk music is vastly different than the singer-songwriter-centric subgenre most Americans are familiar with. Over there, it’s not so much a harbinger of heartbreak or ...

A distinct subgenre of heavy metal called “folk metal” has developed over the past few decades. Spawning from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the mid '80s in Europe, the harmonies and melodies ...

It’s likely, however, that at least one musician has never heard the hoary funny. Nature Ganganbaigal had been in New York less than two years from his native China when his band Tengger Cavalry sold ...

It's easy to argue that Finland's premier folk metal band have perfected a formula that doesn't ever need to be changed. After a couple of missteps on their more recent albums (2012's Unsung Heroes ...

Recently, Afrobeats phenom Fuse ODG hopped on Major Lazer’s “Light It Up” remix and posted a clip of it to his Instagram. He called it, “WORLD MUSIC.” While there is little to no likelihood that a pop ...

Swedish power-folk troupe Falconer have announced that From a Dying Ember will serve as the follow-up album to 2014's Black Moon Rising. It'll be the ninth record from the band and one that welcomes ...

Though most would consider the musical genre "folk metal" to be a bit of an oxymoron, one local group of artists has made it their calling card. Five members strong and two years in the making, the ...

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A recent study has come out of Leeds Beckett University which declares that folk metal promotes racism and sexism… kinda. The basic idea of the study, which was written by Professor Karl Spracklen and ...

Bloodywood, the outfit that built their name on metal covers of traditional Indian music, have pivoted that early viral hype into real deal success and their latest original single, “Aaj,” is all the ...