Currently inspired by a discussion on the beehaw discord.

The three I always end up listening to are:

  1. Heilung
  2. Ensiferum
  3. Falkenbach
  • upstream@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    While I happen to be a “heathen” and I enjoy rock and metal, I fail to see the connection between religion (or lack thereof) and the aforementioned musical genres.

    Heathen (noun)

    a person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially one who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim) as regarded by those who do.

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      1 year ago

      Pagans and people who are into pagan lore, mythology, etc. will often self-identify as heathens, especially in the metal community. It’s pretty common.

      How seriously people mean it depends on the individual - some people really intend it as a serious identity and others call themselves that in a tongue-in-cheek larp-y kind of way.