Hey all!
I'm sitting here listening to Manowar and Ironsword whilst reading The Complete Chronicles of Conan and thought "hey, I really want more Sword & Sorcery Metal"..
So I've been searching the net a little while but find it a bit difficult to find some good stuff, so I thought maybe you guys have something to recommend?

I'm sorry if there is a similar thread to this, I did a search and looked for it but I couldn't find anything.

Thanks!

Do you want metal that has the Conan styled lyrical themes? Or just music that fits the epic heavy metal vibe?

Here's one for both: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Hy ... 3540279423

Hey!
Actually both, doesn't matter if it's Conan or Sword & Sorcery lyrics in general.
I'm more for the Power/Speed Metal genre rather than than Black Metal when it comes to these kind of lyrics.

Thanks, I've actually checked them out earlier today and they are really cool

Gravedigger's Excalibur album is a good choice here.

I'm listening to X-Wild's Savageland and i highly suggest it.
One listen to Die Like A Man and i was instantly sold!

There are tons of HM Bands with low-fantasy aesthetic/lyrics:





















Let me know if you need more

Yeah I do own both Grave Digger's Excalibur and X-Wild Savageland, unfortunately both of them are back in my home town so I can't go get them now :/
Eternal Champion is great too!

Thank you guys for all the great suggestions here

Pardon me if this post misses the point of the thread. I'm not 100% sure what you mean by sword & sorcery metal (just fantasy-themed, or..?), so I'll just throw my first associations out there:

This is a local band (to me) that I discovered when I was a teen, and I was really blown away at the time by the fantasy atmosphere and melancholic sound of the band:
Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO9iXYz ... sh-Da_YB-8

Check out their second album as well - Legend of the Bone Carver.

The other album that I instantly thought of, and which I am sure you're already familiar with, being that you are Swedish, is this:
Dream Evil - Dragonslayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEpcS1r ... LLaoTbWi3q

Toxic_Avenger, what I mean by "Sword & Sorcery Metal" is not just fantasy themed, but more towards the Sword & Sorcery theme that some bands has gone with.
Therefore I do not mean stuff like Rhapsody of Fire (even though I love them), where maybe only their first album was close to S&S topic.

Thanks for your tips
And yes I'm familiar with Dream Evil and that album

I think the Doomsword discography could be good here. Also two Gates of Slumber recoreds - "Conqueror" and "Hymns Of Blood And Thunder".

A huge thank you to all of you, here's some awesome stuff

I second Doomsword and add this very Conan-indebted band, Keen of the Crow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVsjC3BO3Cs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1sA2SZlVZs

Here's a few more suggestions:

Smoulder
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sm ... 3540439938 (Very good female singer)

Legendry
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Le ... 3540408803

Isen Torr
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Isen_Torr/24117

Evangelist
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ev ... 3540330516

There's also the earlier incarnation of Eternal Champion, Graven Rite (apparently still active too):
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Gr ... 3540352420

For the epic title track on this demo, The Summoner's Pit, I do believe Jason Tarpey based his short story entry into Swords of Steel on that song. This right here (it's the last short story in this anthology):

https://dmrbooks.storenvy.com/products/ ... s-of-steel

Visigoth's albums are worth a listen when you're in the mood for this sort of stuff.

BAL-SAGOTH made the most epic fantasy metal ever. Their first album is pretty black metal, the rest are best described as symphonic even though I don't like to use that as a genre. If you like power metal try their Power Cosmic album if computer drums don't bother you.