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My influences you've never heard of (pt. 3)

Time for part three of the 'my influences you've never heard of' series. Part two is here.
Grandmaster Monk potentially had the biggest impact on my ideas around on how frog (progressive folk) metal could work. I first saw them after I'd written a few tunes, but I knew that something was missing, that I didn't sound the way that I wanted to. I just had no idea what that thing was. This mob with their heavy, melodic acoustic instrumentals showed me the concept I was after. Here's one of their songs for you.

My influences you've never heard of (pt. 1)
My influences you've never heard of (pt. 2)
My influences you've never heard of (pt. 3)
My influences you've never heard of (pt. 4)
My influences you've never heard of (pt. 5)
What is 'Frog'?