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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Na Cruithne is a folk metal band from Galway, Ireland, active since 2017. Named after the Cruthin — ancient pre-Gaelic peoples of Ireland — they weave Celtic heritage into heavy metal.
Naakhum is a band from Igualada in Catalonia that evolved from black metal and ambient into blackened folk metal since 2010. The project's stylistic shift blends Catalan folk traditions with black metal from the Barcelona hinterland.
Naastrand is a folk black metal band from Lens in the Alsace region of France, active since 2007. With a five-piece lineup featuring dual guitars and keyboards, their sound blends atmospheric black metal with folk elements, as heard on tracks like Hangmen Forest.
Nachtgeschrei is a folk metal and rock band from Frankfurt, Germany, active since 2015. The band blends German folk traditions with metal and rock energy from the financial capital of continental Europe.
Progressive black/folk metal act from De Bilt, formed in 2014 and merging the complexity of progressive metal with folk melodies and black metal's intensity. Their ambitious fusion channels multiple traditions into a cohesive sonic vision.
Narfùr is a black/folk metal band from Sochi, Russia, formed in 2024. They bring folk-inflected black metal from this Black Sea resort city, one of Russia's most geographically unusual metal origins.
Narrator is a melodic death and folk metal band from Schweinfurt in Lower Franconia, active since 2022. The band fuses folk melodies with melodic death metal from the industrial city on the River Main.
Skåne folk/Viking/black metal act formed in 2017, blending Nordic folk traditions and Viking themes with black metal's intensity from southern Sweden. Their fusion approach connects ancient heritage with extreme metal power.
Chernihiv melodic pagan/folk metal act active since 2004, channeling traditional Slavic themes and folk melodies through metal's powerful framework. Their two decades of output have established them as pillars of Ukrainian folk metal.
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