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    Pagan metal

    Pagan metal is an umbrella term for heavy metal music which fuses extreme metal with "the pre-Christian traditions

    of a specific culture or region through thematic concept, rustic melodies, unusual instruments or archaic

    languages",[1][]

    usually referring to folk metal or black metal. The Norwegian band In the Woods... was one of the

    first bands commonly viewed as pagan metal.[][]Metal Hammer author Marc Halupczok wrote that Primordial's song

    "To Enter Pagan" from the band's demo "Dark Romanticism" contributed to defining the genre.[]

    Characteristics

    Pagan metal is "more of an idea than a genre" and consequently bands tend to be "wildly different" from one

    another.[1]

    Bassist Jarkko Aaltonen of the band Korpiklaani notes that bands singing about "Vikings or other ancient

    tribes of people are all labelled as pagan", regardless of whether they use folk instruments.[2]

    Heri Joensen expressed

    a similar description of pagan metal as bands that sing about "pre-Christian, European traditions, be they historical or

    mythological" and notes that it is "musically extremely diverse because it is more about the lyrics than the music".[3]

    Some bands are known to be "sprightly and spirited" while others are "bleak and doomy". Vocal styles range from"melodic chanting to unearthly growling" and while some acts sing in their native language, others sing in English.

    [1]

    Pagan metal bands are often associated with Viking metal and folk metal. Bands such as Moonsorrow and Kampfar

    have been identified as fitting within all three of those genres.[][]

    History

    Led Zeppelin and Manowar had already explored pagan themes in the 1970s and 1980s though pagan metal bands

    share few if any similarities, preferring instead to credit the influence of bands such as Bathory, Enslaved, Amorphis,

    and Skyclad.[1]

    Bathory and Enslaved are also known as Viking metal bands[4][5]

    while Amorphis and Skyclad are

    also known as folk metal bands.

    [6][7]

    Jarkko Aaltonen notes that Black Sabbath "was quite pagan" as well butof "the current metal scene", he credits

    Skyclad as starting "the mix of traditional folk-rock music with mythology-concentrated lyrics".[2]

    Chrigel

    Glanzmann of Eluveitie similarly credits Skyclad as the first pagan metal band, remarking that the band had mixed

    heavy metal music with Celtic folk music "in a way that was really inspiring".[8]

    The author Ian Christe has also

    identify Skyclad as the pioneers of pagan metal.[]

    In contrast, Heri Joensen credits Bathoryas the first pagan metal

    act instead, noting that Bathory had gotten "tired of the childishness of satanic lyrics, so they added some cultural

    weight by going to Nordic mythology".[3]

    Alan A. Nemtheanga of Primordial remarks that one "can see the

    formation of pagan metal" in Bathory's 1988 album Blood Fire Death. He also contends that Bathory "were copying

    Manowar, which most people don't like to admit".[9]

    Mathias Nygrd of Turisas identified Amorphis as the first

    pagan metal band for playing "a huge role in guiding us in the direction we are now".[10]

    In April 2008, performers on the folk and pagan metal festival Paganfest were subject to accusations of being

    neo-Nazis and fascists from the Berliner Institut fr Faschismus Forschung.[11]

    Ville Sorvali of Moonsorrow and

    Heri Joensen of Tr issued a joint video statement to refute these accusations, noting that "one of the biggest issues

    seems to be that we use ancient Scandinavian symbols in our imagery like the S in the Moonsorrow logo and the T in

    the Tr logo [even though] that is how the S and the T runes have been written for thousands of years".[12]

    Moonsorrow has also issued a written statement in response to the controversy[13]

    while Tr notes on their official

    website that they "got the idea for the rune logo" from the Black Sabbath album of the same name.[14]

    Other pagan

    metal bands such as Skyforger have also disassociated themselves from Nazism, fascism or racism.[15]

    Skyforger

    went as far as to add the words 'No Nazi Stuff Here!' on the back of their album covers.[16]

    As of 2009, the genre has become something of a phenomenon.[1] Mikael Karlbom of Finntroll feels that pagan

    metal has become something of a trend.[17]

    Jarkko Aaltonen of Korpiklaani expresses a similar opinion and laments

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    the number of people "jumping on a bandwagon".[]

    Johan Hegg of Amon Amarth has distanced his band from the

    trend, stating that "We dont really see ourselves as one of those bands doing pagan folklore music."[18]

    List of bands

    Band Country Formed NotesAmorphis Finland 1990 [10]

    Arkona Russia 2002 [19]

    Bathory Sweden 1983 [3][9]

    Eluveitie Switzerland 2002 [1]

    Ensiferum Finland 1995 [1]

    Forefather England 1997 [20]

    Graveland Poland 1992

    Finntroll Finland 1997 [1]

    In the Woods... Norway 1992 [][]

    Kampfar Norway 1994 []

    Korpiklaani Finland 2003 [1]

    Moonsorrow Finland 1995 []

    Primordial Ireland 1991 [1][]

    Suidakra Germany 1994 [21]

    Skyclad England 1990 []

    Skyforger Latvia 1995 [22][23][24][25]

    Turisas Finland 1997 [1]

    Tr Faroe Islands 1998 [1]

    References

    Wiederhorn, Jon (April 2009). "Stairway to Heathen" [26].Revolver: 6064. Retrieved 2009-05-11.

    Notes

    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Revolver_%28magazine%29http://www.revolvermag-digital.com/revolver/200904/?pg=61http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=T%C3%BDr_%28band%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turisashttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skyforgerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skyclad_%28band%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suidakrahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primordial_%28band%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moonsorrowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Korpiklaanihttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kampfarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=In_the_Woods...http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Finntrollhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gravelandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forefatherhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ensiferumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eluveitiehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bathory_%28band%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arkona_%28band%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amorphishttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amon_Amarth
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