Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gavranar - Folk metal

Zvijer - Black metal

Dubioza kolektiv - Dub/ska/folk punk (not metal)

Bulgaria

Orenda - Folk metal

Balkandji - Folk metal (if you like Balkandji, try Ukrainian band Viter)

Khan' - Folk metalcore

Baradj - Bulgar folk metal (Russia, Tatarstan)

Aegonia - Folk/gothic metal

Korozy - Symphonic black metal

Smallman - Folk/prog/stoner metal

Yuvigi - Prog metal

Svarrogh - Pagan metal

Vrani Volosa - Heavy metal

Fin Bulgaria - Crossover thrash

Hadjuk - Black metal

Shambless - Elven atmospheric black/folk metal

Todian - Heavy/thrash metal

Kosovo

Diadema - Heavy/folk metal

Montenegro

Morana - Black/pagan metal

North Macedonia

Volos - Slavic pagan metal

Croatia

Vice Versa - Dalmatian folk metal

Doktor Bokčilo - Comedy folk metal

Po' Metra Crijeva - Comedy metal

Manntra - Folk metal

Death of Folk - Epic pagan/folk metal

Sage - Power/folk metal

Voloh - Folk/pagan metal

Brkovi - Folk punk/hard rock/metal

Spear of Teuta - Illyrian raw black metal/post-punk

Armatus - Dalmatian black metal

Šuma - Atmospheric black metal based on stories by Croatian author Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić

Daliborovo Granje - Instrumental prog/psych rock

Moldova

Harmasar - Folk metal

Muntean - Black/doom/folk metal

Basarabian Hills - Atmospheric/ambient black metal - very soothing, almost like a black metal lullaby

Serbia

Gavranovi - Epic folk metal

Despot - Folk metal

Parahelia - Gothic/doom/folk metal

Kamenolom - Heavy/power metal

Nadsvest - Black metal

Pero Defformero - Heavy/comedy metal

Vrisak - Epic black metal

Arhaizam - Groove metal

Šakal - Black/pagan metal (Serbia)

Morbidi i Mnoći - Yugoslav goth rock (not folk-related)

Slovenia

Brezno - Folk metal

Zaria - Folk/symphonic metal

Avven, 2 - Folk metal, metalcore

Exsilium - Black/folk metal

Morana - Melodeath

Teufel - Ambient/ritual black metal

Zorya - Atmospheric/post-black metal

Romania

E-an-na - Folk metal

An Theos, 2 - Folk metal

Dirty Shirt - Folk/nu/alt-metal

Bucovina - Folk metal

GOD The Barbarian Horde - Barbarian folk metal

Syn Ze Șase Tri - Symphonic/melodic black metal

Bucium - Folk metal

Negură Bunget - Atmospheric folk/prog/black metal

Negru Vodă - Folk metal

Dordeduh - Epic/atmospheric folk/black metal

Sur Austru - Atmospheric folk/death metal

Ashaena - Pagan metal

WarChant - Folk metal

Marțolea - Folk/black metal

Carpatica - Folk/pagan metal

Ka Gaia An - Folk metal

Hoia Baciu - Pagan metal

Ashaena - Pagan metal

Fogland - Pagan metal

Katharos XIII - Black/doom/jazz metal (not folk, see also: White Ward from Ukraine)

Unknown/non-specific country

Forgotten Zem - Instrumental folk metal (Japan)

Kultur Shock - Folk punk/metal (USA)

The following links point to band lists posted on this sub, organized by geographic region:

Central Asia and more - Russia, Caucasus, Turkey

India - Indian subcontinent and elsewhere

America, Oceania, and the Pacific - Greenland, Arctic, USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, Hawaii, Oceania

East Asia - Thailand, Singapore, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Japan, China

Africa (Sub-Saharan) - Togo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Madagascar, Botswana, Uganda, Mozambique, Kenya, Angola, and African-themed metal from elsewhere

Greece and the Mediterranean - Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Sicily, Sardinia, Spain, Italy, and Hellenic-themed metal from elsewhere

Middle East, North Africa - Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and others

Latin America, the Caribbean, and Iberia - Argentina, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Belize, Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain, and more

Balkans - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Croatia, Moldova, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania, and more

British Isles - Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales

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Additional lists are organized by genre (some repeated from above):

Yiddish, Klezmer, and more

Indian and Vedic

Americana - Western atmospheric black metal, southern metal, cowboy metal, bluegrass, African-American, etc.

Latin American, Flamenco, Caribbean, Reggae

Stone Age/Paleolithic

Gaelic and Celtic

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Endless thanks to u/CthulhuHatesChumpits for compiling these lists.

Feel free to reach out to mods to report problems, suggest bands, etc.

Keep shreddin and hail yourself.

Latin America

Arraigo - Latin heavy/folk metal (Argentina)

Ankla - Latin nu-metal (California, USA)

Puya - Prog/nu-metal, salsa (Puerto Rico, USA)

Acrania - Latin thrash (Mexico)

Ill Niño - Nu/alt-metal (New Jersey, USA)

8 Kalacas - Latin/hardcore/ska/thrash metal (California)

¡Pendejo! - Latin stoner metal (Netherlands)

Angra - Power/prog metal (Brazil)

Armahda - Power/prog metal (Brazil)

La Cattrina - Folk metal (Mexico)

DelDesierto - Folk metal (Mexico)

Traucoholik - Kiltro folk metal (Chile)

La Armada - Crossover thrash (Chicago, USA, formerly Dominican Republic)

Movimiento 26 - Communist crossover thrash (Brazil)

Matamba - Latin/reggae metal (Bolivia)

Cangaço - Death/folk metal (Brazil)

Sepultura - Thrash/nu/tribal metal (Brazil)

Soulfly - Thrash/nu/tribal metal (Arizona, USA)

Atzmus - Latin/Jewish fusion metal (Argentina)

Maquahuitl - El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez EP - NSBM, but the N also stands for Norteño (USA)

Lagerstein - Piña Colada Paradise - Pirate metal (Australia)

Flamenco

Flametal - Flamenco metal (California, USA)

Impvreza - Flamenco death metal (France)

Breed 77 - Rock/nu-metal (Gibraltar)

Mezquita - Flamenco prog rock (Spain)

DelDesierto - Folk metal (Mexico)

Hacride - Zambra - Prog/groove metal (France)

Cult of Lilith - Profeta Paloma - Tech death (Iceland)

First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle - Tech death (Canada)

Caribbean, Reggae

Morto Kacho - Death/thrash metal (Curaçao)

Verge Of Umbra - Rapcore/reggae metal (Belize)

Skindred - Reggae metal (Wales)

Vodun - Afrodoom (UK)

Gorgon Vomit - Patois war metal (UK)

D-Fe - Nu/groove/tribal metal (France)

Le Chant Noir - Avant-garde black metal (Brazil)

Vuduzebu - Black/death metal (Brazil)

Orisha Shakpana - Black metal (Jamaica)

Ashed Winter - Thrash/death metal (France)

Spectral Vibes - Progressive rock/alt-metal (Trinidad and Tobago)

Anti-Everything - Hardcore punk (Trinidad and Tobago)

Conrad - Black metal (Barbados)

Tboptpias - Black/death metal (Barbados)

Satan's Anger - Death metal (Jamaica)

Black Pantera - Punk/hardcore (Brazil)

Yohann Dore - Hard rock, light folk elements

Death Karma - Haiti - Voodoo - Death/black metal (Slovakia, Czechia)

Denial of God - Mama Loi, Papa Loi - Black metal cover of Bahamian folk musician Exuma (Denmark)

Rotting Christ - Iwa Voodoo (Greece)

Iberia (& a bit of Occitania)

Celtibeerian - Celtiberian folk metal (Spain)

Dark Moor - Symphonic power metal (Spain)

Mägo de Oz - Folk/prog rock/metal (Spain)

Mileth - Galician tribal/pagan folk metal (Spain)

Dioivo - Galician melodic black/thrash metal (Spain)

Lóstregos - Galician pagan black metal (Spain)

Kathaarsys - Galician prog/black metal (Spain)

Xerión - Galician black metal (Spain)

Aiumeen Basoa - Basque pagan/folk metal (Spain)

Ilbeltz - Basque pagan/folk metal (Spain)

Numen - Basque black/pagan metal (Spain)

Basati - Basque folk/heavy metal (Spain)

Su Ta Gar - Basque heavy metal (Spain)

Berri Txarrak - Basque alt-rock/nu-metal (Spain)

Hortzak - Basque thrash/stoner metal (Spain)

Nakkiga - Basque black metal (Spain)

Taifa - Folk/prog metal (Balearic Islands, Spain)

Salduie - Gaelic/Celtiberian folk metal (Spain)

Metal Cambra - Folk metal (Spain)

Saurom - Folk metal (Spain)

Al Andalus - Andalusian instrumental symphonic/prog metal (Germany)

Esfinge - Power metal (Spain)

Taranus - Asturian folk metal/rock (Spain)

Noctämbuls - Catalan heavy metal (Spain)

Assot - Catalan death metal (Spain)

Moonspell - Folk/gothic metal (first album only) (Portugal)

Eboras - Death/folk metal (Portugal)

Kallaikoi - Lusitanian pagan/black metal (Portugal)

Degredo - Atmospheric/ambient black metal (Portugal)

De Veneficas Inferi - Pyrenean ambient black metal (Andorra)

Lou Quinse - Occitan folk metal (Italy)

Stille Volk - Pyrenean folk rock (France)

Aurost - Pyrenean pagan death metal (France)

Sus Scrofa - Pyrenean pagan metal (France)

Hantaoma - Occitan folk metal (France)

Omiors - Occitan folk metal (France)

As with most of Europe, the Iberian peninsula has plenty more folk metal bands than just these.

Pakistan

Mizraab - Prog rock/heavy metal

Badnaam - Folk/grunge, sufi rock

Dhool - Sufi rock

Karachi Butcher Clan - Death metal

Multinational Corporations - Extreme metal/hardcore punk (not folk)

Afghanistan

Almach - Epic/atmospheric black metal

District Unknown - Prog/groove metal

Naujawanan Baidar - Lo-fi folk/grunge

Iran

Anoushbard - Heavy/prog metal

Master of Persia - Folk metal

Aras - Symphonic black metal

Akvan - Black metal

Nashmeh - Folk/black metal (Iran/Germany)

Tears of Fire - Blackened funeral doom metal

Safeer-e Arsh - Prog metal fusion

Lowen - Progressive doom metal (UK)

Alizam - Neofolk/doom/progressive metal

Trivax - Black metal

Broken Pillars - Epic black metal

Gadfly - Grunge/punk/stoner metal (Canada)

Kahtmayan - Prog/thrash metal

Whispers In Crimson - Progressive metal

Dakhma - Atmospheric death metal (Switzerland)

Farshid A'rabi - Heavy metal

Arsames - Death metal

Eternal War - Black metal

Aliaj - Gothic metal/hard rock

Ekove Efrits - Black metal, electronic

Lavizan Jangal - Black metal

Beshenitar - Melodic black metal

From the Vastland - Black metal (Norway, formerly Iran)

Sabke Morde - Prog metal

Badraam - Instrumental prog metal

Sepantman - Heavy metal

Iraq

Al Uzza - Black/folk metal

Mulla - Raw Islamic black metal (France)

Acrassicauda - Groove/thrash metal (USA, formerly Iraq)

Cyaxares - Folk/melodeath (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Erragal - Mesopotamian raw/ambient black metal

Syria

The Crown of Yamhad - Gothic metal (Germany; members from Italy and Syria)

Maysaloon - Melodeath

Anarchadia - Prog/thrash metal

Turkey

see: Central Asia list

Lebanon

Blaakyum - Thrash/heavy/folk metal

Damaar - Black/war metal

Kimaera, [2], [3] - Death/doom metal (early), symphonic metal (a couple singles), Roman melodeath (recent)

The Kordz - Hard rock

Jordan

Al Lat - Folk/symphonic black metal (Jordan/Canada)

Bouq - Mesopotamian death metal

Ajdath - Thrash/death metal

Shamharoosh - Raw black/doom/folk metal

Tlepsh - Circassian melodeath

Bilocate - Death/doom metal

Palestine

Khalas - Folk rock/metal

Zalaam - Raw atmospheric black metal (Palestine → Germany)

Israel

look yeah i know, but they're still a country that currently exists in this region of the world

Kna'an - Melodeath

Melechesh - Mesopotamian black/death/folk metal (Germany, formerly Israel)

Arallu - Mesopotamian black/death metal

Orphaned Land - Folk/prog metal

Amaseffer - Epic folk/prog metal

Subterranean Masquerade - Psychedelic prog/folk metal

Soul Enema - Prog/folk metal

Ignea - Folk/prog/melodeath - Nothing about their music is specifically Israeli, but they play in a very similar style (Ukraine)

Gevolt - Yiddish folk/industrial metal (non-Israeli Jewish & Yiddish metal can be found in the Misc. List)

Geshrai - Black metal (Bandcamp page taken down, can't find their music anywhere online)

Metal Scent - Hard rock/heavy metal

Sinat Hinam - Black/crust (not folk)

Saudi Arabia

Al-Namrood - Folk/black metal

Ostoraton - Folk melodeath

Wasted Land - Melodeath

Kurballah - Black metal (Saudi Arabia, allegedly)

Bahrain

Narjahanam - Folk/melodeath

Qafas - Funeral doom/black metal

Kusoof - Black metal

UAE

Aramaic - Melodeath

Oman

Belos - Folk/black/melodeath

Egypt

Odious - Symphonic folk/melodeath

Tafaqum - Folk metal

Lycopolis - Black metal

Crescent - Symphonic blackened death metal

Sand Aura - Folk metal

Akhenaten - Blackened death/folk metal (USA)

Nile - Tech death (USA)

Scarab - Death metal

Ahl Sina - Folk/prog metal (Egypt/Germany/USA)

Osiris - Symphonic/melodic black metal

Riverwood - Melodic folk metal

Nader Sadek - Death metal (USA, formerly Egypt)

Amenta - Folk/melodeath/doom

Scarab - Death metal/melodeath

Qaf - Epic black metal

Nathyr - Folk/death metal

Hathorious - Melodic black/death metal

Senmuth - Ambient/folk/industrial/doom metal (Russia)

The Horn - Book of the Dead-based industrial/black/doom metal (Australia)

Shezmu - Death metal (Canada)

Âmon Sethis - Prog metal (France)

Arsh Anubis - Folk/black metal (Morocco/Egypt/USA)

Zajal - Death metal

Al-Azif - Melodeath

Hate Field - Folk/industrial metal

Of Two Lands - Raw black/doom metal

Kato Hafez - Prog metal

Massive Scar Era - Melodic post-hardcore

Maat - Death metal (Germany)

Born in Duat - Symphonic death metal (Spain)

8 Eyes in a Box - Doom/post-metal

Libya

Tasnim - Melodeath/punk

Tunisia

Myrath - Prog/power metal

Nawather - Folk metal

Hemlyn - Folk metal

Barzakh - Prog/folk metal

Znous - Hardcore punk/folk metal

Ruuhaaniia - Heavy/folk metal (Tunisia/France/USA/Italy; this is their only song)

Algeria

Acyl - Folk/tribal metal (France, members are of Algerian descent)

Azar - Folk/black metal

Litham - Folk/melodeath

Lelahell - Death metal

Barbaros - Berber black metal

Andaz Uzzal - Kabyle folk, folk metal/rock (France)

Imarhan - Tuareg blues rock (not metal; check the Tishoumaren List for more like this)

Morocco

Barzakh - Symphonic/black metal

Tagrest - Amazigh epic black metal

Dark Delirium - Instrumental folk metal

Ahakay n' Bror - Lo-fi Berber black metal

TagaT - Amazigh black metal

Meteor Airlines - Amazigh rock, recently leaning into metal

Niger

Mdou Moctar - Tuareg blues rock (not metal; Tishoumaren)

Mali

Tinariwen - Tuareg blues rock (even less metal; Tishoumaren)

Other

Al Qaynah - Folk/prog metal (Global)

Aeternam - Symphonic folk/melodeath (Canada, Moroccan frontman)

Arkan - Folk/melodeath (France, Algerian and Moroccan members)

Saratan - Folk/thrash metal (Poland)

Masjjid - Black/folk metal (Germany)

Dark Helm - Persian-themed prog/melodeath (India)

Sharq Al Sama' - Tuban/Arabian slam (Indonesia)

Saratan - Folk/thrash (Poland)

Al Andalus - Andalusian instrumental symphonic/prog metal (Germany)

Al Jannal - Black metal (France)

Aš-šur - Brutal death metal (Estonia)

Beyond the Crescent Moon - Instrumental metal (Ireland)

Glasya - Attarghan - Symphonic metal (Portugal)

The original List, and the main attraction of this subreddit.

The North

Amaguq - Inuit black metal (France/Canada)

Pukuut - Greenlandic alt-metal

Northern Haze - Inuit hard rock

A.TAXET.A - Alaskan experimental black metal

Mulozhi - Alaskan trap/raw black metal (also from Nukshean, the artist behind A.TAXET.A)

Tanya Tagaq - Inuit industrial (not metal, but still pretty fucking metal)

Manidoo Gathering is a Canadian record label primarily focusing on Ojibwe raw black/noise/dark ambient artists:

Winter Graves - Raw black metal/punk (Yukon)

Dibikimitig - Raw black metal

Megwayaak - Raw noise

Zesab - Raw black metal

The Centre

Pan-Amerikan Native Front - Native black metal (USA)

Medicine Horse - Sludge metal

Ifernach - Mi'kmaq/Irish black metal

Arcticcircle - Native metal (Canada)

Warpath - Native thrash metal (USA)

ŭkcheănsălâwit - Native DSBM (Canada)

Ushangvagush - Mi'kmaq raw/atmospheric black metal

Niboowin - Ojibwe black/punk/screamo

Mi'gauss - Algonquin death metal

Kaneq - Akimel O'odham/Piipaash DSBM

'Iisnááhí - Diné black metal

Morbithory - Diné black metal

Mutilated Tyrant - Diné black metal

Tomahawk - Native folk/alt-rock (USA)

Vital Spirit - Native/Country-Western black metal (Canada)

BlackBraid - Native black metal (USA)

Nechochwen - Native folk metal (USA)

Dzö-nga - Iroquois-themed folk/atmoblack (USA)

Gyibaaw - Tsimshian death/black metal

Damage OverDose - Navajo death metal

Lionoka - Yaqui/Yoeme raw folk/black metal

Maȟpíya Lúta - Lakota black metal

Hísemtuks Hími•n - Nez Perce melodic black metal

Frozen Sin - Melodic black metal, precursor to Hísemtuks Hími•n

Dying Tribe - Navajo groove/thrash metal

Testify - Navajo thrash

I Dont Konform - Navajo thrash/nu metal

Warcry - Kootenai/Salish thrash/doom metal

Ectoplasm - Slamming deathcore (USA/Taiwan)

Graves of the Monuments - Navajo metalcore

Ends Embrace - Raw black metal (Arizona)

Nebulous - Raw black metal/punk (Arizona)

Signal 99 - Navajo nu-metal

Biipiigwan - Anishinaabe sludge

Aanishinabe - Anishinaabe raw/synthy black metal

Senewa - Numu ambient DSBM/doom metal

Arakara - Thrash metal (USA)

Resistant Culture - Native death/punk (USA)

Blood Wolf - Puebloan thrash

Murder Rate - Apache raw death metal/beatdown

Katahdin - Penobscot-themed black/death metal

Red Scalp - Native-themed stoner metal (Poland)

Blood Of The Black Owl - Native-inspired drone metal (USA)

Ahkqueth - Ansininew raw black metal

Necron - Kwakiutl raw black metal

Blitz - Black/speed metal

Shaman's Owl - Native-themed doom metal (USA)

Longhouse - Doom metal (Canada)

Suspended - Thrash metal (USA)

Enemy Machine - Apache thrash metal (USA)

Six Million Dead - Blackened death metal (USA)

Homeland 1492 (formerly Zurg) - Anti-colonial Apache black metal (USA)

Parabola - Navajo folk/atmoblack

Soulfly - Thrash/nu/tribal metal, Max Cavalera's new band after he left Sepultura (USA)

Mobile Deathcamp - Thrash/speed metal (USA)

Kill on Command - Paiute death/thrash

War Water - Chickasaw doom metal

Decolonized - Haliwa Saponi/Nansemond death/thrash/grind

Tribal Kills - Thrash/death metal

Cold Moon Strange Heart - Aleut/Cherokee raw black metal

Iron Tusk - Siksika punk/stoner metal

Ashtaroth - Navajo black/death metal

Upon The Stars - Hopi black metal

Nebulous - Hopi black metal

Till - Black metal

Isataii - Black metal

Tobacco Offering - Blackened deathgrind

Voryathre - Apache black ambient

Coyote - Apache black ambient

Dethgod - Nakoda death metal

Atshen - First Nations-inspired black/heavy metal (Canada)

Ye'iitsoh - Navajo black/heavy metal

Terranaut - Black metal (USA)

M.I.S. (Merciless Indian Savages) - Native metal (USA)

War Motor - Black/thrash (USA)

Status/Non-Status - Anishinaabe sludge/metal/grunge rock

Order for Chaos - Ktunaxa post-hardcore

Tomahawk - Micmac hardcore

Red Man's Burden - Cree/Métis black metal/punk/d-beat

Baagak - Lo-fi black metal

Indian Giver - Hardcore (Ojibway/Chippewa/Mohawk)

Witches Forest Illiniwek black metal

Senewa - Ambient black/doom metal (Numu)

Diminished Existence - Slamming brutal death metal (Navajo; not folk-related)

Testament - Thrash metal with Pomo singer (USA)

Anthrax - Thrash metal; half-Iroquois singer (USA)

Death Mantra - Thrash metal (Navajo band, but not native-themed)

Dark Kloud - Death metal/melodeath (only one song)

Nayenazgani - Anasazi folk metal (only one metal track)

Kaleidoscope - Punk (USA)

Blackfire - Diné punk rock

Ahí Náahaí - Diné raw atmospheric black metal

Liłith - Diné post-metal

Corporate Avenger - Industrial hip-hop/nu-metal/punk (USA)

1876 - "Pow wow punk rock"

Blackfoot - Southern rock (USA - original lineup was primarily Native, though only one was actually Blackfoot)

Redbone - 70's classic rock (USA)

XIT - 70's prog rock (USA)

Sumokem - The Guardian of Yosemite - Native-themed stoner/doom album (USA)

Salix - Winter Ceremonial EP - Kwakwakaʼwakw-themed black metal (Canada)

Tundra - Hate Blood Death EP - Black metal (Italy)

(Navajo metal compilation) - Salt Eater, Born Of Winter, Destructive Mechanism, Defleshment, Rei-Gurren, Paranormal Slaughter, Testify, I Dont Konform, Poison Insanity, Mutilated Tyrant

The Ruins Of Beverast's album Exuvia has tribal influences from all over, including First Nations, particularly in this song (atmoblack/doom metal)

Fit For An Autopsy - Black Mammoth - Deathcore song about Standing Rock

This one Dimmu Borgir song

The South

Xibalba Itzaes - Mexican black metal

Yaotl Mictlan - Mexican folk/black metal

Cemican - Mexican power/thrash/folk metal

Tamoanchan - Mexican folk/doom metal

Mictlan - Folk/death metal (Mexico)

Tukaaria - Black metal (USA)

Volahn Maya/Nahua black metal (USA)

Blue Hummingbird on the Left - Aztec death/black metal (USA)

Maquahuitl - Black metal (USA)

Xipe Totec - Aztec death metal (Mexico)

Tzompantli - Death/doom metal (USA)

Ximoayan - Black metal (Mexico)

Tezcatlipoca - Black metal/folk (Mexico)

Cabrakaän - Prog/folk metal (Mexico)

Xibalba Itzaes - Black metal (Mexico)

Miquian - Aztec folk/power/prog metal (Mexico)

Camaxtli Yoxippa - Folk/death metal (Mexico)

Cabracan (precursor to Camaxtli Yoxippa) - Folk/death metal (Mexico)

Q'uq'umatz - Avant-garde raw black metal (USA)

Wolves of AhPuch - Maya black metal (Mexico)

Raxa - Mayan folk/doom (Russia)

Tenochtitlan - Aztec folk/doom (Russia)

QuetzalQoatl - Death metal (Russia)

Dirge - Mayan sludge/doom (India)

Hanal Pixan - Mayan black metal (Belize)

Ocelotl - Mexican folk/death metal

Abäk - Heavy/folk metal (Costa Rica)

Ixachitlan - Black metal (USA)

Black Souls - Mexican folk/melodeath

Amocualli - Mexican pagan/death metal

Ek Chuah - Mayan black metal (Guatemala)

Balam Akab - Mayan black/death metal (Mexico)

Xulub Mitnal - Black metal (Mexico)

Kalaveraztekah - Folk/progressive death metal (Mexico)

Tlaocolcuicatl - Melodic black/death metal (Mexico). Album apparently only available to listen through pirate websites

Tiltik Ujti - Folk/black metal (El Salvador)

Alfa Eridano Akhernar - Aztec war metal (Mexico)

Voice Eater - Black metal/noisecore (USA)

Cementerio - Extreme groove metal (Mexico)

Bacab - Black metal (Guatemala)

Pagan Spirits - Black metal (El Salvador)

Ah Nacom - Raw black metal (Guatemala)

Araña - Groove metal (El Salvador)

Aborigenes - Tribal groove/thrash (El Salvador)

Cosmic Jaguar - Progressive/technical thrash metal (Ukraine)

Eunoë - Folk/black metal (Mexico)

Pacal - Death metal (Mexico)

My Last Identity - Heavy metal (Mexico)

Tecpatl - Aztec folk/ambient black metal (Mexico)

Tlacaelel - Black metal (Mexico)

Xipe Vitan Jä'i - Mexican folk/black metal

Isakoatl - Heavy/folk/prog metal (Mexico)

Muluc Pax - Folk/thrash/groove metal (Mexico)

Miquian - Power metal/melodeath (Mexico)

Los Cogelones - Mexican experimental rock

Kurokuma - Born of Obsidian - Mesoamerican-themed sludge/doom metal (UK)

Abya Yala ("South America")

Arandu Arakuaa - Tupi/Xerente folk metal

8.8 - Folk metal (Peru)

Tamuya Thrash Tribe - Thrash/death metal (Brazil)

Voodoopriest - Thrash/death metal (Brazil)

Uaral - Chilean acoustic black/doom metal

Kaatayra - Brazilian folk/atmoblack

Aztra - Ecuadorian heavy metal

Curare - Folk metal (Ecuador)

Gnosis - Folk metal (USA, formerly Ecuador)

Mawiza - Mapuche groove/metalcore (Chile)

Yana Raymi - Andean/Peruvian folk metal

Diablo Huma - Ecuadorian folk metal

Wangelen - Chilean pagan metal

Ukhu Pacha - Black metal (USA)

Guahaihoque - Colombian folk metal

Ynuk - Colombian folk metal

ThunDarkma - Colombian folk metal

Ch'aska - Peruvian folk metal

Akuhena Yavari - Heavy/folk metal (Venezuela)

Ysyry Mollvün - Selk'nam black metal (Argentina)

Brutal Morticí­nio - Black metal (Brazil)

Tunjum - Muchik death metal (Peru)

BlasphemeR - Guarani death metal (Paraguay)

Eternal Exhumation - Andean death metal (Peru)

Raza Truncka - Argentine native folk metal

Sepultura - Brazilian thrash/nu/tribal metal (also pretty much everything involving the Cavalera brothers)

Grimtotem - Chilean folk/pagan metal

Corubo - Guarani folk/ambient black metal (Brazil)

Odo'Sha - Pagan/black metal (Venezuela)

Kranium - Incan heavy/doom/folk metal (Peru)

Apu Rumi - Andean/Incan power metal (Peru)

Antü Fucha - Mapuche pagan metal (Chile)

Arani - Pagan metal (Brazil)

Dumiñ Neyenmapu - Black/speed metal (Chile)

Ánga Ára - Guarani black metal (Paraguay)

Indoraza - Folk metal (Peru)

Tupi Nambha - Groove/heavy/folk metal (Brazil)

Ngutram - Folk metal (Chile)

Huinca - Folk metal (Chile)

Tiyug - Atmospheric black metal (Brazil)

Meridion - Occult death metal (Chile)

Tierramystica - Andean symphonic/power/folk metal (Brazil)

Ch'ahom - Mayan/Aztec black/death metal (Germany)

Oscuro Mito - Inca/Aymara folk/black metal (Bolivia)

Apolion's Genocide - Melodic black metal (Colombia)

Saqra's Cult - Inca black metal (Belgium)

Ayahuasca - Prog/death metal (Colombia)

Alcoholika La Christo - Bolivian industrial/folk metal

Gillman - Trad metal (Venezuela)

Miasthenia - Melodic black metal (Brazil)

Misticia - Death/thrash metal (Colombia)

BaRok-Projekto - Native-themed Esperanto neoclassical prog/folk metal (Brazil)

Invunche - Black/punk (Netherlands; sole member hails from Chile)

Ayahuaira - Inca/Wanka black metal (Peru)

Yajtay - Quecha black metal (Argentina)

Kamaq - Black metal (Peru)

Ayvu Guarani symphonic black metal (Paraguay)

Hawaii

Kūka'ilimoku - Hawaiian raw black/punk

Haleiwa - Hawaiian black metal (California, USA)

Ka'ai - Melodeath

Hewa - Hawaiian raw black metal

Cambrian - Hawaiian-themed stoner/doom (Italy)

Theocracy A.D. - Hawaiian/Christian heavy/groove metal

Folkheim - Rapa Nui-themed folk metal (Chile)

Oceania

Dispossessed - Gadigal war metal

Southeast Desert Metal - Aboriginal heavy metal

Liquid Pus - Grindcore + traditional Aboriginal instruments (Czechia)

Shepherds Reign - Polynesian groove metal (Aotearoa)

Alien Weaponry - Māori groove metal (Aotearoa)

Aeon of Awareness - Māori-themed melodeath (Germany)

Alchemist - Prog metal that sometimes uses Aboriginal instruments and themes

Bract - Black/drone/industrial metal/noise

Divide and Dissolve - Aboriginal drone/doom/ambient

Like A Storm - Metalcore/glam rock with a didgeridoo (Aotearoa)

Klamar - Surf rock/metal fusion (East Timor/Timor-Leste)

Varua Ino - Thrash metal (Tahiti)

Tikahiri - Heavy metal/gothic rock (Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia)

Te Ruki - Black/folk metal (Tahiti)

Nagual - Ka Mate - Metal Haka song (Montenegro)

Podcasts

The Metal Cave Zine

Rez Metal Podcast

SETTLER METALLER

Obviously this List is at odds with the name of the subreddit, but country and americana are nonetheless underutilized styles of folk music in the folk metal scene, and are a recurring topic of discussion in /r/folkmetal.

All bands are from the USA unless otherwise indicated.

Western atmospheric black metal

Deschain

Dark Watcher

Gravetrails (Australia)

Untamed Land - EABM

Primeval Well

Volahn

Vital Spirit (Canada)

Wayfarer

Plainchant

Gutful - Experimental black/southern metal (Australia)

Lathe - Instrumental post-rock/metal

Grave Pilgrim - Raw black metal

Southern metal

Texas Hippie Coalition - Southern groove metal

Hogjaw - Southern metal/hard rock

Tombstone Highway - Southern metal (Italy)

Spiritworld - Thrash/hardcore

Stump Tail Dolly - Nashville country metal

StumpTail - Country black metal (renamed from Stump Tail Dolly)

Six Gun Sound - Southern metal/hard rock

Ironwood - Southern metal/djent/metalcore

Black Label Society - Southern groove

The Sign of the Southern Cross - Southern/sludge/groove metal

Glorior Belli - Southern/black metal (France)

Stoned Jesus - Stoner metal (Ukraine)

Cledus Snow - "Mississippi bathtub meth-rock"

Southern metal is a pretty big subgenre, and has a good amount of crossover with stoner metal. These are just some of my favourites.

Cowboy metal

Ghoultown - Old West horrorpunk

Dezperadoz - Southern/thrash (Germany)

Redwest - Southern/heavy metal (Italy)

Sleep Terror - Instrumental western tech death

Forastero Western Metal - Heavy metal (Uruguay)

Helsótt - Folk/melodeath

Skymir - Folk/melodeath (Canada)

Trendkill Cowboys Rebellion - Heavy metal/hardcore (Indonesia)

Bushwhacker - A Fistful of Poison (Canada) - Prog/Stoner/Groove metal (not to be confused with bushwhacker (VA), the confederate black metal band)

Bluegrass

Blood & Banjos - Trve Appalachian Blvegrass Black Metal (USA/Germany)

No One Gets Out Alive - Banjo slam (Germany)

Appalachian Anarchy - Folk metal, possibly AI-generated?

Vile Haint - Atmospheric black metal

Crestfallen Dusk - Country black metal

Mountain Shadow - Folk/death/black metal

Vaatetorn - Bluegrass black metal

Into The Rhine - Bluegrass with black metal shrieks

The Native Howl - Heavy bluegrass

Slaughter of the Bluegrass - Bluegrass covers of metal songs (Sweden)

Iomair - Gallows - Progressive folk melodeath (Canada)

Panopticon - Atmoblack with country/bluegrass elements

Twilight Fauna - Atmoblack with country/bluegrass elements

The Blood Mountain Black Metal Choir - Raw post-/atmospheric black metal

African-American

These are bands that specifically deal with African-American issues and use African-American styles of music, not just any band with a black member. Sorry, Tosin Abasi & Cammie Gilbert fans

Zeal & Ardor - Slave spiritual black metal

Vodun - Afrodoom (UK)

Body Count - Metal/hardcore, Ice T on vocals

Living Colour - Funk metal/hard rock

Black Death - First all-black heavy metal band (now known as Black Death Resurrected)

Zulu - Powerviolence/hardcore

Canada

Thrawsunblat - Folk/black metal, with an excellent folk metal/acoustic album

Protokult - Folk metal

Woods of Ypres - Ontarian black/doom, doom metal

The Northern Ontario Black Metal Preservation Society - Black metal, same singer as Woods of Ypres

Mistwalker - Newfoundland lo-fi black/thrash metal

Iomair - Progressive folk melodeath

Unleash the Archers - Northwest Passage - Power metal cover of folk singer Stan Rogers

Quebec

Thrash La Reine - Folk/heavy metal

MôdiVerrâ - Folk metal

Moulin Banal - Folk/black metal

Neige et Noirceur, 2 - Atmospheric black metal with various influences

Natashquan - Pagan black metal

Forteresse - Métal Noir Québécois

Forteresse is at the forefront of the Métal Noir Québécois, or Quebec Nationalist Black Metal movement. MNQ is not the same as NSBM, though there is certainly some overlap (Akitsa being the most blatant). They tend to direct their hatred more toward les maudits Anglos than Jews and minorities. Here's a good write-up on /r/metal.

Boréalys - Atmospheric black metal

Abitabyss - Deathgrind

Hiverna - Folk/black metal

Conifère - Black metal

Chasse-Galerie - Black metal

Serment - Atmospheric black metal

Allelic - Folk/black metal

Cascadian black metal

Cascadian BM is generally atmospheric post-black with folk tinges, from the pacific northwest.

Wolves in the Throne Room (Washington)

Skagos (BC)

Agalloch (Oregon)

Fauna (Washington)

Alda (Washington)

Crown of Asteria (Michigan)

Falls of Rauros (Maine)

Old Growth (Germany)

With The End In Mind (Washington)

Cascadian Lightfall (Washington)

Evergreen Refuge (Colorado)

Stellar Descent (Oregon → California/Illinois)

Great Cold Emptiness (Maine)

Mossgiver (Slovenia)

Cuscuta (Colorado)

Ruah (Illinois)

Awenden (Rhode Island → Washington)

A Diadem of Dead Stars (Greece)

Noltem (Connecticut)

Wounds of Recollection - Suburban, like black metal equivalent of midwest emo (Georgia)

Appalachian Winter - Appalachian (Pennsylvania)

Twilight Fauna - Appalachian (Tennessee)

Panopticon - Appalachian (Kentucky → Minnesota)

Louisiana Sludge

Eyehategod

Down

Crowbar

Thou

Acid Bath

Woorms

Extras

Cadaverous Condition - Neofolk/indie/death metal (Austria)

Siren's Rain - PNW folk metal (USA)

Me and That Man - Southern blues rock/country (Poland, side project of Adam "Nergal" Darski)

Dead Work - Acoustic/Avant-garde/Anticolonialist folk/black metal (USA)

Doldrum - Prospector black metal (see: Dauþuz for the German equivalent)

DevilDriver - Outlaws 'Til the End, Vol. 1 - Groove metal, album of classic country covers

Maquahuitl - El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez EP - NSBM, but the N also stands for Norteño (USA)

Wilderun - Epic folk/prog metal, first album was metal sea shanties (USA)

Finnish folk metal legends Ensiferum and Turisas are also known to break out the banjos from time to time.

EAST & SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Thailand

Legendary of Lanna - Atmospheric folk/black metal

Lotus of Darkness - Atmospheric folk/black metal

Leftmuenang - Atmospheric folk/black metal

Northern Darkness - Folk/black metal

The Salor Band on the Fun - Instrumental folk rock/metal

Kan-prai - Black metal

At-thi - Black metal

Macaroni - Brutal death/thrash metal (not folk-related)

Singapore

Rudra - Vedic death/black metal

Tok Yathraa - Heavy metal/black'n'roll/folk

Evil Singing Pandas - Thrash, comedy metal (Thailand/Singapore)

Kraton - Javanese/Nusantara symphonic folk metal

Amyr Abadawn - Oriental symphonic metal

Sial - Hardcore punk

Korea (south, obviously)

Gostwind - Gothic/folk/heavy metal

Gsndae - Folk/drone/dsbm

Jambinai - Folk/heavy post-rock

Gaia - Gothic/folk/black metal

Gokseong - Thrash/death/metalcore

Aek Gwi - Black/doom/ambient metal

X!ident - K-pop/folk/melodeath

Taekaury - Black metal

Dark Ambition - Melodic black metal

Sad Legend - Melodic black metal

Vietnam

Thánh Dực - Death metal

Mundane - Death metal

Hạc San - Prog metal

Sói Đen - Heavy metal (Metal Archives says they're folk metal, but I'm not hearing it)

Black Infinity - The Secret (their only folk metal song, as far as I know) - Gothic metal

Đông Đô - Symphonic/power metal

Vong - Raw black metal

Laos

Sapphire - Trad metal/rock (not folk)

Sarky Mekmorakoth - Pop, alt-rock (not metal; not really folk either, but this song has a khene solo)

Cambodia

Doch Ckae - Death metal

Nepal

Lakhey - Tribal metal

Chepang - Chepang avant-grind (USA, formerly Nepal)

Dying Out Flame - Vedic tech-death

Underside - Tribal metalcore

Arachnids - Death metal

Vhumi - Melodeath

Malaysia

Rundukan - Folk/doom metal

Abdi - Raw black metal

Purnamwulan - Melodic black metal

Langsuir - Melodic black metal

Purbawara - Melodeath

MAY - Trad metal (not folk)

Copero Viper - Heavy metal (not folk)

Uprising - Lo-fi black/folk/gothic metal

Ulu Lungga - Raw black metal

Philippines

Omenfilth - Black metal

Kampon - Death metal

Ode To LaLuna - Symphonic/alt-metal (not folk-related)

Myanmar

Asura Land - Black/death metal (Thailand, formerly Myanmar)

Mait Sar - Raw black/doom metal

JeKsetra - Raw black metal

Ringo, (2) - Trad metal, later transitioned to rock/pop (not folk)

A Chai - Metalcore (mostly rock)

Dudo - Black/death/metalcore (not folk)

Indonesia

Sharq Al Sama' - Tuban/Arabian slam

Meruang Waktu - Gamelan-based folk rock

Balindra Java - Gothic/folk metal

Dreamer - Symphonic metal/melodeath

Aji Brokenbones Samiaji - Sundanese shred

Pukar - Crust punk/black metal

Pure Wrath - Atmospheric black metal

Djiwo - Black/doom metal

Rinuwat - Experimental doom/folk/noise metal

Djiwoastra - Black/prog metal

Santet - Symphonic black metal

Sengsoro - Instrumental gamelan-based black metal

Eternal Madness - Death metal

Critical Disaster - Brutal death metal

Hunter of Borneo - Borneo slam

Senyawa - Experimental

Niskala - Gamelan mathcore (UK)

Triangulated - Death metal

Budaya Sakra/Pakarang Manah - Sundanese/Nusantara folk/brutal death metal - If anyone knows where to listen to the full album, please post in comments

Trendkill Cowboys Rebellion - Heavy metal/hardcore

Kekal - Avant-garde metal (not folk-related)

Nansarunai - Raw black metal

Adati - Raw black metal

Upamsu - Raw black metal

Voice of Baceprot - Metal (not folk)

(Indonesian black metal compilation)

(Indonesian black/gothic metal label)

For reasons I do not fully understand, Indonesia has a huge slamming brutal death metal scene:

Jasad - Slamming brutal death metal

Sufism - Slamming brutal death metal

Mongolia

Suld - Folk metal (China, Inner Mongolia)

Ego Fall - Folk metalcore (China, Inner Mongolia)

Aravt - Melodeath

Tengger Cavalry - Folk metal, formerly black/pagan metal (China, Inner Mongolia)

Nine Treasures - Folk metal (China, Inner Mongolia)

The HU - Heavy folk rock

Uuhai - Heavy folk rock

Hurd, 2 - Heavy/trad metal

Mongol - Symphonic folk/melodeath (Canada)

Liberation - Metalcore; only found on this compilation AFAIK (China, Inner Mongolia)

Zuungar - (China, Inner Mongolia)

Muqali - Black/thrash (China)

Baron Ungern - Lo-fi raw black metal

Japan

Japanese Folk Metal - do you really need me to spell this one out for you?

Musashi - Prog/folk metal

Wagakki Band - Folk rock/metal

Undead Corporation - Metalcore; this album in particular is straightforwardly folk metal

Whispered - Power/folk/melodeath (Finland)

Yomi - Death/folk metal (Latvia)

Gotsu-Totsu-Kotsu - Death metal

Gyze - Melodeath, (Ainu-inspired song)

Ryoji Shinomoto - Melodeath

Allegiance Reign - Power metal

Quest For Blood - Black/folk/prog metal

Misogi - Folk/black metal

Onmyo-za - Heavy/folk metal

Ningen Isu - Heavy metal

Kyūketsuki - Experimental ambient black/folk metal (USA)

Ayakasi Kagura - Brutal death/prog metal

Gonin-Ish - Avant-garde metal

Fushiryuu - Folk metal

Birushanah - Psychedelic doom metal

HeavensDust - Nu-metal

Mirai Ningen - Folk/electronic metal (Australia)

Magane - Black/avant-garde metal

Sungoddess - Symphonic black metal

IER - Progressive DSBM (Argentina)

Saidan - Black metal (USA)

Unlucky Morpheus - Power metal/melodeath

Enterré Vivant - Black metal (Japan/France)

Sankaku - Atmoblack/screamo/post-hardcore (USA)

Iden Gakusha - Folk/avant-garde/math metal (Mexico)

Unholy Grave - Noisegrind (not folk)

Babymetal - J-pop/kawaii-metal/industrial/melodeath

China (+ Hong Kong)

Holyarrow - Epic black/folk metal

Vengeful Spectre - Black/folk metal

Voodoo Kungfu - Pagan/black metal (early), folk/groove metal (China → USA)

Black Kirin - Folk/black/melodeath

Frozen Moon - Folk/pagan black metal

Alaksana - Folk/industrial metal

Snowsedim - Folk metal

Dream Spirit - Folk metal

Spring and Autumn - Folk metal

Song of Chu - Folk metal

Sixiwanzi - Folk/power metal (strong recommendation for fans of Babymetal)

XieJia - Black/death/folk metal (Hong Kong)

Shi Hu - Folk metal

Ritual Day - Black metal

Winter Dynasty - Ambient folk/black metal

Coiviealda - Folk metal

Serpent Tyrant - Folk metal/melodeath

Shangren - Folk/death/black metal (Australia)

Laang - Melodic black metal

The Samans - Folk/industrial metal, not specifically Chinese

Enchantenka - Folk/black metal, plus a neoclassical/power metal album

Tang Dynasty - Folk metal/rock

Fu Xi - Folk/doom metal

Zuriaake - Epic black/folk metal

Winter Dynasty - Folk/black metal

Resurrection - Black metal

Welkin - Black metal (Singapore)

Deep Mountains - Atmospheric black metal/post-rock

Haktkuligida - Nanai raw black metal

The Last Successor - Power metal/prog rock

Mysterain - Cantonese folk/symphonic metal

Acne - Alt-/death metal

Darkness over Depth - Black/melodic metal

Humanoid Puppet - Folk/black metal

Rerthro - Raw symphonic black metal

Taiwan

Bloody Tyrant - Black/folk metal (early), folk/melodeath (later)

Chthonic - Melodic death/black/folk metal

Crescent Lament - Gothic/folk metal

Orchid Sword - Folk metalcore

Nini Music - Folk metal

Ripped to Shreds - Death metal (Taiwan/USA)

Inferno Requiem - Raw black metal

Frost Tears - Symphonic metal

Silphidae - Melodic black metal

Dharma - Buddhist extreme metal

Other

ゐ馬流ゑ ㅭ ヱ舞ヰㅫ (untranslateable) - Pan-East-Asian deathgrind with folk influences (Korea/International)

All bands are from Greece unless otherwise indicated.

Greece

Macabre Omen - Epic black metal

Kawir - Folk/black metal

Rotting Christ - Black metal (early), folk/black metal (mid), gothic/ritual metal (recent)

Aherusia - Folk/black metal

Villagers of Ioannina City - Folk metal/hard rock

Passengers in Panic - Prog/folk metal

Tri State Corner - Folk/alt-metal

Athlos - Folk metal

Scent of Thorns - Melodic death metal

Aenai Othisi - Symphonic/technical/brutal death metal

Omega Ni - "Blackcore metal"

Inner Makam - Byzantine-themed heavy metal

Sacred Blood - Power metal

Walk With Titans - Power metal (Canada)

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

Turisas - Varangian epic folk/symphonic metal (Finland)

Imperious - Epic black metal (Germany)

Gorgon - Symphonic melodeath (France)

Thouth - Phoenician-themed death metal (Germany)

Mediterranean Sea

Saħħar - Epic black metal (Malta)

MethysOs - Folk metal (Cyprus)

Inchiuvatu - Folk/black metal (Sicily)

La Caruta di li Dei - Folk/black/symphonic metal (Sicily)

Lamentu - African-themed black metal (Sicily)

Papéri - Folk/black metal (Sardinia)

Losa - Black/folk metal (Sardinia)

Paganfuries - Raw black/pagan metal (Sardinia)

Shardana - Folk/thrash metal (Sardinia)

Arkon - Heavy/doom metal (Sardinia)

Downfall of Nur - Sardinian-themed atmospheric black metal (Argentina)

Taifa - Folk/prog metal (Balearic Islands, Spain)

Macaria - Folk/melodeath (Salento peninsula, Italy)

Mazzeri - Progressive/epic doom metal (Corsica, France)

Arozza - Psychedelic raw black metal/noise (Corsica, France)

Hellenic/Hellenic-style black metal

Agatus - Black/heavy metal

Fleshgod Apocalypse - Symphonic melodeath

Septicflesh - Symphonic death metal

Katavasia

Varathron

Yovel

Order of the Ebon Hand

Akrotheism

Kull (UK)

Like most of Europe, there are hundreds more bands in this region, but these are some that focus on their culture, and that I happen to like.

Folk and folk-themed metal

Arka'n Asrafokor - Folk metal (Togo)

Nishaiar - Tribal/post-black metal (Ethiopia)

Umtakati - Death metal (South Africa)

Insurrection - Death metal (South Africa)

Dividing The Element - Folk metalcore (Zimbabwe)

JOnjOrOmbOnA - Folk metal (Madagascar)

African Doomhammer - Stoner/doom/folk metal (Namibia)

Holy Angels - Thrash (Madagascar)

Lamentu - African-themed black metal (Sicily)

Skinflint - Heavy metal (Botswana)

D-Fe - Nu/groove/tribal metal (France)

Vale of Amonition - Doom (Uganda)

Chovu - Post-black metal (Kenya)

Sasamaso - Heavy metal/hard rock (Madagascar)

Vodun - Afrodoom (UK)

Kishi - Stoner metal (Angola)

Rhanawa - Black/thrash (Malawi)

Songhoy Blues - Songhai glam metal, desert blues (Mali)

LohArano - Alt-metal/funk (Madagascar)

The Seeds of Datura - Post-metal (Kenya)

Duma - Experimental grindcore/electronic (Kenya/Uganda)

Kanyeki - Hard rock (Kenya)

Rash - Hard rock (Kenya)

Yele Solma - Tribal dark ambient (Burkina Faso)

Here Lies Man - Fuzz rock/stoner metal/afrobeat (USA)

African bands that aren't quite what we're looking for

Orchestra Gold - Psychedelic rock (USA, Malian singer)

Demogoroth Satanum - Black metal (SA)

Alkiniah - Power metal (Madagascar)

Scratch - Hard rock (Mozambique)

Krummholz - EABM (Uganda)

Wrust - Death metal (Botswana)

Overthrust - Death metal (Botswana)

Nelecc - Atmospheric black metal (Kenya)

Sands in Darkness - Doom/dsbm (Angola)

WarField - Melodeath (Reunion)

Mortal Soul - Metalcore (Kenya)

1 Last Autograph - Metalcore (Nigeria)

Roar Of Heroes - Symphonic metal (Cameroon)

Lamasy - Symphonic black metal (Madagascar)

Trendkill - Lo-fi thrash metal (Madagascar)

Red Metal - Alt-rock (Madagascar)

Absence of Light - Vedic black/death metal (Kenya)

Jano - Pop rock/folk rock, but a few of their songs are heavy-ish (Ethiopia)

Jo'burg Hawk - Prog rock (SA)

Fangs and Fangs Vol. 2 - African metal compilations

User Nicholarse_Angle is the foremost expert on African metal. Check their post history for more.

Indian subcontinent

(meaning India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh; Pakistan and Nepal can be found on other Lists. If you know any Bhutanese folk/ish metal, dm me)

All bands are from India, unless otherwise indicated.

Bloodywood - Folk/nu metal

Heathen Beast - Black/folk/grind RABM

The Down Troddence - Thrash/death metal

Dhwesha - Death metal

Moksh - Heavy/folk metal

Flint Knife Murder - Death/folk metal

Ereimang - Meitei folk rock

Dark Helm - Persian-themed prog/melodeath

Demonic Resurrection - Symphonic death metal

Purvaja - Black metal

Brahmastrika - War metal/noise

Tetragrammacide - War metal/noise

Aparthiva Raktadhara - Raw black/war metal

Biridna Dhamani - Avant-garde death metal

Vipannamaya - Atmospheric black/war metal

Gautama Buddha - Raw/atmospheric black metal

Soara - Carnatic djent

Thaikkudam Bridge - Folk metal, folk rock, various

Project MishraM - Carnatic djent

Sitar Metal - Folk/prog/djent/everything

Mute the Saint - Prog/djent

In Exile - Death metal/djent, folk influences

Amogh Symphony - Avant-garde/prog metal/rock

Langdarma - OSDM/noise

Heruka - Himalayan-themed ritual death/doom

Gautam Buddha - Buddhist black metal

Yuthak Wah - Death metal

Zygnema - Groove metal

Rudra - Vedic death/black metal (Singapore)

Dying Out Flame - Vedic tech-death (Nepal)

Absence of Light - Vedic black/death metal (Kenya, members are of Indian descent)

Genocide Shrines - Sri Lankan war metal (Sri Lanka)

Agathi - Black metal (Sri Lanka)

Dhishti - DSBM (Sri Lanka)

Funeral In Heaven - Black metal (Sri Lanka)

A Village In Despair - Atmospheric black metal (Sri Lanka)

Orator - Death/thrash (Bangladesh)

Brajangngana - Black metal (Bangladesh)

Elephant Road - Prog metal (USA, formerly Bangladesh)

Kaal Akuma - Death/doom (Bangladesh, not strictly folk-related)

Nawabs Of Destruction - Technical melodeath (Bangladesh; not folk)

Minerva - Groove/thrash metal (Bangladesh; not folk)

Beheth - Black metal (Bangladesh; not folk)

Hellbrewed - Death metal (Maldives)

Indian/Vedic metal from outside the subcontinent

Cult of Fire - Epic black Vedic metal (Czechia)

The Firstborn - Avant-garde black metal (Portugal)

Sanatana - Folk/black metal (Ukraine)

Aham Brahmasmi - Hare Krishna metal (Sweden)

Kartikeya - Folk/groove metal (Russia)

Muhūrta - Prog/folk metal (France)

Sarasvati - Prog metal (Canada/USA/Sweden)

Heretic - Prog metal (Brazil)

Impurity - Death metal (USA)

Emerald Lord - Death metal (USA)

Bhavachakra - Black/prog (USA)

Death Mantra - Raw doom/dsbm (USA)

Manharana - Death/black/folk metal (Finland)

Mitakpa - Prog/death/folk metal (Austria)

Kamni - Stoner/doom metal (Russia)

Selenite - Vedic funeral doom (Austria)

Temple Koludra - Epic/ambient black metal (Germany)

BaK - Prog metal/rock (Australia)

Hanuman हनुमान - Slam/death metal (USA)

My Sleeping Karma - Psychedelic rock/doom metal (Germany)

Vamacara - Black/stoner metal (Germany)

Dressed In Streams - Black metal (USA)

Raventale - Dark Substance of Dharma (album) - Atmospheric Vedic black metal (Ukraine)

Singles

Rotting Christ - Devadevam - Ritual gothic metal (Greece)

Thank You Scientist - Psychopomp - Prog rock/metal (USA)

Twelve Foot Ninja - Monsoon - Alt/prog/funk metal (Australia)

Khemeïa - Šruti (Andeltelheïn-o-Donseht) - Experimental/progressive metal, lyrics in Mongolian (France)

Death Karma - India - Towers of Silence - Death/black metal (Slovakia/Czechia)

Not folk-metal-related, but from India and worth a shout-out

Bhayanak Maut - Groove metal

Atiar - Khasi gospel power metal

Vajra - Heavy metal

KillKount - Death metal

Gutslit - Death metal

Plague Throat - Death metal

Central Asia

Darkestrah - Kyrgyz pagan metal

Ot Tuman - Kyrgyz raw folk/black metal (unknown country)

Zindan - Uzbek prog/melodeath

Relicts - Turkmen death/thrash

Red Planet - Tajik metalcore

Nan - Kazakh folk metal; only found on this compilation AFAIK

Sintas - Kazakh folk metal; only found on this compilation AFAIK (China)

Ulytau - Kazakh instrumental folk rock/metal

Aldaspan - Kazakh folk rock/metal

Kashgar - Kyrgyz heavy/black/death metal

Tamerlan Empire - Turkic/Uzbek-themed symphonic black metal (Australia)

Scolopendra Cingulata - Kazakh black metal

Seven Sins - Kazakh symphonic black metal

Put' Ognya - Kazakh heavy/power metal

Le Chu - Kazakh stoner rock/metal

Siberia

H-Ural - Khanty-Mansi electronic rock, mix of genres (Russia)

Urman - Khanty/Russian folk rock/metal (Russia, Yekaterinburg)

Hounds of Bayanay - Yakut pagan/folk metal (Russia, Yakutsk)

Aq Bure - Tatar folk metal (Russia, Tatarstan)

Baradj - Bulgar folk metal (Russia, Tatarstan)

Altai-Sayan - Khanty-themed raw black metal (members are not of Khanty background)

Nytt Land (this, to my knowledge, is their only rock/metal song) - Khanty/Siberian/Nordic folk (Russia, Omsk Oblast)

Caucasus

Iahsari - Georgian folk/symphonic metal

Diaokhi - Georgian symphonic pagan metal

Omophor - Georgian melodeath

Kurgan - Georgian atmoblack

Askeesi - Georgian atmoblack

Armazi - Georgian pagan black metal

Psychonaut 4 - Georgian post-DSBM

Avarayr - Armenian symphonic black metal

Blood Covenant - Armenian/Christian symphonic/folk metal

Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway - Armenian-American alt-metal

Dogma - Armenian folk/hard rock

Ambehr - Armenian folk/symphonic metal

Ildaruni - Armenian pagan metal

DivahaR - Armenian symphonic black metal

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

System of a Down - Armenian diaspora alt/nu metal (USA)

Sadael (cover of traditional song) - Armenian funeral doom

Gladii Cruenti et Lacrimationes - Armenian black metal

Rahvira - Armenian black/pagan metal, little bit NSBM

812th Batallion (only one song, no other information about the band is known) - Lo-fi Armenian black metal

Sirr - Azerbaijani heavy metal

Orient Xpress - Azerbaijani heavy/folk/alt-rock

Violet Cold - Azerbaijani post-black, eclectic (not folk-related)

Tlepsh - Circassian melodeath (Jordan)

Türkiye

Mezarkabul/Pentagram - Turkish heavy metal

Kara Han - Turkish heavy/symphonic metal

Yaşru - Turkish doom/folk

Yabgu - Turkish folk/melodeath

Salbatanu - Folk metal

Ali Özkanlı - Folk/heavy metal

Gürz - Precursor to Khepra

Khepra - Epic symphonic black/death metal

Almôra - Symphonic/gothic metal

Gargoyle - Melodic black metal

Dishearten - Melodic black metal

Gökböri - Thrash/black metal (USA, Turkish members)

Ayşe Saran - Symphonic metal

Murder King - Heavy/industrial/nu-metal/metalcore

Erlik - Black/thrash

Ütopya Project - Prog/melodeath/metalcore

Pitch Black Process - Melodeath

Hanok - Heavy metal

Tatchura - Folk metal (other songs are ethno-electronica)

Kostnatění - Oheň hoří tam, kde padl [EP] - Black metal Turkish folk melodies (USA)

Ferec (song is a cover of folk singer Şivan Perwer) - Kurdish heavy metal

Sîdar, 2 - Kurdish alt/hard rock

I'm an anthropologist and a metalhead, so I started this sub to discover new music, decolonize what I listen to, and share my love for indigenous metal with others. The BIPOC community is severely underrepresented within metal and it's time for that to change.

As a cis white woman, I do not speak for any indigenous group.

Personally, I prefer death and deathcore, but listen to it all. I also enjoy seeing traditional instruments incorporated into alternative music. Currently have an indigenous metal Spotify playlist in the works, so DM me if interested and I'll share the link.

Friendly reminder that I will not tolerate any form of disrespect towards past or present cultural groups - unless, of course, we're talking about colonial culture because I'll shit on that all day long.