This article is about the style of heavy metal. For the heavy metal band, see Pagan (band).
Pagan metal
Stylistic origins
Extreme metal
black metal
pagan folk
folk metal
Viking metal
Cultural origins
Early 1990s, Northern Europe
Other topics
Celtic metal
pagan rock
folk religion
modern paganism
Polytheistic reconstructionism
neofolk
Pagan metal is a genre of heavy metal music which fuses extreme metal with "the pre-Christian traditions of a specific culture or region" through thematic concept, rustic melodies, unusual instruments or archaic languages,[1][2] usually referring to folk metal or black metal. The Norwegian band In the Woods... was one of the first bands commonly viewed as pagan metal.[3][4]Metal Hammer author Marc Halupczok wrote that Primordial's song "To Enter Pagan" from the band's demo "Dark Romanticism" contributed to defining the genre.[5]
^Wiederhorn 2009, p. 62.
^Cummins, Johnson (April 2009). "Myth Demeanour: Finland's Korpiklaani lead the pagan metal pack". Montreal Mirror. Vol. 24, no. 44. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
^Wachter, Christian (2008). "Progressive Heiden". Pagan Fire. No. 2. p. 51. Eine der ersten Gruppen, die übereinstimmend als Pagan Metal-Band bezeichnet wurde, waren bekanntlich In The Woods...
^Halupczok, Marc (March 2010). "Waldschrate & Met-Trinker". Metal Hammer. p. 30. 1992 gegründet, wurden In The Woods... als eine der ersten Bands überhaupt als reine Pagan-Band bezeichnet oder dem Black Metal zugerechnet.
^Halupczok, Marc (March 2010). "Waldschrate & Met-Trinker". Metal Hammer. p. 31. Mit 'To Enter Pagan' vom Demo DARK ROMANTICISM definierten sie ein ganzes Genre mit.
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