In early 2008, around the time of the original Paganfest USA tour, Pagan and Folk metal were all the rage. Bands from all over Europe were suddenly gaining attention in America with their blend of ...

Pagan metal is pretty much an official metal subgenre nowadays, but Swiss metal band Eluveitie, who meld Celtic folk with their death metal stylings, prefer the term 'folk metal' over 'pagan metal,' ...

A "documentary" isn't precisely what you get in this lo-fi look at the pagan metal scene. The whole shebang begins not with a menu but with an extended promo for another Bill-Zebub feature ― an ...

The fusing of heavy metal with traditional folk music, isn't necessarily a new thing, but there isn't anyone on the planet doing it better than Korpiklanni. The Finnish sextet's roots can be traced ...

The roots of pagan metal are as murky and mystical as some of its songs. “It’s a cultural music,’’ says Scott Lee, who books and promotes metal bands for MassConcerts. “It’s not like other sub-genres ...

Metal has long fetishized pagan priests and their witchy rituals, and Green Druid’s recently reissued album Ashen Blood is no exception. For readers who haven’t warmed to the pagan iconography of so ...

German Pagan metal band, VARG, brings us something completely new to the band with "Fara Til Ránar", the third single from their upcoming full-length, Zeichen, to be released on September 18 via ...

I’m on something of a modern power metal kick lately. Those sucky new Raintime songs really got me fired up and looking for something good, and thankfully the power metal faithful amongst the masses ...

PaganFolk Metal has been growing in popularity and has overthrown Black Metal in Europe These bands have tested the American shores and have played soldout shows The time has come to explore this ...