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The Viking metal music of Bathory was characterised by Wagnerian " lengthy epics, ostentatious arrangements, chorused vocals, and ambient keyboards.

" Mulvany notes that the 90's releases by Bathory were the beginnings of a Viking-themed trend that initially was slow in forming, and even confusing.

For example, the black metal band Abigor incorporated Viking themes on their album Nachthymnen, but stated about the first track on the album that " this vision should not be seen as a part of the upcoming Viking trend.

" According to Mulvany, " The Viking trend presaged by Abigor was actually taking place around them, and it remains more ' true ' to how black metal is often defined than the folk influenced metal that followed.

Its folk elements are predominantly textual or musically evocative rather than musically-historically accurate.