music that sounds medieval

[Special Brew]

i want to find music that sounds like it would be medieval and whatnot. stuff with like bards, lutes, and wood flutes, etc. not really rock or metal, but i don't know where else to ask and i figure some of you that are into powermetal would know of something like what i want. the kind of music you'd hear at a ren fair or something.

rough description but i suck at that sort of thing.

[Kage]

There'll be some folks around here who can hook you up with some stuff.

[masscows]

anything by Ensiferum

They're viking/folk metal

[Special Brew]

anything by Ensiferum

They're viking/folk metal

i used to like this band a few years band, and they're not at all what i'm looking for but thanks bro.

i'm looking for stuff that isn't metal, i just thought the guys into this kind of stuff would know what i'm looking for.

[masscows]

go to a medieval festival and pick up a cd of one of the performers i guess.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Bach's lute suites would be the best place to start. Some classical guitar composers: Sor, Tarrega maybe. I dunno, I'm not really into the music but I've learned some pieces over the years.

[StreetlightRock]

Blackmore's Night

It's Ritchie Blackmore's current band (Deep Purple guitarist), its really wierd stuff, i don't really like it much, but its got the whole Renaissance/Folk feel to it. Its the only one i really know. =/

[Lunch]

Jethro Tull

[i am the robots]

In Flames' acoustic stuff.

[Special Brew]

Bach's lute suites would be the best place to start. Some classical guitar composers: Sor, Tarrega maybe. I dunno, I'm not really into the music but I've learned some pieces over the years.
thanks but i'm hoping to luck into groups, not solitary players. i know plenty of classical guitarists and a few lutenists to last a lifetime since i was really into that stuff for a couple o' years

i'd go to ren fairs but unfortunately i'm extremely poor and there are none near the places i live unless i travel

[Special Brew]

Blackmore's Night

It's Ritchie Blackmore's current band (Deep Purple guitarist), its really wierd stuff, i don't really like it much, but its got the whole Renaissance/Folk feel to it. Its the only one i really know. =/

wow this is really good

sort of like what i had in mind but way more modernized but definitely something i'm going to check out more of

thanks

[antihippy]

Jethro Tull

12341234

also, check out mostly autumn.

[Eliminator]

anything by Ensiferum

They're viking/folk metal

lol

[Det_Nosnip]

^^ 123. Also:

In Flames' acoustic stuff.

lol.

You're not actually going to find a whole lot of Medieval stuff, and none of it will be in any ways affiliated with Swedish death metal. There's actually very little music that has survived from the Medieval time period...most of the early stuff that we have is this:
http://www.amazon.com/Chant-Gregorian/dp/B000002SKX

The period that most people seem to associate with "Medieval" music would be either Renaissance (also a limited available repertoire) or Baroque (Bach, Handel, etc).

[Lunch]

Also, Gentle Giant

[Special Brew]

^^ 123. Also:



lol.

You're not actually going to find a whole lot of Medieval stuff, and none of it will be in any ways affiliated with Swedish death metal. There's actually very little music that has survived from the Medieval time period...most of the early stuff that we have is this:
http://www.amazon.com/Chant-Gregorian/dp/B000002SKX

The period that most people seem to associate with "Medieval" music would be either Renaissance (also a limited available repertoire) or Baroque (Bach, Handel, etc).
yeah i'm not looking for actual pieces from then, just groups that perform that style of music or something similar.

and i'm not into gregorian stuff i just used the word medieval 'cause i figured people would know what i'm talking about better without me being picky about stuff

[italic zero]

Dead Can Dance?

[Kage]

I don't think so.

[HNLzero]

There's that song from the 1968 movie version of Romeo and Juliet. I can upload if you want.

[chorbalan]

Poropotera is bassically that.

[Riva]

Galloglass's first album Legends From Now And Nevermore. Any release by Skyclad, Tuatha De Danaan, Gandalf (Aut) or Nest. If you want some authentic, completely acoustic music on actual medieval records, try to find Raushan Orazbaeva's Akku.

[Det_Nosnip]

yeah i'm not looking for actual pieces from then, just groups that perform that style of music or something similar.

and i'm not into gregorian stuff i just used the word medieval 'cause i figured people would know what i'm talking about better without me being picky about stuff

Well, if somebody said they were looking for "rock music" and had something like Cannibal Corpse in mind, one would expect them to be at least somewhat particular with the genre, yes?

:lol: I love how, on MX, we have pyro-necro-bestial-post-thrash-folk metal, and yet anything written before the 20th century is either "Classical" or "Medieval."

[Riva]

Well, he was a bit vague but most people knew what he meant. If he had been looking for actual pieces from that time period, one would expect him to specify baroque, romance, gothic, minstrel, etc, but he was just looking for the sound.

[Det_Nosnip]

I'm just saying...if he had done the same thing with black metal, people would have jumped down his throat.

[Meatplow]

Black Sabbath - Embryo

[Riva]

Also, there's a lot more music that uses "medieval" song structure and instruments than people think. It's just that most of the central and western European music from that time period has been supplanted by modern music.

[repcak]

no one mentioned Corvus Corax??

they are from germany and they are playing medieval melodic metal :D on their homepage you can even stream their whole albums! (at least you could some 1 1/2 years ago)

[Shred Danson]

www.myspace.com/destroydestroydestroy

Not medieval, but it's common knowledge that they wrote the soundtrack for the black plague.

[Riva]

I am definitely loving the Super Mario Bros. keyboards in Gods Of War.

[Shred Danson]

:lol: I'm tryin' to get Eric (drummer) to do that to one of our songs. You should have heard the one he did for his other band, Inferi..it was genious.

[Bartender]

H.E.R.R. - Vondel's Lucifer: First Movement

Have you just been hiding in forums I don't visit, or just had a name change?

[Riva]

I've always been called Riva. :confused:

[Daven]

H.E.R.R. - Vondel's Lucifer: First Movement


Amazing album.

[jrowa001]

i guess you can check out Blind Guardian if havent already, they have some songs that sound like what youre looking for

[Special Brew]

ok my computer takes ages to load websites like myspace so it's going to take awhile to check out the bands in this thread. but thanks.

H.E.R.R. - Vondel's Lucifer: First Movement

Have you just been hiding in forums I don't visit, or just had a name change?
i'm not much of a r&m guy, 'cept i used to post in death heads as damien rhodes i think

I'm just saying...if he had done the same thing with black metal, people would have jumped down his throat.
yeah, i try not to be specific and picky about music because away from mx, nobody knows what i'm talking about. the terms classical baroque etc etc apply to certain time periods, and if i would have asked for those people would no doubt be suggesting orchestral music.

[ATM]

Also, Gentle Giant

**** yea.

[jrowa001]

i second the **** yeah. Acquiring the Taste is a great album

[Lunch]

If you like what they do, they have many solid albums. The Power and the Glory, in a Glass House, Free Hand, Octopus, Playing the Fool (live)

[MattyBlade]

i want to find music that sounds like it would be medieval and whatnot. stuff with like bards, lutes, and wood flutes, etc. not really rock or metal, but i don't know where else to ask and i figure some of you that are into powermetal would know of something like what i want. the kind of music you'd hear at a ren fair or something.

rough description but i suck at that sort of thing.

Blackmore's night.


check out the song "Under a violet moon"

[jrowa001]

i also have Three Friends and Octopus, ill get those ones you listed though since i want more. i wish there were still bands like them and Camel

[Lunch]

You should check out Caravan and Eloy if you haven't

[Bartender]

i'm not much of a r&m guy, 'cept i used to post in death heads as damien rhodes i think

Well, I remember that name.

Amazing album.

Yeah it is, probably my favourite of 2006. Looking forward to the next part, if they ever get around to it. Will be picking up their new EP when it comes out, at least.

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

Ghost - Motherly Bluster
Dead Can Dance - Serpents Egg; probably exactly what you want.

Also, look into Omnia. They're not my cup of tea, but fit your description.

[Special Brew]

minstrel
this is probably the sound i'm looking for but suck at describing. if you know anywhere i can learn about this type of music, please post.

blackmore's night was pretty much the only thing mentioned in this thread similar to what i had in mind but i really like gentle giant, it's just a different sound.

i really want to hear teh H.E.R.R. album but i can't find it online and don't like buying things if i'm not sure i'm going to enjoy it.

Ghost - Motherly Bluster
Dead Can Dance - Serpents Egg; probably exactly what you want.

Also, look into Omnia. They're not my cup of tea, but fit your description.

i can't find any of this except omnia and they're ok, but annoyingly cheesy :/
i found a bunch of albumbase links for the dead can dance album and none are working



other stuff people suggested was either rock/metal or i just couldn't find anything via myspace/albumbase/google

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

Oh yeah, Current 93 - Thunder Perfect Mind is definitely something you'd like.

I used to have a link, but it's since expired. If you have trouble tracking this stuff down, there's always AIM and such.

[Riva]

Raushan Orazbaeva's Akku

[DJTeeLay]

If I get what you mean, then listen to Agalloch.

[Det_Nosnip]

No...you don't get what he means. :rolleyes:

not really rock or metal

Hey...maybe THIS is why being more specific or "picky" is worthwhile...because everyone apparently has a different idea about what "Medieval" means!

[Riva]

You don't do petty well, Ted, so stop it.

[DJTeeLay]

No...you don't get what he means. :rolleyes:



Hey...maybe THIS is why being more specific or "picky" is worthwhile...because everyone apparently has a different idea about what "Medieval" means!

I consider it synonymous with the Dark or Middle Ages.

I don't quite get how a genre of music can sound like a time period.

Is there a genre of music called "Renaissance?"

[Det_Nosnip]

How am I being petty? Are you suggesting that Agalloch DOES play medieval music? :confused:

[Shred Danson]

I don't hear the medievalness in Agalloch's music :-/

maybe it's the vocals that remind you of it?

[Det_Nosnip]

I consider it synonymous with the Dark or Middle Ages.
Which has absolutely NOTHING to do with Agalloch.

I don't quite get how a genre of music can sound like a time period.
Right...

Is there a genre of music called "Renaissance?"

lol. Yes...

http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/history-ren.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_music

[DJTeeLay]

No, I'm rather insisting I don't understand how music can sound Medieval.

I request an enlightenment.

[Riva]

I consider it synonymous with the Dark or Middle Ages.

I don't quite get how a genre of music can sound like a time period.

Is there a genre of music called "Renaissance?"

There is, more or less.

How am I being petty? Are you suggesting that Agalloch DOES play medieval music? :confused:

I'm suggesting that you have centipedes in your vagina right now. Your little crow of victory over successfully pointing out that he needs to be more specific wasn't necessary in the least. In addition, whilst we can clearly see that Agalloch isn't medieval or anything more than standard folk/progressive metal, you didn't need to leave a snide comment either.

[DJTeeLay]

Ignore my suggestion of Agalloch.

It was ignorant.

[Riva]

No, I'm rather insisting I don't understand how music can sound Medieval.

I request an enlightenment.

The debate raging right now is that the term Medieval isn't specific enough. See the suggestions by myself involving both bands that incorporate a "minstrel" style of songwriting into their music, and also another artist, Raushan Orzabaeva, who plays truly Medieval music, in that it originates from the Middle Ages and is played on a traditional Kazakhstani instrument.

[DJTeeLay]

I believe I now somewhat grasp the concept.

[Det_Nosnip]

I'm suggesting that you have centipedes in your omnibus right now. Your little crow of victory over successfully pointing out that he needs to be more specific wasn't necessary in the least.
Is anything that is talked about on these boards NECESSARY? :p


In addition, whilst we can clearly see that Agalloch isn't medieval or anything more than standard folk/progressive metal, you didn't need to leave a snide comment either.

True.

[Riva]

Is anything that is talked about on these boards NECESSARY? :p


No, but I am trying to return decency to R&M, one shred at a time, and when moderators like you and Tojes come in and **** all over it, I get pissed off. Tojes has come good, now I'm asking you to do the same. We can all agree this topic is a lost cause, there's no need to start flaming. In the other thread, Jake was perfectly right to continue talking about women in indie compared to metal since it was the threadstarter himself who admitted he preferred them in indie. See my point?

[oceansized]

Some of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum sounds medieval. This one section in "Angle of Repose" sounds very medieval to me.

[Det_Nosnip]

Oh, please...I'm hardly flaming. You're the one who is calling people names...I simply corrected a misconception. You're welcome to hold whatever opinions about Jake that you like (as do I, which are fairly favorable), but perfectly right? How?

How is talking about Joanna Newsom in a metal thread NOT derailing the topic?

[Riva]

The topic was already derailed. A good thread should be organic, and flow with the topic changes, as long as it still relates back to previous discussion. But in any case I'm not going to argue about it in this thread anymore.

[Det_Nosnip]

Fair enough.

[Dash]

i want to find music that sounds like it would be medieval and whatnot. stuff with like bards, lutes, and wood flutes, etc. not really rock or metal, but i don't know where else to ask and i figure some of you that are into powermetal would know of something like what i want. the kind of music you'd hear at a ren fair or something.

rough description but i suck at that sort of thing.
I would send you songs from my medieval metal band but alas you dont want metal in there so.

Here are links with some traditional medieval music.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=107221114
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=107015474
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=174812523

A good example also would be two albums by Satyricon, "Dark Medieval Times" and "The Shadowthrone" which both have many passages of medieval music with acoustic guitar lutes and flutes.

Not that you asked but if you want to be able to play medieval music on guitar, similiar to what would be played on lutes, youl have to learn polyphonic scales, which you can gather using google.

[NemesisDivina]

Wongraven.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I can't believe nobody mentioned Stairway To Heaven!

nananananananana NAH NAH NAH NAH!!!!

[StreetlightRock]

i hope you die











id be grateful

[Grumma]

SuidAkrA would be a goodun

[Special Brew]

No...you don't get what he means. :rolleyes:



Hey...maybe THIS is why being more specific or "picky" is worthwhile...because everyone apparently has a different idea about what "Medieval" means!

Someone said something about "minstrel" music, and I'm thinking this is probably the right term for what I'm looking for. But this type of music seems to span centuries, if wikipedia is to be trusted on the subject. I don't know where to start looking for music in that style.

Raushan Orazbaeva's Akku
I saw someone )perhaps you) post this earlier, but I couldn't find it online. I found a few websites selling it, but nothing with samples or anything.

[Special Brew]

I would send you songs from my medieval metal band but alas you dont want metal in there so.

Here are links with some traditional medieval music.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=107221114
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=107015474
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=174812523

A good example also would be two albums by Satyricon, "Dark Medieval Times" and "The Shadowthrone" which both have many passages of medieval music with acoustic guitar lutes and flutes.

Not that you asked but if you want to be able to play medieval music on guitar, similiar to what would be played on lutes, youl have to learn polyphonic scales, which you can gather using google.
These links aren't working for me.

I took classical guitar for almost two years, and didn't learn a damn thing outside of a handful of pieces. I wish my teacher actually taught me how to write the music.

I Googled "polyphonic scales" and threw in guitar, and can't bring up anything but things for midi file conversion and ringtones. :-/

[Bartender]

i really want to hear teh H.E.R.R. album but i can't find it online and don't like buying things if i'm not sure i'm going to enjoy it.


Well I can't do much more than assure you it's good, at the moment. My computer's having trouble with CDs and DVDs right now, for some reason.

[knuckleduster]

Maybe try some Summoning.

[RetiredAt21]

Hahaha, yeah Summoning is exactly what he's looking for.

[knuckleduster]

It's the best I got.

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

They're metal, he's looking for a more straight-up approach. Good rec nonetheless, solid band.

Another good band that is more in the celtic folk genre, but still might capture the more archaic aura is Ion. You should be able to find the album Madre Protegenos pretty easily. It's very good and very dark.

[knuckleduster]

Well, maybe try Empyrium's Where At Night The Wood Grouse. And mayhaps some Autumn Tears.