California based Food for the Wyrm has just shared his latest hard-hitting folk metal track. Called "The Unfortunate Rake", ...

Finland’s approach to modern folk music is vastly different than the singer-songwriter-centric subgenre most Americans are familiar with. Over there, it’s not so much a harbinger of heartbreak or ...

An eight-man heavy metal band from Mongolia known as The Hu has done what few thought could happen in the 21st century: Create a new genre of folk-metal music. Decked out in black war regalia out of ...

“I want to celebrate Mongolian culture in my own way.” Nature Ganganbaigal is explaining the inspiration for his folk-metal band Tengger Cavalry, started as a one-man project in his native Beijing in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Finnish metal cellist trio Apocalyptica has just announced that they will be embarking on a tour across North America ...

To borrow the title of an iconic Townes Van Zandt album, folk music is “a far cry from dead.” Many people view the folk music genre as a thing of the past, antiquated and rendered obsolete. But in ...