Finnish metal!

[Tubbs]

REVEREND BIZARRE

One of my favorite bands. Also one of the very few I like from Finland.

 

[Scourge of God]

In any event, Demilich and early Amorphis own this thread. Demigod, Beherit, Funebre, Xysma, Adramelech, Skepticism, Thergothon, the first two Sentenced releases, and early Impaled Nazarene all are worthy first tier bands in their own right.

 

[i aint play this]

Skepticism is pretty cool

 

[Lothlorien]

Moonsorrow and Wintersun

i love wintersun. too bad the second album continues to be delayed....

 

[Graft]

u all fail cause none mentioned

teh mighty and very classic

NIGHTWISH​

 

[annt]

Finland has many great metal bands, too bad most of them are either very underground or sing in Finnish, thus limiting their chances of becoming internationally known. A few good examples would be Stam1na (progressive thrash metal, one of my favourite bands), Rytmihäiriö (sort of thrash/grind with hilarious lyrics), Amoral (tech-death) etc..

Also the aforementioned Thy Serpent and Sentenced's first few albums are pretty good.

Obviously the more polished and poppy acts gain international success, but you shouldn't judge the whole country by them. We have a very vivid and active metal underground.

 

[Shapeless)))]

Stam1na is one of my favourites as well *high five*
Mokoma and Kotiteollisuus also. Haven't heard much of Rytmihäiriö, guess I should buy their album.

 

[annt]

Seitsemän surman siunausliitto on perkeleen kova! Suosittelen!

Sorry for those who don't speak finnish

 

[Pavelent]

Sonata Arctica is the best band from Finland IMO.

 

[outerone]

Seitsemän surman siunausliitto on perkeleen kova! Suosittelen!

Sorry for those who don't speak finnish

wow, what a band name! I thought you were kidding at first but after a google search, I found them. They are described as surmacore, they have to be the only band in the category.

 

[outerone]

Amorphis and Thy Serpent will always hold the throne of Finnish metal for me. Parempaa ei löydy!!

 

[King_Crimson]

WALTARI!!!

 

[Alcapoth]

HIM

Ville Valo is the man

Haha, you know what? Not only for Finnish bands, but for bands in general. One of the great bands of this generation...hands down!

And this July will see the release of the NEW HIM album - Venus Doom! My most anticipated album of the year.

 

[Don Corleone]

oh alcapoth, you and your vallo again
one of the greatest bands??? PLEASE!

 

[i aint play this]

HIM is miserable, srsly.

 

[Stilgar]

Finnish is distantly related to the Turkic languages, yes.

I grew up with Finnish and a couple of years ago, I worked for 3 months in Istanbul... I'd say the only similarity I found is that both languages use suffixes a lot.

 

[annt]

Actually the only language distantly related to Finnish is Hungarian.

 

[Pavelent]

Diablo is also a very good band from Finland. Melodic Death Metal at it's finest.

 

[Scourge of God]

The Ural-Altaic Language Family

 

[Shapeless)))]

Ah! Just remembered, Apocalyptica are awesome!!