Bathory was a Swedish black metal band formed in Vällingby in 1983 and named after the infamous Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory. The band's…

Amon Amarth is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed in 1992. The band takes its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a…

Ensiferum (Latin: ēnsiferum, meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish extreme power metal/folk metal band from Helsinki.

Ensiferum was founded in…

At least five bands share the name "Equilibrium":

1. Equilibrium is a metal band from Munich, Germany, founded in 2001. They released a very…

Týr is a folk metal band from the Faroe Islands. Their music can be described as a blend of viking, folk and significant progressive structures.…

There are at least five bands with the name Forlorn. Here are the three of them:

1. Forlorn was a Doom metal band from Gävle, Sweden. Which is…

Turisas is a Finnish folk metal band from Hämeenlinna. They were founded in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström and named after an ancient…

Korpiklaani is a folk metal band from Finland who were formerly known as Shaman. The name Korpiklaani means "Backwoods Clan" in the Finnish…

Enslaved is a metal band from Bergen, Norway. Their style has changed over the years. Originally being an old-school black metal/viking metal act,…

Windir ('Primal Warrior' in English) was a folk black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. The band combined black metal with folk music and mythology.…

There are at least 4 artists of that name which are not to be confused with the Faroese metal band Týr:

1) Tyr is a prog metal band from Spain,…

Månegarm is a Swedish Viking/black metal band from Norrtälje. The band's name comes from Mánagarmr, a wolf in Norse mythology.

The band started…

Falkenbach is a one-man German Viking metal project created by Vratyas Vakyas (literally, "The Searching Wanderer" possibly from Sanskrit).…

There are numerous artists named Storm, some examples include:
1) Storm is a Norwegian folk metal band.
2) Storm is a Swedish heavy progressive…

Borknagar is a band from Bergen, Norway founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band began as a black metal/viking metal band and quickly…

Thyrfing is a viking metal band from Sweden. The band is named after the royal sword Tyrfing from Norse mythology.

Thyrfing was formed in 1995 by…

Moonsorrow is a pagan metal band formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in…

Skálmöld is a metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland formed in August 2009.

Skálmöld's music can be described as a powerful, melodic and epic Viking…

Einherjer is a Viking metal band and was formed in January 1993 by Frode Glesnes (Guitar) and Gerhard Storesund (Drums). Based in Haugesund, a…

Vintersorg is a Swedish progressive folk/avant-garde metal band formed in 1994 in Skellefteå, Sweden under the name Vargatron (Wolfthrone in…

This epic metal band was formed in the early 90's by the sole two members still making up Ereb Altor. Growing up having Bathory's epic era in our…