Editing Medieval metal (section)

=== Precursors ===
[[Image:Corvus Corax German Band.jpeg|thumb|right|[[Corvus Corax (band)|Corvus Corax]]]]

The medieval folk band [[Corvus Corax (band)|Corvus Corax]] was formed in 1989 and released a debut album in the same year.<ref name="AMG Corvus">{{cite web |author=True, Chris |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p372835/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Corvus Corax |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=31 March 2008}}</ref>
The group relies on period instruments that include the [[Cittern|cister]], [[hurdy-gurdy]], [[biniou]], [[buccina]], [[davul]], [[riq]] and [[cornett|cornetto curvo]] with the most prominent being the [[shawm]] and [[bagpipes]]. They describe their approach as "louder, dirtier and more powerful than any interpretation of medieval music before."<ref name="Gothronic Corvus">{{cite web |author=Beautevil |title=Interview with Der Drescher of Corvus Corax |url=http://www.gothtronic.com/?page=23&interviews=868 |publisher=Gothtronic.com |access-date=31 March 2008 |archive-date=7 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807184445/http://www.smart-amsterdam.nl/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The result has been associated more with medieval taverns and pubs rather than the royal courts or church.<ref name="AMG Corvus"/>

While medieval metal is a German phenomenon,<ref name="Goethe">{{cite web|url=http://www.goethe.de/kue/mus/thm/prh/en2839815.htm |title=Modern Minstrels: Medieval Rock on the Rise |access-date=18 February 2008 |author=Matthias von Viereck |date=12 November 2007 |publisher=Goethe-Institut |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316224736/http://www.goethe.de/kue/mus/thm/prh/en2839815.htm |archive-date=16 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> one of the inspirations for the genre is the English [[folk metal]] band [[Skyclad (band)|Skyclad]]. Formed in 1990 as a [[thrash metal]] band, they added violins from session musician Mike Evans on several tracks from their debut album, ''[[The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth]]'', with the song "The Widdershins Jig" was acclaimed as "particularly significant" and "a certain first in the realms of Metal".<ref name="MusicMight Skyclad">{{cite web |author=Sharpe-Young, Garry |title=Skyclad |url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+kingdom/tyne+and+wear/newcastle+upon+tyne/skyclad |publisher=[[MusicMight]] |access-date=10 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918012836/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+kingdom/tyne+and+wear/newcastle+upon+tyne/skyclad |archive-date=18 September 2009 }}</ref> The band added a full time [[violin]]ist to their ranks<ref name="allmusic Skyclad">{{cite web |author=Bush, John |title=Skyclad |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p14274/biography|pure_url=yes}} |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=10 March 2008}}</ref> and has since been credited not only as the originators and pioneers of folk metal but also as a direct inspiration for medieval metal bands.<ref name="MusicMight Skyclad"/><ref name="MusicMight Subway">{{cite web |author=Sharpe-Young, Garry |title=Subway to Sally |url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/germany/brandenburg/potsdam/subway+to+sally |publisher=[[MusicMight]] |access-date=18 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924173032/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/germany/brandenburg/potsdam/subway+to+sally |archive-date=24 September 2009 }}</ref>