Since metal sub-genres tends to be rather *makes a vague hand wiggle gesture*, I've got some power-metal-adjacent bands to recommend too XD I'll list some bands below and link a few of their songs :)
Sabaton Swedish power metal band (though sometimes categorized as heavy metal) that write a lot about war history. Can come off as glorifying war, but also bring up kinda forgotten history, so... The music is catchy I think XD - Night Witches (about the all-female Russian bomber crew 588 that was active during World War II) - White Death (about Simo Häyhä, a Finnish sniper active during World War II and the Winter War with the Soviet Union) - Shadows (not based on real life history at all - instead a song about the Nazgûl from Lord of the Rings XD)
Nightwish Finnish power metal band heavily inspired by "fantasy" in general. - End of All Hope (Final Battle music that starts out very End of the World, then get's more hopeful - heads-up: Nightwish uses angels a lot in their songs, like in this one, but it's more in a "fantasy" way than in a specific religion way) - Ghost Love Score (a 10 minute long song, so not for everyone, but it chronicles the start and end of a relatioship between to immortal beings who've existed since the dawn of time) - Romanticide (a very Extra break-up song with fantasy flair~)
Powerwolf Already recommended, but here are some more specific songs of theirs I like :) - We Drink Your Blood (All about blood drinking~) - Incense & Iron (Werewolves out fighting some unholy war) - Army of the Night (The werewolves-out-a-fighting-theme continues XD)
Gloryhammer A Swiss-British symphonic power metal band made up of space vikings. - Hootsforce (hype-song for the space viking army!) - Rise of the Chaos Wizards (Yup XD) - Gloryhammer (space himbos are gonna space himbo)
ASP Goth metal more than power metal and all in German, but still fun! They've got a whole album that's all about a fairy tale (the one about a miller who sells his workers' souls to the devil to become rich and powerful). It's pretty neat! All songs below are from that album, which is called "Krabat". - Denn ich bin der Meister (translates to "Because I'm the master", a song from the miller's POV as he teaches the workers - who're all orphans - how to do dark magic) - Fluchtversuch (translates to "Escape attempt", a song about the main character trying to escape the mill but getting magically looped back to it as the miller follows him while shifting between different animal forms) - Zaubererbruder (translates to "Wizard brother", a duet between two of the orphans, now wizards, who meet back up after years apart and tell each other about their adventures)
Van Canto German a cappella metal band. Yup, a cappella XD There are no guitars in their songs, just human voices (though the drums are drums) - Fear of the Dark (their cover of Iron Maiden's song of the same name) - If I Die In Battle (about exactly what it says on the tin XD) - Neuer Wind (translates to "New wind", a hype-song about heading out on a quest and not backing down!)
Aaaaand I'll stop there for now XD I hope the links work outside of Sweden! If not, I'll try to find better links, but hopefully just googling band + song title should help you find them too :)
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Date: 2021-06-28 20:21 (UTC)Since metal sub-genres tends to be rather *makes a vague hand wiggle gesture*, I've got some power-metal-adjacent bands to recommend too XD I'll list some bands below and link a few of their songs :)
Sabaton
Swedish power metal band (though sometimes categorized as heavy metal) that write a lot about war history. Can come off as glorifying war, but also bring up kinda forgotten history, so... The music is catchy I think XD
- Night Witches (about the all-female Russian bomber crew 588 that was active during World War II)
- White Death (about Simo Häyhä, a Finnish sniper active during World War II and the Winter War with the Soviet Union)
- Shadows (not based on real life history at all - instead a song about the Nazgûl from Lord of the Rings XD)
Nightwish
Finnish power metal band heavily inspired by "fantasy" in general.
- End of All Hope (Final Battle music that starts out very End of the World, then get's more hopeful - heads-up: Nightwish uses angels a lot in their songs, like in this one, but it's more in a "fantasy" way than in a specific religion way)
- Ghost Love Score (a 10 minute long song, so not for everyone, but it chronicles the start and end of a relatioship between to immortal beings who've existed since the dawn of time)
- Romanticide (a very Extra break-up song with fantasy flair~)
Powerwolf
Already recommended, but here are some more specific songs of theirs I like :)
- We Drink Your Blood (All about blood drinking~)
- Incense & Iron (Werewolves out fighting some unholy war)
- Army of the Night (The werewolves-out-a-fighting-theme continues XD)
Gloryhammer
A Swiss-British symphonic power metal band made up of space vikings.
- Hootsforce (hype-song for the space viking army!)
- Rise of the Chaos Wizards (Yup XD)
- Gloryhammer (space himbos are gonna space himbo)
ASP
Goth metal more than power metal and all in German, but still fun! They've got a whole album that's all about a fairy tale (the one about a miller who sells his workers' souls to the devil to become rich and powerful). It's pretty neat! All songs below are from that album, which is called "Krabat".
- Denn ich bin der Meister (translates to "Because I'm the master", a song from the miller's POV as he teaches the workers - who're all orphans - how to do dark magic)
- Fluchtversuch (translates to "Escape attempt", a song about the main character trying to escape the mill but getting magically looped back to it as the miller follows him while shifting between different animal forms)
- Zaubererbruder (translates to "Wizard brother", a duet between two of the orphans, now wizards, who meet back up after years apart and tell each other about their adventures)
Van Canto
German a cappella metal band. Yup, a cappella XD There are no guitars in their songs, just human voices (though the drums are drums)
- Fear of the Dark (their cover of Iron Maiden's song of the same name)
- If I Die In Battle (about exactly what it says on the tin XD)
- Neuer Wind (translates to "New wind", a hype-song about heading out on a quest and not backing down!)
Aaaaand I'll stop there for now XD I hope the links work outside of Sweden! If not, I'll try to find better links, but hopefully just googling band + song title should help you find them too :)