A medieval treasure hoard discovered by metal detectorist in northern Germany includes 200 silver artifacts, Arabic coins and a cross pendant dating back 1,000 years to the Viking era.

Archaeologists recently uncovered a Viking-era burial site in Denmark with 30 graves containing treasures such as beads and coins, suggesting connections to Danish royal power.

4. “Twilight of the Thunder God” by Amon Amarth No, this Swedish band isn’t Viking metal. That rests closer to power metal on the spectrum of extreme music.

Interestingly, they also covered “ Stargazer ” by Rainbow on the limited edition of 2011’s The Lay of Thrym (so listeners got a double dose of Viking-tinged prog metal Dio fury).

Women artists are pushing back against gender stereotypes at the French heavy metal festival Hellfest, where men have long dominated the loud and rebellious genre.

Enslaved and Bathory are among its frontrunners. Simon argues that Viking metal started to coalesce into its own entity with ...

Volunteers train in combat skills at a Viking village ahead of Kynren's tenth-anniversary season, a historical spectacular returning to the Bishop Auckland venue. (Image: Peter Haygarth) ...

Metal cards offer more durability than their plastic counterparts, and you get to hear that satisfying plonk when paying. Here's our list of the best metal credit cards.

Now, a series of ultramicroporous zirconium metal–organic frameworks with tunable microporosity and pore structure have been prepared by combining isophthalate-based octatopic or hexatopic ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed a hoard of early medieval treasures on the banks of an inlet in northern Germany, all thanks to a metal detectorist. The State Archaeology Department of ...