ohh woops, i thought you were implying i was a Folk Metal "poser" in some way hahaha. i usually just combine folk and viking bands together cause i can't tell much of a difference between Folk, Viking, and Pagan metal.

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Shit yeah!... Shit no, No One likes shit!

Oh, certainly not! I totally disapprove of the whole "poser" tag in metal. Instead of poking fun at people like that, help them find better music. That how I work, anyway.

Sorry for any misunderstanding.

As for the difference betweek Folk and Viking metal (Pagan metal ranges far too much, it's mostly based on the lyrics above anything so lets leave that out of the definitions), Folk Metal actually USES folk instruments. Viking metal bands use the traditional band structure and almost always use artificial synth (Think along the lines of keyboards, used a lot in bands like Turisas, then think of bands like Heidevolk who use real traditional folk instruments). That is the biggest difference.

NoNe is better than the other, they're just different.

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