When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. These dalliances with Scandinavian beliefs and warriors walked so the likes of Amon Amarth and ...

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 ...

When Einar Selvik founded Wardruna in 2003, they effectively existed in a scene of one. While by no means the first band to explore Scandinavian tradition, they helped popularise it to such an extent ...

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well—some inspired by a weekly theme and some not, but always songs worth hearing. Although I’m more of a Valhalla Rising man myself ...

The ambient Nordic folk band is known to use traditional instruments in its trance-like music. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / S. Bollmann Dark Norwegian folk band Wardruna will sail into San Antonio this ...

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 ...

Amalie Bruun, the sole artist behind Myrkur, has returned with her third album, Folkesange, debuting a music video for "Ella," the first single and the album's opening track. In the mid-2000s, there ...