I'm gonna see In Flames, Nevermore, and Evergrey on Saturday.

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OK...I've never heard any metal other than 80's hair metal...and this seems like a good place to ask these questions:
What is Viking metal?
What is Folk metal?

If one of you metalers could answer those, that'd be fantastic.

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Raiv: yeah I know... CoF is *really* screaming... but I like the sheet music that`s why I listen to them. ^^

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w000t Melkor. That is a fantastic line up. I've seen Nevermore and they PWN live. I love love love Warrels voice and Jeff Loomis is a guitar GOD!
In Flames I like a lot too. Just got there new album, Come Clarity, this week. Very good stuff there.
I know the name Evergrey, haven't heard anything by them though.

Larien: Viking Metal is essentially bands that use the imagery and I guess other people would say "myths" of the Vikings. Amon Amarth are probably the best of that sub-genre.
Folk Metal is just that...folk music combined with Metal. It is similar to Viking metal in a lot of ways. Finntroll and Korpiklaani are just 2 examples of Folk Metal.

Hope that was helpful.

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POWER/SYMPHONIC METAL ROCKS !!!
I just love this gender of music. What I,ve been listening to the most lately is Blind Guardian, Demons and Wizards, Rhapsody (aren't they great?! ) and Nightwish. I'm fairly new to Metal (I used to be satisfied with mainstream rock no so long ago ), but I hope to get to know more bands soon.

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Skyforger is another great folk metal band (thanks again Phoenix!)

And Linwe, those are some good bands. Actually excellent bands ^_^

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"Fight Tonight For Metal One And All".
http://www.arwen-undomiel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7521

My two friends are in a metal band... One is a drummed and another plays bass guitar... I went to see them perform yesterday... they are quite good for beginners...

And I like CoF!

I agree with Erethror, Linwe. Excellent bands you listed.
Some suggestions along the same lines:
Kamelot, Turisas, Lost Horizon, Dream Evil, Sinergy, Tarot...having a brain fart here so I've went blank sorry. But that's a good starting point.

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That's pretty cool, Daughter of Feanor! What type of metal do they play?

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Well I've got a friend in a metal band. They're death/black metal. Their probably influenced by Slayer + Dimmu Borgir (and most likely other thrash/death/black metal bands) taken from what I know my friend listens to. They actually played Raining Blood at the last Battle of the Bands at school, where they got second place (it was amazing, they started a mash, but the music teacher broke it up!). This years they won!! They got a day (or something like that) of recording at a studio. So they might be coming out with a demo.
Their line-up change this year, though. Last year it was four members. This year, it was three (the one guitarist became the new singer, and the old singer became the drummer; my friend remained the guitarist). So...yeah. They're excellent, I'll ask my friend if I could get a sample, which I'll get up.

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"Fight Tonight For Metal One And All".
http://www.arwen-undomiel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7521

WOW! Just listened to Lordi...Amazing! They so deserved to win Eurovision!

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"Fight Tonight For Metal One And All".
http://www.arwen-undomiel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7521

INDEED! I was overjoyed when they won! The biggest score ever!

The irony was that greece gave Lordi 12 points when 3 greek organizations accused Lordi of satanisim

This proves one thing: The best music the we finns do is rock/metal

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LOL I know I'm completely hooked on them now. I can't stop listening to Hard Rock Hallelujah.

I want to move to Finland.

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I'm serious. I used to want to live in Norway (ancestoral thing) or Sweden. But lately I feel myself being more and more drawn to Finland.

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Let`s all move to Finland! Guys there are hawt XD

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