异教金属在音乐形式上和维京金属相似，都是在极端金属中融入欧洲传统民族乐器、木吉他等等较为柔和的乐器，使极端金属具有了民族气质。只不过它们的音乐主题不相同。维京金属主要描写北欧神话和维京海盗的历史，而异教金属则突出异教二字，即非基督教的其他宗教，信奉这类宗教的人被基督徒们称之为异教徒。这是一段介绍异教金属的英文资料，你可以看看：Pagan metalPagan metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that fuses extreme metal with "the pre-Christian traditions of a specific culture or region through thematic concept, rustic melodies, unusual instruments or archaic languages."The genre is closely related to folk metal and Viking metal but has a broader scope because, as Heri Joensen of the band Tyr notes, "it's more about the lyrics than the music".CharacteristicsPagan metal is "more of an idea than a genre" and consequently bands tend to be "wildly different" from one another.Bassist Jarkko Aaltonen of the band Korpiklaani notes that bands singing about "Vikings or other ancient tribes of people are all labelled as pagan", regardless of whether they use folk instruments.Heri Joensen expressed a similar desciption of pagan metal as bands that sing about "pre-Christian, European traditions, be they historical or mythological" and notes that it is "musically extremely diverse because it is more about the lyrics than the music."Some bands are known to be "sprightly and spirited" while others are "bleak and doomy". Vocal styles range from "melodic chanting to unearthly growling" and while some acts sing in their native language, others sing in English.Pagan metal bands are often associated with Viking metal and folk metal. Bands such as Moonsorrow and Kampfar have been identified as fitting within all three of those genres.
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