List of Viking metal bands

This is a list of Viking metal bands. Viking metal is a melodic strain of heavy metal with a tempo ranging from mid-pace to fast, often accompanied with keyboard melodies and acoustic instrumentation.[1][2]

Ted Lundström of Amon Amarth
Warlord Nygård of Turisas
Heri Joensen of Týr
Sven-Erik Lind of Drottnar
Band Formed Notes
Amon Amarth 1992 [3][4][5]
Ancient Rites 1988 [6]
Ásmegin 1998 [7]
Bathory 1983 [8]
Borknagar 1995 [9][10]
Destroy Destroy Destroy 2003 [11]
Drottnar 1996 [12][13]
Einherjer 1993 [14][15]
Elexorien 2004 [16]
Ensiferum 1995 [17]
Enslaved 1991 [18][19][20]
Equilibrium 2003 [21][22]
Falkenbach 1989 [23][24]
Folkearth 2003 [25]
Forefather 1997 [26]
Glittertind 2001 [27]
Helheim 1992 [28][29]
Holy Blood 1999 [30]
I 2006 [31]
Kampfar 1994 [32]
Månegarm 1995 [33][34][35]
Mithotyn 1993 [36]
Moonsorrow 1995 [37][38]
Storm 1994 [39]
Slechtvalk 1999 [30][40]
Svartsot 2005 [41][42]
Thyrfing 1995 [43][44][45][46]
Turisas 1997 [47][48]
Týr 1998 [49][50]
Unleashed 1989 [3][51]
Windir 1994 [52]

See also

References

Notes

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