Brothers of Metal

A grand-scale fusion of metal, folk, rock, and pop, Brothers of Metal are a Swedish band whose massed vocals and guitars set the stage for an over-the-top celebration of heroic legend and folklore. Clad in leather and furs like cave dwellers in a primitive Scandinavian land, Brothers of Metal may harken back to the Bronze age in their mythos and visual style, but their music comes from a time when electricity was commonplace, with three electric guitars leading the charge along with three vocalists (some melodic, some distorted), a bassist, a drummer, and occasional keyboard and orchestral interludes. The group was first embraced by the international metal community with the release of their debut album, 2017's Prophecy of Ragnarök, a testimonial to their over-the-top sound and vision, and they continued to invoke Odin and crank their amps on 2019's Emblas Saga and 2024's Fimbulvinter.