Thankyou everybody and my apologies for not many individual comments, which is what I like to do.
At this time all I have done is click links in this thread but tomorrow I shall be looking up bands that folks have listed by name without a video. This thread is going to provide some much needed distraction for me tomorrow at top volume on my headphones while my wife is on the operating table. Thank God for laptops and headphones that do not leak enough sounds to bother others at the hospital.
I have listened to one Bathory song and it is now on my favorites. When my wife is out of surgery I am going to ask the Google Goddess to find me more.
Thankyou so much for directing me to the album Eld from Enslaved. That is on my “must” list.
Korpiklaani is also on my “must” list.
@Vunessuh Oh that is nice. My musical tastes are varied. Your post brought me in mind of one of my absolute favorite songs, Temple of the King by Rainbow.
@lillycoyote me too… I did not discover that this was actually a genre until I found Turisas. I learned about Lordi (they are one of my favorite groups) and someone in a comment thread said that, if I like Finnish metal, check out Turisas. That is how I discovered that it is a genre.
@wonderingwhy I have a fondness for all music of this sorts, Viking or not. I already know about such as Richie Blakemore’s Rainbow and its predecessor Rainbow. Anything mixing medieval themes with rock or metal is top of the line to me.
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As I said, I am not able to do more than click links in this thread today but chasing down the names people have listed shall be one of the ways I maintain my sanity tomorrow. I am hoping I can find these bands on Youtube and, for those I cannot find, I shall ask my wife if she can find them when she is recovered enough to do so.
Thankyou very much folks!