Originally Posted by
Uldreth
No, actually I am quite correct and almost any BM nerd who knows their shit will tell you the same, just like Nektar said pretty much the same thing. Viking metal has clearly definable musical qualities that set it apart from other genres as a subgenre of black metal, regardless of lyrical content. Which is why stuff like Amon Amarth is not viking metal, it has viking lyrics but musically it is melodeath/gothenburg.
You are correct in that, however, that it DID get its name because they sung about vikings, when Bathory released the respective albums. However the genre it spawned is differentiated ONLY by musical traits.