Viking Metal
Viking metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterised by its galloping pace, keyboard-rich anthemic sound, bleakness and dramatic emphasis on Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age.
The genre of Viking metal was pioneered by the Swedish band Bathory. Viking metal is noisy, chaotic, and often augmented by sorrowful keyboard melodies. Like folk metal bands, Viking metal acts generally utilize some acoustic and other unusual instruments in addition to the traditional metal instruments.
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