20 Unsigned Metal Bands Everyone Needs To Hear
3. Wilderun
"Progressive symphonic American death/folk metal" is not a genre of music. But if it was, Wilderun would be at the forefront of it.
Imagine Opeth and Turisas being tossed into a blender and you get the foundation of the Wilderun music-making style. But with progressive tracks like "The Garden of Fire" and the grandiose, four-part "Ash Memory" saga to their name, this is a band almost entirely in a realm (and league) of their own.
Wilderun is a band of natural and mystical beauty, taking refuge in the expansive forests and greenery of their homeland of Massachusetts.
On their debut album, 2012's Olden Tales & Deathly Trails, they channel this to the fullest effect as they take vintage American shanties like "The Coast of High Barbaree" and "How Stands the Glass Around?", while the follow-up, 2015's Sleep at the Edge of the Earth, lets Wilderun loose as they explore entirely original but still folk-inspired material.