Harvestman - In a Dark Tongue (2009)

1) World Ash
2) Karlsteine
3) Birch-Wood Bower
4) By Wind and Sun
5) Music of the Dark Torrent
6) Eibhli Ghail Chiuin Ni Chearbhail
7) Headless Staves of Poets
8) The Hawk of Achill
9) Carved in Aspen
10) Light Cycle
11) In a Dark Tongue
12) Centre of the World

It should be known that there is no such thing as a bad Neurosis side project. Steve Von Till's work under the name Harvestman is strong evidence. In a Dark Tongue, Harvestman's sophomore effort, features a cross between Neurosis' brand of sludge and northwestern US folk metal.

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Finsterforst - ...zum Tode hin (2009)

1) Urquell
2) Das große Erwachen
3) Seines Glückes Schmied
4) Sturmes Ernte
5) Untergang

You know those folk bands that make albums with five 10-minute songs that are super epic and awesome as hell? Yea? Finsterforst's one of those bands. Imagine Moonsorrow with a little bit more of a black metal edge and more folk instruments...oh yea, and German instead of Finnish.

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Vintersorg - Solens Rötter (2007)

Genre: Viking/Folk Metal
Country: Sweden
Label: Napalm Records
Release Date: May 2007

This album from Vintersorg takes viking metal in a very progressive direction taking the general style and blending in intensive drumming, complex guitar riffs, melodies and juat overall catchy songs. The band seems to overall have caught a fairly mystical, atmospheric and melodic feel and is interesting and enjoyable to listen to.

Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/20247789/Vintersorg.zip

Darkestrah - The Great Silk Road (2008)

1) The Silk Road
2) Inner Voice
3) Cult Tengri
4) Kara-Oy
5) The Last Step

For a few months, I've been finding that I don't like black metal as much as I thought I did (with the exception of folk/black metal). However, a few bands have managed to spark up my interest a little bit, one of these bands being Darkestrah. Darkestrah is one of the very few heavy metal bands from Kyrgyzstan, although they've recently relocated to Germany. The band's latest album, The Great Silk Road, contains epic black metal suites much like their other work. This album is definitely among the year's best releases.

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Oblomov - Mighty Cosmic Dances (2005)

Track list :

1. Into the R.O. 02:30
2. Mentality Failure 01:30
3. Redefination of the Past 05:15
4. Lost Between Emotions 05:25
5. Starsend 03:47
6. 1 of the 4 04:58
7. Nostalgic Idealization 05:35
8. Dreamworks 05:34



This trio from Czech Republic play a good mix of black and melodic death metal with a touch of folk. Very energetic, this isn't the type of record you'd listen to once or twice, the riffs and melodies are very catchy especially on the first half of the album. You hear saxophone leads, flute and other instruments, but they match the aggressive, melodic and progressive song writing perfectly. This is their first full-length. Grab it you won't be disappointed.

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Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)

Although they are a progressive metal band now, Amorphis was once a melodic death metal band (featuring keyboards of couse). And like every good band, they fuse elements of other genres into their music. In this case it's folk and doom metal. The title Tales From The Thousand Lakes is very appropriate considering that the lyrics on this album are based off of the Kalevala, a collection of Finnish folklore compiled by Elias Lönnrot and one of the most important pieces of Finnish literature. Take all of that stuff, put it all together, and you have a truly amazing album.

Fun Fact: Amorphis was the first band added to the Metal Archives.
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1) Thousand Lakes
2) Into Hiding
3) The Castaway
4) First Doom
5) Black Winter Day
6) Drowned Maid
7) In the Beginning
8) Forgotten Sunrise
9) To Father's Cabin
10) Magic and Mayhem

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