Folk Metal Lyrics, Song Meanings, Videos, Full Albums & Bios

The Islander
by Nightwish

An old man by a seashore
At the end of day
Gazes the horizon
With seawinds in his face
Tempest-tossed island
Seasons all the same
Anchorage unpainted
And a ship without a name

Sea without a shore for the banished one unheard
He lightens the beacon, light at the end of world
Showing the way lighting hope in their hearts
The ones on their travels homeward from afar

This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind long ago

The albatross is flying
Making him daydream
The time before he became
One of the world`s unseen
Princess in the tower
Children in the fields
Life gave him it all:
An island of the universe

Now his love`s a memory
A ghost in the fog
He sets the sails one last time
Saying farewell to the world
Anchor to the water
Seabed far below
Grass still in his feet
And a smile beneath his brow

This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying

The tears he left behind long ago

So long ago
So long ago

This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind so long ago

So long ago

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MARCO HIETALA, TUOMAS LAURI JOHANNES HOLOPAINEN

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Folk metal is a sub-genre of metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of metal with folk music. This includes the widespread use of traditional folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles.

The earliest exponent of folk metal was the English band Skyclad. Their debut album, "The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth", was released in 1990 and, for a few years, they were the only known folk metal band in existence. Read Full BioFolk metal is a sub-genre of metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of metal with folk music. This includes the widespread use of traditional folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles.

The earliest exponent of folk metal was the English band Skyclad. Their debut album, "The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth", was released in 1990 and, for a few years, they were the only known folk metal band in existence. It was not until 1994 and 1995 that other early contributors in the genre began to emerge from different regions of Europe, as well as in Israel. Significant among these were the bands Cruachan (Ireland), Orphaned Land (Israel) and Subway to Sally (Germany), with each creating a different regional variation of folk metal that over time became known as Celtic metal, oriental metal and mittelalter metal respectively. Despite these aforementioned contributions, folk metal remained little known, with few representatives during the 1990s. It was not until the early 2000s that the genre exploded into prominence, particularly in Finland, with the efforts of such groups as Ensiferum, Finntroll, Korpiklaani and Moonsorrow.

Folk metal is characterised by its diversity, with bands known to perform different styles of both heavy metal music and folk music. A large variety of folk instruments are often used in the genre, with many bands consequently featuring six or more members in their regular line-ups. A few bands are also known to rely on keyboards to simulate the sounds of folk instruments. Lyrics in the genre commonly deal with fantasy, history, mythology, nature and paganism.