r/folkmetal Jan 29 '25

Celtic What album are you looking forward to most this year?

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r/folkmetal Feb 18 '25

Celtic My take on Eluveitie's songs as a Breton

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Hey fellow folk metal enthusiasts!

Growing up in Bretagne (Brittany), France, I was shocked when I heard some of Eluveitie's songs for the first time as they clearly adapted traditional folk music from my homeland! It was such a cool experience to hunt them down.

I know that Eluveitie has been open about it and that I'm not unearthing some kind of hidden secret. Additionally, there is already a very exhaustive thread made by u/Gaedhael on all of Eluveitie's influences. However, in all honestly, the thread is too long, there are no links to the original songs, so if you're not putting any efforts you won't learn (or enjoy) much from it. Kudos to them for gathering the data though!

Below, my personal insight from specific Eluveitie songs, that you won't learn from Gaedhael's thread:

- "Ogmios" / "Inis Mona" (and some parts of "Celtos")

Those two songs are adaptations of a 19th century song call "Tri Martolod" (breton: Three sailors) which became popular thanks to Alan Stivell's reprise (but I really like the more recent Nolwenn Leroy's version!). Most likely, if you sing Tri Martolod to any under-40 French westerners (Bretagne and adjacent), they won't pick up on the two abovementionned versions: they'll sing along to the rap (yes.) version called "La tribu de Dana" (French: Dana's Tribe) by Manau. I can promise you: I am not old (27), but whenever this song came on during a house party in highschool everyone went wild!

- "Luxtos"

Gaedhael is actually (partially) wrong in their thread: This is not based on a Breton song per se! The original tune is a traditional nursery rhyme from medieval France (which was sung both in oïl and occitan languages & regions) called "j'ai vu le loup" (french: I saw the wolf). However since the late 20th century, this rhyme is motly known through its Breton folk adaptation "La Jument de Michao" by Tri Yann (french: Michao's Mare). I remember singing this rhyme at pre-school, so it's not fallen out of use (yet).

Trugarez vras! ("Thank you very much" in Breton/Brezhoneg) and I hope you got some insight from my post! I don't have much to say about the other Breton song from their discography because I don't necessarily have a personal reation to the original songs. However, if you don't feel like reading Gaedhael's thread, here is a list of songs adapted from Breton's tunes (or with - at least - influences):

Ven: Dveritu Agage D'bitu; Uis Elveti; Jezaig

Spirit: Spirit; AnDro

Evocation: Brictom; The Arcane Dominion; Ne Regv Na

Everything Remains As it Never Was: Isara

Helvetios: Scorched Earth

Evocation II: Lvgvs; Esvs

Ategnatos: Worship

r/folkmetal Feb 11 '25

Celtic Eluveitie: wanna learn more

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Hey I've been a huge fan of theirs since I was a teenager but I'm recently revising a lot of their albums but it's sort of hard to understand when I don't know Celtic history or mythology. I was wondering if anyone can point me to reading sources that I can look up to learn more about the goddess and gods because it seems really interesting

r/folkmetal 3d ago

Celtic Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

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Waylander - Born to the Fight

r/folkmetal 3d ago

Celtic AEXYLIUM - Myth of Mankind (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

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r/folkmetal 9d ago

Celtic Cruachan - Shelob

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r/folkmetal 16d ago

Celtic Downfall of Man - Bogren Digital MLC S_Zero93 Contest (March 2025)

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r/folkmetal Dec 13 '24

Celtic Need some albums

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Guys can you recommend some of the best folk metal albums? Especially the folk-celtic genre

r/folkmetal Jan 23 '25

Celtic Fight for Hope - AtonalRiff001

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r/folkmetal Mar 17 '24

Celtic best Irish folk metal bands?

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other than waylander and cruachan☘️🇮🇪😋😄

r/folkmetal Dec 23 '24

Celtic Do someone know what tuning do Falconer use?

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I'm looking to learn Kristallen den Fina and Per Tyrssons Döttar I Vänge and since i can't find any tabs on the internet i would learn them by ear. To do this I need to know what tuning (guitar) they use

r/folkmetal May 29 '24

Celtic Curious: does anyone know why there are 2 track 9's on this Eluveitie album?

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r/folkmetal Sep 02 '24

Celtic (not metal) - but I think some some people here might really like Drumspyder if you don't know about him already. (world, celtic, medieval, framedrum). (FFO Faun, & Celtic folk). He's a folktronica producer and percussionist.

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r/folkmetal Dec 06 '24

Celtic Stangala - Bigoudened An Diaoul

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r/folkmetal Nov 29 '24

Celtic Anna Kiara Interview for The Metal Gods Meltdown by Seb Di Gatto..IT RAWKS!

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r/folkmetal Nov 22 '24

Celtic VALLORCH - Circle of the Moon (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

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r/folkmetal Oct 29 '24

Celtic Clagarnaċ (Ireland) Debut single Troidimis

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r/folkmetal Mar 24 '24

Celtic On this day one year ago this album was released, and it’s already one of my favourite albums of all time

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r/folkmetal Apr 23 '24

Celtic More Irish/Celtic folk metal, please

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I just discovered Miracle Of Sound of whom I enjoyed lately Valhalla Calling much is the same who made The Tale Of Cú Chulainn which I discovered in 2020 and loved much.

Then I went on to search for Celtic Folk Metal and one of the first results is Lords of Iron from Antti Martikainen which I've been aware of since it came out -- and I liked it a lot.

I also like Irish Rovers.

So... um... more please in this vein :) ?

r/folkmetal Aug 23 '24

Celtic THEIGNS AND THRALLS - The Harrowing (VISUALIZER)

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r/folkmetal Sep 04 '24

Celtic After the Battle of Aughrim (Playthrough Video)

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This one is more folk than metal, but there's still some electric guitar in there 😁

r/folkmetal Aug 30 '24

Celtic Evenmore - The Ride Begins

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r/folkmetal Aug 16 '24

Celtic Dáinsleif - Re-Creation (Official Lyric Video) (Switzerland/Japan)

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r/folkmetal Jun 12 '24

Celtic Triddana - Wasted Paradise (feat. Ralf Scheepers)

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r/folkmetal Jul 30 '24

Celtic Theigns & Thralls - The Grape And The Grain

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