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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop
"Viking Metal" is not a genre. It does not describe the music at all; at best, it describes a broad range of lyrical themes, symbols employed by the band, and otherwise how the band presents the music. It has little to do with the actual music itself.
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Viking Metal is essentially a theme about Vikings.
I might be wrong there but as I understand it, the term became popular when Amon Amarth came into being.