TIL: There is medieval metal.
How do you think they made swords?
Well, shit.
You want to open a can of awesomeness? Well you got it. This is by no means an exhaustive list nor any that covers the whole spectrum. Some bands are serious others much more lighthearted. Generally all of these have strong folk metal influences drawing inspiration from the middle ages (fall of Rome to fall of Constantinople). Go wild. If I were to do a “top five tracks” from a few bands I would choose Cruachan, Heidevolk, Månegarm and Skálmöld
Cruachan - irish/celtic
Eluveitie - celtic gaul
Feuerschwanz - german “high medieval”
Equilibrium - german
Heidevolk - dutch
Norse/Viking (here I just dump a bunch) - Amon Amath, Brothers of Metal, Ensiferum, Månegarm, Skálmöld, Tyr
Alestorm - PIRATES, a humorous bonus for the funzies
In Extremo is pretty good too
Fucking men is the most metal thing you can do as a man
