mythsofmetal

Here are a few of my favourite Metal Epics.

Here's a great Folk Metal epic, from my favourite Folk/Viking Metal band.

Månegarm-Hemfärd - YouTube

Here's one of my favourite Power Metal epics, from my favourite Power Metal band.

Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence - YouTube

and here's a Black/Folk Metal epic from my favourite Canadian Metal band. (The uploading is poor quality, the production is better on the actual album.)

Catuvolcus - Litaviccos - YouTube

The Batlord

I love Blind Guardian, but the other two bands strike me as that kind of Ensiferum-style "battle metal" that started popping up after Turisas started getting big. That stuff always bored me. Turisas is pretty fantastic though.

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mythsofmetal

I don't know Turisas, but I don't think the comparison of either of those bands to Ensiferum is really fair. (Though I still like Ensiferum's first two albums and the two bands I mentioned.) They both have their own unique styles to me, and wouldn't fall under the knock-off sorts of bands I think you're alluding to.

Here're a couple songs each by them which I wouldn't really consider Ensiferum-esque.


Catuvolcus - La Colline de Chanturge - YouTube


Catuvolcus - Voyageurs des Brumes Pt. I & II (Lyric Video) - YouTube



MÅNEGARM | Vargstenen - YouTube


Månegarm-Dödens Strand - YouTube





Also, here's another epic Metal song I love.


Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon - YouTube