Folk Metal Rock

I like it, been listening to some Russian and Eastern European folk metal. I have no idea what they're singing, but it seems to work anyhow.

Fferyllt Yule
Percival Svantevit

I definitely like it too. I hadn't seen the videos that you and BigScrub linked, so thanks. This type of music is definitely a nice change.

Here's another one I found that I like.

ELEINE - Ava Of Death

Not folk metal rock, but here's a Japanese girl rock band that's pretty good.

Band Maid

Love it. There's a pretty wide variety and range. Some folk metal is more folk with heavy guitars mixed in almost like a metal version of The Pogues. Cruachan falls in that. Some is much more on the metal side, i.e. black metal with some folk instrumental and musical elements included, like Equilibrium. Nightwish uses folk elements in their power/symphonic metal.

Eluveitie is definitely one of the best out there in this subgenre. Agalloch is another big favorite of mine, one of the seemingly few American based (both musically and physically) bands, though the "folk" element is mostly some acoustic guitar and poetic lyrics.

Some others I've heard and like: Cruachan, Ensiferum, Falkenbach, Finntroll (these guys can be really nutty fun), Skyclad, Týr.

One of my favorite subgenres is Middle Eastern influenced or "Oriental Metal". Orphaned Land is probably by far the best and best known. Melechesh is "blackened Sumerian thrash" although the further you go in their discography the further away from the folk/ethnic sounds they go. Myrath is a very cinematic power/prog band from Tunisia that I like a lot.

Samples of a few favorites:

Orphaned Land: Halo Dies (Live), Sapari

Melechesh: This one has some straight up belly dance type rhythms: Secrets of Sumerian Sphynxology

Agalloch:
As Embers Dress the Sky
In the Shadow Of Our Pale Companion

Falkenbach: Heathen Foray

Myrath: Believer

Cruachan: Some Say the Devil Is Dead

Finntroll: Eliytres

Thanks for all of those leads. I really like most all of the variations.

ELEINE is like listening to Amy Lee (Evanescence) with plenty of heavy metal.

ELEINE - As I Breathe

You mentioned Nightwish. I think they have one of the best music videos ever in "The Siren". I wonder what movie it is from but you can't stop watching it. It is probably from Pirates of the Caribbean

Nightwish - The Siren

I was going to mention Panopticon. The Kentucky album is the most heavily folk, with straight up bluegrass instrumentation on it.

One of my favorite metal artists.

I'm good with this. This one was made famous by the Vs commercial...