I generally don't see much merit in the heavy metal blog "Greatest [fill in the blank] of the [fill in the blank] popularity contests, but having binged on World Cup games and finding myself bereft of football for a while, I've been thinking about whether one could come up with a list of 32 top quality heavy metal bands to best represent their country.
Additional conditions: they have to have released a new recording in the last four years that justifies their selection to represent the country and they get bonus points if their style of metal is generally associated with the country in question.
Potential countries:
Finland:
Norway:
Sweden:
Germany:
UK:
USA:
Poland:
France:
Canada:
Australia:
Italy:
Brazil:
Ireland:
Switzerland:
Iceland:
Greece:
Japan:
Who else?
And who best represents each of these countries?
Additional conditions: they have to have released a new recording in the last four years that justifies their selection to represent the country and they get bonus points if their style of metal is generally associated with the country in question.
Potential countries:
Finland:
Norway:
Sweden:
Germany:
UK:
USA:
Poland:
France:
Canada:
Australia:
Italy:
Brazil:
Ireland:
Switzerland:
Iceland:
Greece:
Japan:
Who else?
And who best represents each of these countries?