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Post by thevociferator on Mar 7, 2017 11:59:04 GMT -6
This is a genre I've been trying hard to get into but lose interest midway through a full album. I honestly don't know much abot this genre except how it's typically very melodic black metal or often folk metal without the folk instruments. I think from band to band the definition changes though. I think it varies from Viking Metal simply with lyric content and overall aesthetic and the original folk music composition. Pagan Metal seems to be the Slavic variant of Viking Metal. I'm currently listening to this album and enjoying it quite a bit, I might make it through the whole thing in one piece without getting bored, which says a lot! www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcaOM79dGDPyMTV9_Y9HYBCAuPn9izLylhow much do y'all know about pagan metal?
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Post by Kerrick on Mar 7, 2017 12:08:05 GMT -6
I used to be a big fan of Borknagar and Vintersorg - both of which are very good bands, especially their earlier stuff. (I think I still have some Vintersorg for sale if you're interested...) I've seen Enslaved live and they are really great too. I think those are some of the bigger ones in the genre.
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Post by Kaiheijinshu on Mar 7, 2017 13:15:48 GMT -6
In my experience, a lot of bands seem to change between styles within an album and sometimes even within a song. Sometimes pretty straight black metal or melodic death metal, sometimes pretty upbeat folk metal, sometimes acoustic folk, it is often difficult to distinguish pagan metal from folk metal and Viking metal. There are multiple ways in which I have thought about it. Pagan metal tend to bring about a darker atmosphere than a lot of folk metal and Viking metal, but there are exceptions to both sides with all of the crossover, it tend to sound darker than folk metal, but more upbeat than "normal" black metal. As far as use of folk instruments, it kind of seems to be some something like folk metal>pagan metal>Viking metal, but again, there are too many exceptions for it to be a hard rule. As you mentioned, pagan metal is often something like black/folk with more of a folk structure, but not always, I guess. Regardless, I enjoy a lot of the music. Assuming you already know the big names like Arkona and Moonsorrow, I can probably give a few recommendations, though some might cross-over with Viking metal and folk metal. Havukruunu from Finland plays decent pagan black metal: hammerstunde.bandcamp.com/album/rautaa-ja-tultaI also enjoy Woodscream from Russia. Helroth from Poland: ГРАЙ (Grai) from Russia:
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Post by thevociferator on Mar 7, 2017 14:11:21 GMT -6
Awesome! I'll check out these bands
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Post by thevociferator on Mar 7, 2017 14:13:41 GMT -6
Well at this point i'm going by strictly Metal Archives and their categorization of pagan metal, if I don't see pagan in the genre descriptor, then I assume it's not really pagan metal.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 14:40:58 GMT -6
I still really don't like the terms "pagan metal" and "viking metal". I think those should be used strictly to establish lyrical themes. I get that most of these bands play some kind of mixture of black, folk, and death metal, but you might as well just call it what it is. Melodic death/folk metal. Black/folk metal. Atmospheric black metal with folk influences. Something like that for each band.
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Post by Kaiheijinshu on Mar 8, 2017 11:02:29 GMT -6
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Post by thevociferator on Mar 10, 2017 14:02:17 GMT -6
status update, still checking out the bands, it's a slow process.
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