Viking Metal

Subgenre of heavy metal. Emerged 1980. Wikipedia

Description from Wikidata (CC0).

44 artists with 885.2K combined listeners. 68% of them sit in the Power Metal / Fantasy Metal / Symphonic Rock community on the map. It shares the most artists with Folk Metal.

Where Viking Metal sits on the map

• Power Metal / Fantasy Metal / Symphonic Rock · 30 artists (68%)
• Viking Folk / Rune Folk / Nordic Soundtrack · 7 artists (16%)
• Black Metal / Melodic Death Metal / Blackgaze · 2 artists (5%)
• Modern Blues / Modern Blues Rock / Roots Rock · 1 artists (2%)
• Ukrainian Pop / Ukrainian Viral Pop / Ukrainian Indie · 1 artists (2%)
• Deathcore / Metalcore / Slamming Deathcore · 1 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Viking Metal

Viking Metal artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Ensiferum & Amon Amarth · 33 shared playlists
2. Týr & Amon Amarth · 26 shared playlists
3. Turisas & Ensiferum · 24 shared playlists
4. Týr & Ensiferum · 24 shared playlists
5. Ensiferum & Finntroll · 21 shared playlists
6. Månegarm & Ensiferum · 19 shared playlists
7. Ensiferum & Heidevolk · 18 shared playlists
8. Týr & Turisas · 17 shared playlists
9. Månegarm & Týr · 16 shared playlists
10. Týr & Heidevolk · 15 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Viking Metal, for their size.

• Folk Metal · 14 shared artistsBoth: Ensiferum, Turisas, Finntroll
• Celtic Metal · 4 shared artistsBoth: Tengger Cavalry, Grimner, SÊVE
• Black Metal · 6 shared artistsBoth: Månegarm, Falkenbach, Aether Realm
• Spanish Folk Metal · 2 shared artistsBoth: Týr, SÊVE
• German Metal · 3 shared artistsBoth: Heathen Foray, XIV Dark Centuries, Thrudvangar
• Nordic Soundtrack · 3 shared artistsBoth: Miracle Of Sound, A S K A H E I M, Solfeggio Healing Frequencies Relaxing Ambience
• Fantasy Metal · 4 shared artistsBoth: Dream Evil, Aether Realm, White Skull
• Pagan Black Metal · 2 shared artistsBoth: Heidevolk, Finsterforst

Artists

44 artists tagged Viking Metal, ranked by listeners.

1. Amon Amarth364.5K listeners · Metal
2. Ensiferum113.1K listeners · Folk Metal
3. Steel Panther72.0K listeners · Glam Metal
4. Turisas56.8K listeners · Folk Metal
5. Finntroll56.3K listeners · Folk Metal
6. Miracle Of Sound33.4K listeners · Shanty
7. Týr26.3K listeners
8. Heidevolk22.5K listeners · Folk Metal
9. Dream Evil16.6K listeners · Power Metal
10. Månegarm13.0K listeners
11. Falkenbach11.8K listeners
12. Skálmöld9.6K listeners
13. TrollfesT9.3K listeners · Power Metal
14. Tengger Cavalry6.4K listeners
15. Vintersorg6.4K listeners
16. Battlelore5.9K listeners · Tolkien Metal
17. Wolfchant5.6K listeners
18. Einherjer5.3K listeners
19. Finsterforst4.9K listeners · Pagan Black Metal
20. Thyrfing4.8K listeners
21. Apocalypse Orchestra3.7K listeners · Folk Metal
22. Stormwarrior3.6K listeners
23. Aether Realm3.5K listeners · Black Metal
24. Skar2.7K listeners
25. Dominum2.5K listeners · Symphonic Rock
26. Heathen Foray2.4K listeners · German Metal
27. White Skull1.9K listeners · Fantasy Metal
28. ALKONOST1.9K listeners · Fantasy Metal
29. Volfgang Twins1.7K listeners
30. Frosttide1.7K listeners · Symphonic Metal
31. Grimner1.6K listeners · Folk Metal
32. Mithotyn1.3K listeners · Black Metal
33. Hulkoff1.2K listeners · Norwegian Pop
34. XIV Dark Centuries1.0K listeners · German Metal
35. SÊVE1.0K listeners
36. Madelgarde1.0K listeners
37. Autumn Lies Buried1.0K listeners · Metalcore
38. Folk Rhythms1.0K listeners
39. Thrudvangar1.0K listeners · German Metal
40. Varang Nord1.0K listeners · Black Metal
41. Vikinger1.0K listeners · Swedish Pop Rap
42. Doomsword1.0K listeners
43. A S K A H E I M1.0K listeners · Nordic Soundtrack
44. Solfeggio Healing Frequencies Relaxing Ambience1.0K listeners · Nordic Soundtrack