What is Viking metal?
[[File:Bathory - Blood Fire Death.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Blood Fire Death'' by Bathory.]] '''Viking metal''' is a [[heavy metal music]] subgenre inspired by [[Norse mythology]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2014/08/the_10_best_viking_metal_bands.php |title=The 10 Best Viking Metal Bands |publisher=OC Weekly |accessdate=6 October 2015 |archive-date=22 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622155211/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2014/08/the_10_best_viking_metal_bands.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Sweden|Swedish]] metal band [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]]'s fourth album, released in 1988 and called ''[[Blood Fire Death]]'', was the first [[Viking]] metal album.<ref name=AllMusic>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/blood-fire-death-mw0000171761 |title=Blood Fire Death - Bathory : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=22 August 2012}}</ref> == Viking metal bands == *[[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] *[[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] *[[Amon Amarth (band)|Amon Amarth]] *[[Graveland]] *[[Darkthrone]] == References == {{reflist}} {{music-stub}} [[Category:Heavy metal subgenres]]