Welcome to Today’s FYB Post where We are Talking about the Topic of Medieval Metal. We are Massive Music Fans Who truly believe that Life without Music Simply isn’t worth fucking Living. In addition to that We are Fanatically Devout Fans of Niche Musical Genres such as Horrorcore, Deathgrind, Grindcore, Powerviolence, Underground Hardcore/Punk, Brutal/Slamming Death Metal Etc., BUT this Medieval Metal is Something New to Us.
So What the fuck is Medieval Metal in the First fucking Place?! Medieval Metal came into it’s Own back in the Mid 90’s, and is Defined as a Subgenera of Heavy Metal that Blends Heavy Metal Music with Medieval Folk Music. Now one Reason (if not the Main reason) Medieval Metal is such a Niche Genre is that it is Mostly Restricted to Germany where it Know as Mittelalter-Metal or Mittelalter-Rock. On One Hand the Medieval Metal Musical Style is Characterized by the Prominent Use of a Wide Variety of Traditional Folk and Medieval Instruments, and Many Bands Dress in Stylized Medieval Era Costumes on Stage during Concerts/Live Shows. Many Medieval Metal Bands Adopt a Musical Styles from Various Medieval Era Source Material such as Viking Music, Celtic Music, Nordic Music, and in Addition from Fantasy Stories such as Lord of the Ring. On the Other Hand Some Medieval Metal Bands take a More Modern approach to Their Songwriting while Still Utilizing Traditional Medieval or Ancient Instruments.
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This Actually makes Sense to Us since While Researching Medieval Metal Bands We Noticed there are Slight Variations among Them. What We mean by that is While All the Bands Retained the Key Elements of the Medieval Metal Genre Some Bands Seemed to Lean More Towards the Folk Metal Aspect. We felt Compelled to included 1 Example of this in the Videos Below (Cultus Ferox – Gotterdammerung)because Well We had To Yet really didn’t really want to. Meanwhile other Medieval Bands really Embraced the Heavy Metal Aspect which again makes Sense since Common Themes in Heavy Metal were/are Medieval Times, Devils and Demons, Dragons, Monsters, Death/Grim Reaper, Old Graveyards, Knights, Castles, and Mythical Creatures for Example. Also We found Medieval Metal Bands that Took Ques from Black Metal which was by Far Our Favorite Hands fucking Down.
MEDIEVAL METAL VIDEOS BELOW:
- Apocalypse Orchestra (First 2 Videos) – The Garden Of Earthly Delights and Theatre Of War
- Wind Rose – Diggy Diggy Hole
- Subway To Sally – Was Ihrwollt
- Corvus Corax – Sverker
- Cultus Ferox – Gotterdammerung
- Tanzwut – Lügner
- Ingrimm – Ingrimm
- Ragnaroek – Gevadder
- Haggefugg – Katzenjammer
It is What it Is,
Presented By Les Sober