Finnish bands-Norther and???

[dolphz]

I just recently stubled upon the Norther-Endless War cd, it's f-ing amazing! I believe they are a Finnish band, and they are part of the "Children of Bodom" sound. What I'm wondering is, what are the other Finnish bands doing this style out there?
I know of-
Children of Bodom
Kalmah
Throne of Chaos
Norther

Are there more?
What are all the Finnish metal bands out there? Thanks.

PS Maybe I'll make a "Best Finnish band" poll.

 

[reltiH flodA]

Demilich
Demigod
Amorphis
Thergothon
Unholy
Esoteric
Horna

Note, none of the above sound anything remotely like the power metal with bad vocals approach of Children of Bodom et al.

 

[ControlledChaos]

There are some awesome finnish bands out there I think

Enslavement of Beauty
Silentium
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Silentium
Finntroll (polka! yeah!)
Silentium
Mistral
Silentium

 

[samoniac]

...and Oceans
Moonsorrow
Alghazanth
Insomnium (now this is real killer )

 

[Klemi]

Uaaargh, you're kidding, right? IMO Norther is one of the lousiest copycats in the whole wide world... And they don't do their rip-offing even with style...
But what comes to good Finnish bands, check (yet) unknown band Laconian ( http://www.laconian.tk ). They remind a bit Anathema and Katatonia. Also Battlelore (true fantasy metal, http://www.battlelore.net) and Machine Men (heavy metal, http://www.machinemen.net ) are worth of checking out. They fuckin' rule!
And I must advertise our webzine Metalhel (as usual). You can find many interviews and reviews from Finnish (and foreign) bands there... http://metalhel.cjb.net

 

[dolphz]

Of the ones mentioned-
I love Eternal Tears of Sorrow and Moonsorrow
I like ..and Oceans and Finntroll
I dislike Amorphis (saw them live with Opeth, uke: )
All the others I have not heard.

Klemi, since you think Norther suck, I can't imagine liking anything you suggested. Likewise with reltiH flodA ("power metal with bad vocals" ).

Anyways, the point of my post was, what are the Finnish bands that are playing this style. So far-
Norther
CoB
Kalmah
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Throne of Chaos
Anyone else?

Also, who would be similar to Moonsorrow. I Love that cd Voimast Ja Kunniasta.
Thanks.

 

[Heliologue]

Originally posted by dolphz

I dislike Amorphis (saw them live with Opeth, uke: )

house of blues, april 12th, 2001?

fuckin' a, i was there. the tall, skinny guy with the funny reptile-skin-pattern button-down shirt

 

[reltiH flodA]

Recent Amorphis does indeed suck the proverbial fat one...

 

[ControlledChaos]

Enslavement of Beauty is very awesome as well...but I already mentioned them.

 

[Downfall]

Amorphis sucks and Norther is amazing?

 

[Downfall]

Norther has got to be one of the worst bands I've seen live even if I counted the likes of Behexen and Suruaika that REALLY suck...

 

[Sadistik]

Horna
Azaghal
Nightwish
Alghazanth (YEAH!)
Annihilatus
Satanic Warmaster
Pest
Finntroll
Stratovarius
CoBodom
many more! Go over to the Finnish Scene forum and ask there!

 

[Stondis]

Originally posted by Sadistik

Pest

That name alone makes me want to check the band out. What kind of music do they play?

 

[~Zeanra~]

Did someone mention Insomnium?

 

[Klemi]

Originally posted by Stondis


That name alone makes me want to check the band out. What kind of music do they play?

Well, it can be considered to be very dirty and blasphemic black/thrash metal... One of Satanic Warmaster's (ex-Horna, also my friend and our band's bassist, http://wwterror.cjb.net ) projects... The band is unfortunately now dead and gone.

 

[Stondis]

Originally posted by Klemi


Well, it can be considered to be very dirty and blasphemic black/thrash metal... One of Satanic Warmaster's (ex-Horna, also my friend and our band's bassist, http://wwterror.cjb.net ) projects... The band is unfortunately now dead and gone.

Cool, I will look for their records when I'm in Finland.
Cheers.

 

[reltiH flodA]

http://www.isten.net/guide/

A comprehensive guide to the Finnish metal scene...

 

[samoniac]

Originally posted by ~Zeanra~
Did someone mention Insomnium?

I actually did. My humble opinion is that their debut is one of the best albums I've come across lately. And that's not just excitement of recently aqcuired stuff. No, I've listened it thoroughly at least 30 times, which makes it the most-played album of mine since buying it and it really gets better every time.