the last band that made you say holy...

[angminas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4zC0EvpNCI

If you're ridiculously ADD, skip to 0:50.

 

[Invisible Evil]

Arch Enemy

 

[Arcadio]

Folk Metal has a lot of gems. Skyclad was one of the founders of the genre, but Eluveitie is probably the best one at the moment. Korpiklaani is a nice one too (with nice songs like Beer Beer, Vodka, Tequila, Happy Little Boozer, etc), Heidevolk is good but sing in Dutch (try Nehalennia), and if you include 'Viking Metal' then Ensiferum rocks hard (try Stone Cold Metal or Twilight Tavern). Alestorm, being 'Pirate Metal', can also be seen as related to Folk Metal (try Keelhauled).


Edit for the lazy:

Skyclad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD9zi_WliSA

Eluveitie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iijKLHCQw5o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msRy4vcSX4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8WGig0MLU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCvQWe3kZ7A

Korpiklaani:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7kJRGPgvRQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIc4VHxU7iM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOKbhQbvpPA

Heidevolk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBpDom4QWHE

Ensiferum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARrVczoXtlc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaqqsTVuCnI

Alestorm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta-Z_psXODw

Those are awesome...

 

[Krynj]

Arch Enemy

Arch Enemy is probably the best live metal performance I've ever seen. Love those guys. Their new album should be out soon.

 

[bignateyk]

Weird Al

 

[Beev]

Dragonforce, and they still make me feel that way. I love the speed. It's fantastic.

 

[Krynj]

My "holy shits" of the last few years...

The Faceless
Veil of Maya
Fleshgod Apocalypse

 

[yh125d]

The Fall of Troy. Only just found out about them last Halloween

 

[eplebnista]

L7