r/folkmetal↗
Folk Metal - news, reviews, videos & discussion.
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that developed in Europe during the 1990s, fusing traditional folk music with various styles of metal. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments, traditional vocal styles, and diverse languages.
25k subscribers95 posts / mo in Sep 202665 authors / mosince 2010
r/folkmetal has 25k members (+11% over the last 12 months). It gets about 95 posts a month from 65 people. Top topics: Black Metal, Black Metal and New Album Releases.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Black Metal3.9%
- Black Metal2.9%
- New Album Releases1.8%
- Viking Winter1.5%
- Black Metal Albums1.3%
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- Spotify
- Encyclopaedia Metallum
- Rate Your Music
- DistroKid
- Suno
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