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r/folkmetal
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Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles.
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles.
Also, bagpipes.
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34,078
Earliest Submission
February 21, 2011
Earliest Comment
May 1, 2011
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Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 73 | 27,015 | 440.1 | 0.2 | 1953.62 | |
| #2 | 68 | 26,429 | 409.9 | 0.2 | 1860.16 | |
| #3 | 102 | 51,228 | 614.9 | 0.4 | 1439.51 | |
| #4 | 50 | 43,879 | 301.4 | 0.4 | 823.83 | |
| #5 | 1,480 | 1,622,918 | 8922.3 | 13.5 | 659.31 | |
| #6 | 80 | 145,278 | 482.3 | 1.2 | 398.12 | |
| #7 | 31 | 61,297 | 186.9 | 0.5 | 365.63 | |
| #8 | 59 | 132,210 | 355.7 | 1.1 | 322.63 | |
| #9 | 244 | 762,008 | 1471.0 | 6.4 | 231.50 | |
| #10 | 65 | 205,745 | 391.9 | 1.7 | 228.41 | |
| #11 | 1,872 | 6,220,948 | 11285.5 | 51.9 | 217.56 | |
| #12 | 563 | 1,893,662 | 3394.1 | 15.8 | 214.95 | |
| #13 | 101 | 374,357 | 608.9 | 3.1 | 195.06 | |
| #14 | 63 | 238,678 | 379.8 | 2.0 | 190.83 | |
| #15 | 36 | 146,200 | 217.0 | 1.2 | 178.02 | |
| #16 | 33 | 144,679 | 198.9 | 1.2 | 164.90 | |
| #17 | 30 | 139,906 | 180.9 | 1.2 | 155.03 | |
| #18 | 60 | 296,431 | 361.7 | 2.5 | 146.34 | |
| #19 | 37 | 182,909 | 223.1 | 1.5 | 146.25 | |
| #20 | 57 | 299,442 | 343.6 | 2.5 | 137.62 | |
| #21 | 35 | 205,125 | 211.0 | 1.7 | 123.36 | |
| #22 | 33 | 202,752 | 198.9 | 1.7 | 117.67 | |
| #23 | 913 | 5,825,586 | 5504.1 | 48.6 | 113.31 | |
| #24 | 117 | 767,620 | 705.3 | 6.4 | 110.20 | |
| #25 | 101 | 694,253 | 608.9 | 5.8 | 105.18 | |
| #26 | 32 | 225,051 | 192.9 | 1.9 | 102.80 | |
| #27 | 61 | 446,010 | 367.7 | 3.7 | 98.88 | |
| #28 | 30 | 236,175 | 180.9 | 2.0 | 91.84 | |
| #29 | 251 | 2,079,083 | 1513.2 | 17.3 | 87.28 | |
| #30 | 58 | 532,866 | 349.7 | 4.4 | 78.69 | |
| #31 | 46 | 459,519 | 277.3 | 3.8 | 72.37 | |
| #32 | 224 | 2,325,943 | 1350.4 | 19.4 | 69.63 | |
| #33 | 71 | 777,253 | 428.0 | 6.5 | 66.04 | |
| #34 | 173 | 1,952,221 | 1042.9 | 16.3 | 64.07 | |
| #35 | 36 | 441,855 | 217.0 | 3.7 | 58.90 | |
| #36 | 796 | 10,085,825 | 4798.7 | 84.1 | 57.06 | |
| #37 | 528 | 6,753,433 | 3183.1 | 56.3 | 56.52 | |
| #38 | 35 | 471,994 | 211.0 | 3.9 | 53.61 | |
| #39 | 48 | 778,354 | 289.4 | 6.5 | 44.58 | |
| #40 | 261 | 4,308,720 | 1573.5 | 35.9 | 43.79 | |
| #41 | 46 | 960,237 | 277.3 | 8.0 | 34.63 | |
| #42 | 82 | 1,873,334 | 494.3 | 15.6 | 31.65 | |
| #43 | 34 | 815,182 | 205.0 | 6.8 | 30.15 | |
| #44 | 82 | 2,139,001 | 494.3 | 17.8 | 27.72 | |
| #45 | 56 | 1,462,366 | 337.6 | 12.2 | 27.69 | |
| #46 | 99 | 2,807,459 | 596.8 | 23.4 | 25.49 | |
| #47 | 507 | 14,419,860 | 3056.5 | 120.2 | 25.42 | |
| #48 | 38 | 1,082,530 | 229.1 | 9.0 | 25.38 | |
| #49 | 30 | 870,844 | 180.9 | 7.3 | 24.91 | |
| #50 | 283 | 8,240,388 | 1706.1 | 68.7 | 24.83 |