The Groove

The greatest folk metal artists of all time

9 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

This board is decided by who has rated so far. That is not a verdict on this corner of the record — it is the shape of who has voted. Rate what you love and the number moves.

No. 1

Moonsorrow

Finland · 1995– · folk metal

10.794

Why this number?

The full board

Agalloch

United States of America · 1995– · black metal 5.912

3 Borknagar

Norway · 1995– · black metal 3.217

4 Ensiferum

Finland · 1995– · folk metal 2.514

5 Negură Bunget

Romania · 1995–2017 · black metal 1.762

6 Alestorm

United Kingdom · 2007– · power metal 1.687

7 Eluveitie

Switzerland · 2002– · folk metal 1.575

Ulver

Norway · 1992– · black metal 0.677

9 Anna von Hausswolff

Sweden · 1986– · neoclassical dark wave 0.579