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unusual facts about viking metal



Heavy metal fashion

Folk metal, viking metal, black metal and power metal fans often grow long thick hair and beards reminiscent of a stereotypical Viking, Saxon and Celt, and wear Thor's Hammer pendants and other pagan symbols.

Narfi

In "A Great Man's Return", a song on their album Valdr Galga, the Swedish viking metal band Thyrfing refer to "Norve's starfilled sky".

Wild Frontier

"Over the Hills and Far Away" was covered by the Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish on their 2001 EP of the same title, and Swedish viking metal band Thyrfing on their album Urkraft.


see also

Mulmets Viser

Mulmets Viser is the second album from the Danish folk/Viking metal band Svartsot.

Ólavur

Ólavur Riddararós, a single by the Faroese folk / Viking metal band Týr, released in 2002 by Tutl

Ravnenes Saga

Ravnenes Saga is the debut album from the Danish folk/Viking metal band Svartsot.

Skipanes

It is home to Terji Skibenæs, the guitarist of the Faeroese Viking Metal group Týr.