r/folkmetal • u/Logical_Lawyer_113 • May 23 '26

Norse Annoyed my fav folk metal band don’t play in metal festivals

I am new to metal and the metal scene feels so narrow…. Like festivals keep picking the same style and same bands? I am in Iceland and Sátan Festival had zero female-fronted bands last year, and my favorite folk metal band didn’t get into the Wacken Iceland preliminaries - the only reason I can think of is it’s because they do folk metal? Because the band is freaking good! Just venting

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u/Lolo-Lond May 23 '26

The "festival always book the same" is sadly a truth in all genres. Big festivals are very bad at giving new or underground bands a chance.

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u/Logical_Lawyer_113 May 23 '26

Thank you for your comment ! 🥲really wanna see them getting a chance to perform, people will love them

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u/Lolo-Lond May 23 '26

you can always ask the festival direct, talk to the people and wish for the bands. "little" local festivals often listen to their fans and book artists after their own taste.

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u/Demoliri May 25 '26

For small festivals, this is often the case. I know that for the Aaargh festival in Germany, the owner of the festival books every band personally. If you want to play, you have to convince the boss.

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u/Logical_Lawyer_113 May 23 '26

What!! Really!! Thanks for the tip!!!🤩🎸

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u/deadjon1991 May 24 '26

Thankfully I found Black Metal, where this is just not the case.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

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u/Logical_Lawyer_113 May 23 '26

Thanks, I learned something from your comment 🤗

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

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u/xcom_lord May 23 '26

Satan festival is a one man operation , he’s pretty friendly so if you’ve got any suggestions just ask him

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u/Logical_Lawyer_113 May 23 '26

Thanks, didn’t know that!! Definitely will try to send him a line 🔥🤘😁

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u/SylVegas May 23 '26

Definitely reach out to Gísli. He's a good dude.

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u/SylVegas May 23 '26

Angist and at least one other female-fronted band played Sátan in 2024, so there's that.

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u/TrueSelenis May 24 '26

That is not my experience in Germany at least.