Following on from my last post, I thought I'd provide some examples of folk-metal, for those who don't know what it is.
Eluveitie are a Swiss Celtic f-m band. Inis Mona is from their wonderful new album Slania:
(Check out the bagpipe-player with the goat's skull atop his instrument !)
This is currently on heavy CD-player rotation round these parts with Land by Tyr, a band of Vikings from the Faroe Islands. This is Sinklars Visa:
My missus reckons I've got obscure tastes in music. Can't think why.
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Interesting! I think the mixing in the first one needs to be sorted out so the guitarists don't blow the other instruments out of the water. The hurdy-gurdy was hard to hear, and the bagpipes were also mostly hidden.
Folk metal is definitely something I would want more of, now that I have heard of it. Have you ever listened to my favourite, Rebetiko?