Favorite Finnish Bands

NineFeetUnderground said:
i heard theory in practices demo material before colonizing the sun was even released

Wow. Truly impressive, but I heard two Theory in Practice albums before Colonizing the Sun was even RECORDED, so I win.
 
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Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus is my fav. Finnish record. but I don't really listen to much else from that country anymore...except Swallow the Sun and...and...well who isn't a Bodom ripoff/parody/clone band in that country.
 
Scope said:
Wow. Truly impressive, but I heard two Theory in Practice albums before Colonizing the Sun was even RECORDED, so I win.

i dont think youre making much sense here pal. third eye sun and armageddon theories were absolutely awful. i wouldnt be bragging so much about that. :Smug:
 
NineFeetUnderground said:
do yourself a favor...check out some real swedish bands like... and candlemass. once youve done that, then you might have a leg to stand on here. now shoo

Candlemass?

Eww :erk:

My favourite Finnish band, that I can think of, is Swallow The Sun. I THINK I'm forgetting someone, but if I am they definately haven't been mentioned, so I could just be imagining that. I don't actually mind Children Of Bodom, sad as that may be. Not amazing, but not THAT bad.

And I can actually see exactly what NFU is getting at about Bloodbath, but I happen to really enjoy them :)
 
Well, I'm not overly familiar with Candlemass, but the songs I have heard didn't appeal to me at all.

Swallow The Sun, on the other hand, create rather enjoyable (if wholly unoriginal) dense, melodic doom. I can't really fault them, except in criticising their lack of original vision. They have a tried and tested formula that they stick to because they execute it well. Why, does NFU have a problem with that?
 
Moonsorrow
Swallow the Sun
Kalmah
Norther
Ensiferum
Rapture
Finntroll
Eternal Tears of Sorrow (their comeback album is superb!!)
Am I Blood (similar to old Metallica)
Ajattara
Atakhama (fantastic extreme metal)
Battlelore
Turisas (awesome folk/battle metal)
Children of Bodom
Blind Stare (maybe best melodic death metal band from Finland, listen to the song 'Shotgun Symphony' !!!)
Diablo (similar to Norway's Tömmermenn and Machine Head)
Deathchain
Fall of the Leafe
Hevein
Impaled Nazarene
Korpiklaani (maybe best folk metal band?)
Machine Men
Manitou
Noumena
Reverend Bizarre
Sentenced
Stam1na
Stratovarius
The 69 Eyes
Thunderstone
Total Devastation
Kiuas
Wyrd

I think i remembered all my fav Finnish bands there.
 
HaloPhenomenon said:
finnish bands: tenhi, ensiferum, stamina, MOKOMA (slays all bands in the feckin world!) forgot to mention it among the foreign favorites..

Yes, the above mentioned bands are truly...... like..... :kickass:
I saw Mokoma this evening at Tuska festival... fuckin' amazing. Probably the craziest gig i've been to in a while.
I also saw Wintersun today.... also great (!!!)
Tomorrow I'll see Stamina, that cannot be anything but great (!!!).
(Oh, also Opeth plays there tomorrow:rock: .)

Other great finnish bands I would like to mention are: (some already mentioned)

Mokoma
Stam1na
Kotiteollisuus
Apocalyptica
Tenhi
Swallow the sun
Amorphis
Sentenced
Wintersun
Ensiferum
Finntroll
Moonsorrow
Kalmah
Ajattara
Diablo
Pain Confessor
Nightwish (old)

... that's about all I can come up with right now.

Oh, and last but not least... TERÄSBETONI:lol:

[edit] oh, and lordi :lol:
 
Lokasenna said:
Moonsorrow
Swallow the Sun
Kalmah
Norther
Ensiferum
Rapture
Finntroll
Eternal Tears of Sorrow (their comeback album is superb!!)
Am I Blood (similar to old Metallica)
Ajattara
Atakhama (fantastic extreme metal)
Battlelore
Turisas (awesome folk/battle metal)
Children of Bodom
Blind Stare (maybe best melodic death metal band from Finland, listen to the song 'Shotgun Symphony' !!!)
Diablo (similar to Norway's Tömmermenn and Machine Head)
Deathchain
Fall of the Leafe
Hevein
Impaled Nazarene
Korpiklaani (maybe best folk metal band?)
Machine Men
Manitou
Noumena
Reverend Bizarre
Sentenced
Stam1na
Stratovarius
The 69 Eyes
Thunderstone
Total Devastation
Kiuas
Wyrd

I think i remembered all my fav Finnish bands there.

1 out of 32 aint bad i guess.