Bulgarian folk/black metal project founded in Leipzig in 2001, whose eleven releases chart an evolution from folk black metal through a neofolk period and into post-folk black metal, drawing on Bulgarian and Slavic folklore alongside the symbolism of Ezra Pound. Albums like "Kukeri" and "Lady Vitosha" reflect a deep engagement with Bulgarian cultural heritage filtered through extreme metal.

Svartsot play folk metal from the Jutland city of Randers, blending Danish folk melodies and Norse mythology with heavy metal energy. Active since 2007, they've become one of Denmark's most visible folk metal acts, performing in Danish and drawing on Scandinavian traditions.

Swadilfari forge pagan and folk black metal from Hesse, drawing their name from the stallion of Norse mythology that helped build Asgard's walls. Active since 2013, they bring mythological construction to the central German pagan metal scene.

Synaxaria describe their sound as "romantic melodic metal," blending gothic and folk elements across a deep catalog that includes albums like "Rzeczpospolita," "Deep Dark Waters," and "Forest Path." From Minsk, they've evolved from gothic/industrial origins into a more folk-infused approach, with atmospheric, emotionally rich compositions and collaborations with other Belarusian artists.

Folk metal project from Carinthia, Austria, Tagarot draws on the region's Celtic and pre-Roman heritage — the name references the ancient Taurisci tribe's territory Noreia. Their two releases, "Tales from Noreia" and "Veleda's Prophecy," weave melodic folk instrumentation with metal arrangements, and the project maintains its own website at talesfromnoreia.at.

Taiga is a black/folk metal band from Tampere, Finland, active since 2008. Named after the vast boreal forest, they blend folk elements with black metal's raw intensity.

Tan Noz from Nantes craft folk metal under a Breton name meaning 'fire night,' weaving the Celtic folk traditions of northwestern France into heavy metal since 2016. A decade of fire-night revelry from the Loire-Atlantique capital has produced compositions rich in Breton cultural identity.

Tana del Lupo is a folk/death metal band from Azzano Decimo in the Pordenone province, Italy, formed in 2014. Their name meaning 'Wolf's Den' in Italian, they blend folk traditions with death metal ferocity.

Atmospheric pagan black/folk metal project from Gomel, Belarus, formed in 2009 by D. Sytchev and A. Romanow, who handle vocals, programming, guitar, bass, and keyboards between them. Their sound evolved from early ambient and dungeon synth influences toward a fully realized atmospheric black metal style with pagan and nature-based themes, documented on their 2015 album Зов Древних (Call of the Ancients). The project is among the few Belarusian metal acts to meaningfully incorporate folk and pagan elements into an extreme metal context.