This is a list of folk metal bands. The genre of folk metal is a fusion of heavy metal music with folk music. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments and to a lesser extent traditional singing styles. The music of folk metal is characterised by its diversity with bands known to perform different styles of both heavy metal music and folk music. Bands are identified in the list below. List of bands See also List of Viking metal bands List of heavy metal bands Heavy metal subgenres References External links List of folk metal bands on About.com List of folk metal bands on Musicmight Folk metal