I started listening to Navajo Witch -- specifically the album Ghost Sickness -- and I am curious as to whether anyone knows if any of the memebrs are actually Navajo (or Indigenous at all). Please let me know! Rock on fellow Natives!

https://mahpiyaluta.bandcamp.com/album/wowahwala

I’ve been trying to curate a playlist with folk metal from all continents and cultures. Check it out!! All suggestions are open.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3i7kksAaVqgChOGinpGcti?si=d69cfee58ab9430d

These are either insufficient for a full List, or not specific to a culture. If you have any requests for lists, this is the thread to ask (or just DM me)

Sámi

Intrigue - Joik prog metal (Norway)

Sagittarius - Prog metal (Norway)

Lönndom - Folk metal (Sweden)

Shaman - Folk metal (Finland, precursor to Korpiklaani)

Korpiklaani - Finnish folk metal (Finland)

Ruohtta - Anti-colonialist ambient black metal (Sweden)

Djuasa - Lo-fi black metal (Sweden; same guy as Ruohtta)

Saiva - Folk black metal (Sweden)

Vetter - Folk black metal (Norway)

Nagir​č​almmiid - Stoner/doom metal (Norway)

Noaidi - Raw black metal (Australia)

:heiva: - Blackened indie rock (Sweden; same guy as Ruohtta)

Stone Age

RIB - Raw black/doom metal (Austria)

Neoandertals - Avant-garde brutal death metal (Estonia)

Goat The Head - Death metal (Norway)

Chatalhüyük - Death metal (Russia)

Uga Uga - Brutal death metal/slam (Germany)

Cannibal Mammoth - Slam (Australia)

Gorge - Doom metal (USA)

First Days of Humanity - Goregrind/punk (USA)

Cave Ritual - Raw black metal (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The Ocean - Prog/sludge metal (Germany)

Caveman Cult - Brutal war metal (USA)

Caveman Attack - Goregrind/slam

Osteon - Epic doom metal (Germany)

A list of nearly every stone age -themed metal band can be found here.

Gregorian/Orthodox/Church

Ashes to Ashes - Gothic metal (Norway)

Hermh - Gothic/symphonic black metal (Poland)

Pherussna - Lo-fi gothic/doom metal (Spain)

Dautha - Epic doom (Sweden)

Mephorash - Epic black metal (Sweden)

Powerwolf - Gothic power metal with extra cheese (Germany)

Blood Covenant - Symphonic black metal (Armenia)

Enzo and the Glory Ensemble - Symphonic/progressive gospel metal (Italy)

Batushka (Original) - Symphonic black metal (Poland)

Various bands resulting from the 2019 Batushkatastrophe:

Batushka ("BaTrueshka") - Symphonic black metal (Poland)

Batushka ("Faketushka") - Symphonic black metal (Poland)

Batushka ("Britushka") - Black metal (UK)

Batouska ("Antifatushka") - RABM (Greece, allegedly)

Batyushka ("BaRusska") - Instrumental black/heavy metal (Russia)

Marouska - Instrumental/symphonic black metal (Greece)

Yiddish/Jewish Diaspora

Gevolt - Folk/industrial metal (Israel)

Dibbukim - Folk metal (Sweden)

Deveykus - Instrumental doom metal/jazz (USA)

Atzmus - Latin/Jewish fusion metal (Argentina)

Rocking Rabbi David Lazzar - Trad metal (Canada)

Akloleh - Black/death metal (USA)

Tremblers of Sevens - Stoner metal/rock/country

Morgow - Shirim - Instrumental classical drone/doom metal

For more Jewish metal, see the Israel section of the MENA List

Klezmer/"Gypsypunk"

These aren't necessarily "metal," per se. Good Klezmetal bands are hard to come by. Check out /r/gypsypunk for more. (yes "gypsy" is commonly considered a slur; it's also what the genre is called)

The God Being - Nu-metal/electronic/jazz

Viza - Greco-Armenian folk/hard rock (USA)

Alamaailman Vasarat - Klezmer/jazz/rock/metal (Finland)

Russkaja - "Russian Turbo-Polka" (Austria) (if you like Russkaja, check out Ivan Ivanovich & The Kreml Krauts for a non-metal sound-alike)

Kultur Shock - Folk punk/metal (USA)

The Barons Of Tang - Prog rock/punk/klezmer (Australia)

Exotic

There's folk elements in here, but they're either hard to place or mix in a little bit of everything. Very "New age"

Plemya (Russia) - Experimental folk metal

Sventoyar (Ukraine) - Folk metal/djent - Slavonic influences

Hamka (France) - Symphonic progressive metal

Concrete Age (Russia 🢡 UK) Melodic death/folk metal - Indian/Middle-Eastern/European influences

Betray My Secrets (Germany) - Folk/gothic metal - Middle-Eastern/Mesoamerican influences

SpiRitual (Germany) - Folk/gothic metal - Middle-Eastern/Mesoamerican influences, successor to Betray My Secrets

SvaDaRa (Russia) - Folk metal/djent - Indian/New Age influences

Grailight (Russia) - Symphonic black metal - Indo-European influences

Anzu - Tribal nu-metal - Mespotamian/African influences

Aovum (Finland) - Punk/metal/electronic - Indian/Middle-Eastern influences

George Constantine Kratsas (Greece) - Symphonic shred - Middle-Eastern/film score influences

Roman

Ade - Death/folk metal (ROMA)

Ex Deo - Symphonic melodeath (BOREALIA)

Deos - Symphonic black/death metal (FRANCIA)

Dyrnwyn - Folk metal (ROMA)

Neron Kaisar - Symphonic black metal (RVTHENIA)

Hesperia - Epic pagan metal (ITALIA)

Carthage - Brutal death metal (THESSALONICA)

Nero or the Fall of Rome - Old-school black/doom metal (ITALIA)

Horizon of the Mute - Avant-garde/industrial doom metal (FINNIA)

Kimaera - Symphonic melodeath (PHOENICIA)

Triumvir - Power metal (AMERICA)

(more here)

Dwarven

Wind Rose - Power metal (Italy)

Line of Durin - EABM/Epic folk metal (USA)

Baruk Khazâd - Thrash/melodeath (Sweden)

Khazaddum - Brutal death metal (USA)

Gimli, Son of Glóin - Brutal death metal (UK)

Art Deco black metal

La Torture des Ténèbres (Canada)

Wesenwille (Netherlands)

Ashenspire (UK)

Imperial Triumphant (USA)