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This is a list of all the folk metal albums I have listened to that I found to be of at least marginal quality. It is purely for my own organizational purposes and is not meant to be a definitive statement about the genre; for that reason, there are some entries that don't entirely fit the description, including some neofolk albums and bands that don't exactly play "folk metal" but are close enough.

There used to be a good amount of crossover with my black metal list, but I have since cleaned house and removed anything labeled "pagan" or "Viking" to this list. Personally, I'm very skeptical of the idea that "pagan" anything is its own genre, and unless you're Bathory, the Viking shtick doesn't really work with me. I file it under blackened folk or folk black metal or something like that; if it has any ties to traditional music, I've decided simply to add it to this list and not bother with splitting hairs.

The first section of albums represents my favorite albums - sometimes just within the genre, sometimes overall. Beyond that, they are divided into sections by rating going down to 6/10, and within those sections in alphabetical order.

This list was last updated August 8, 2021.

1.Elvenking - Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire

2.Forefather - Ours Is The Kingdom

3.Forefather - Steadfast

4.Forefather - Last Of The Line

5.Dalriada - Áldás

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Like my other genre-based lists, this exists purely for my own organizational purposes and not to provide a definitive statement about or guidebook to the thrash genre. I've folded some speed metal and other occasional outliers into this list, maybe a few not-so-thrash albums by otherwise-thrash bands, since they're close enough and I wasn't going to make a separate list.

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain

3.Cross Examination - Menace II Sobriety

4.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Ihsahn - Arktis.

2.Vektor - Terminal Redux

3.Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

4.Anciients - Voice Of The Void

5.Black Crown Initiate - Selves We Cannot Forgive

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1.Whipstriker - Only Filth Will Prevail

2.Wolverine - Machina Viva

3.Zun - Burial Sunrise

4.Nidhöggr - Ragnarök

5.Haken - Affinity

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Just for me. A quick reminder of that amazing albums that cought my attention. It will keep growing

1.Shylmagoghnar - Emergence

2.Persefone - Core

3.The Devil´s Blood - The Time Of No Time Evermore

4.Bloodbound - Nosferatu

5.Hibria - Defying The Rules

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1.The Foreshadowing - Seven Heads, Ten Horns

2.Zakk Wylde - Book Of Shadows II

3.Nemesea - Uprise

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Here we go again. This time around though I probably won't end up listening to as many albums as previous years. Time will tell.

1.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

2.SubRosa - For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages

3.La Torture Des Ténèbres - Civilization Is The Tomb Of Our Noble Gods

4.Fvnerals - Wounds

5.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

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1.Vektor - Terminal Redux

2.Plini - Handmade Cities

3.Alcest - Kodama

4.The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation

5.Thank You Scientist - Stranger Heads Prevail

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1.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

2.Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder

3.Children Of Bodom - Something Wild

4.Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

5.Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?

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1.Primal Fear - Black Sun

2.Grave Digger - Rheingold

3.Wolf - Ravenous

4.Paragon - The Dark Legacy

5.Sentenced - The Funeral Album

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In my previous list I was critical of MS being flooded with negative comments. Now I've decided to vent about albums that I don't quite enjoy. Ah, the hypocrisy! But this one has a slight twist. I actually have these albums. Yes. I went to a record shop; parted ways with my hard earned cash and made a place for them in my collection. In most cases I went in knowing full well the critical reviews they received. But why? I am a completist. Bands love a fan like me as once I get into them I chase all their musical output; not just the acclaimed material. What's more I listen to the albums in chronological order in their entirety. So here are the top 10 albums I can't stand that I still own and listen to because...weirdness.

1.Korn - The Path Of Totality

2.Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary

3.Slayer - Undisputed Attitude

4.Discharge - Grave New World

5.Destruction - The Least Successful Human Cannonball

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1.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

2.Vektor - Terminal Redux

3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

4.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

5.Heavenwood - The Tarot Of The Bohemians: Part 1

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If your favorites aren't on here, then make your own damn list. On this list, you will see the mentioning of Spotify, iTunes, and Google Play. I have included these three medias so that you don't go looking for it and become disappointed. If one of these medias is not included in the "list of absence" then that means that media possesses that specific album.

1.Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican

2.Artillery - By Inheritance

3.Artillery - Terror Squad

4.Artillery - Fear Of Tomorrow

5.Realm - Endless War

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1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

3.Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

4.Opeth - Sorceress

5.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

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