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,' ...

Anyone who went to the U.S. incarnation of this year’s pagan/folk metal festival Paganfest will tell you that it was positively one of the best, most fun concerts of the year so far (see also: live ...

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 ...

As a sub-genre blessed with more than its fair share of axe-wielding Vikings and Celtic warlords, pagan metal has been slow in sailing outside the pages of the specialist metal press and invading the ...

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 ...