Self-styled 'Neoclassical Fantasy Battle Metal' crew from Nottingham, led by Captain Davey Silver, merging pirate metal theatrics with Nordic folk melodies and neoclassical guitar virtuosity. Albums like 'Book of Legends' and 'To War' conjure a swashbuckling world of maritime adventure and fantasy warfare.

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Folk metal band from York, England, formed in 2025. Their deliberately absurd name accompanies folk metal from the ancient Viking city.

Riitasointu is a black/folk metal band from Nurmijärvi near Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2021. Named after the Finnish word for 'discord,' the band weaves folk elements into black metal.

Rimmersgard is a folk metal and neofolk band from Mildenau in the Erzgebirge mountains of Saxony, Germany, active since 1997. Named after a realm from Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn fantasy series, the band has delivered nearly three decades of folk-infused metal from the Ore Mountains.

Formed in Hallwang, Austria in 1998, Rivendell weave folk-influenced epic metal with raw black metal power, drawing lyrical inspiration from Tolkien's mythology, ancient nature, and fantasy battlefields. Their discography spans albums including Elven Tears, Fangorn: Poems of Mountains and Forests, Unsung Tales, and Farewell: The Last Dawn.

Rohirrim is a pagan/folk metal band from Cloppenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany, formed in 2022 and named after Tolkien's horse-lords of Rohan. The band channels epic folk metal themes from the rural northwest German lowlands.

Vilnius epic folk/Viking metal act formed in 2014, channeling pre-Christian Baltic traditions through heavy metal's powerful framework. Their thematic focus on ancient Lithuanian pagan heritage connects extreme metal to deep cultural roots.

Multifaceted artist from Carlisle, England, whose career since 2004 has evolved from folk and acoustic music through folk/doom/psychedelic rock into full-bore drone and doom metal. This remarkable stylistic journey spans two decades and multiple genre worlds.