Finnish Rock & Metal Appreciation

Malice

If Karl Hungus can have a Japanese bands thread I think it's only fair that I start up one for Finland :pac:

What do Nightwish, Apocalyptica, Children of Bodom, Indica, Lordi, Tarot, Finntroll, HIM, Teräsbetoni, Stratovarius, 69 Eyes, Amorphis, For Selena And Sin, Northern Kings, Villieläin, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Nattvindens Gråt, For My Pain, Darkwoods My Betrothed, Waltari, Ensiferum, Sethian, Sinergy, Amberian Dawn, Entwine, Norther, Battlelore, Profane Omen, Charon, Sentenced and Malpractice have in common (apart from the fact that they rock)?

They're all Finnish!

I would love to know how a country of similar population to Ireland has managed to produce so many fantastic bands.

Note I left out The Rasmus from the above list as I don't particularly like them but they probably deserve a mention .

Some videos of the less well known bands on the list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAomk21p0cE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s91OESB6-8A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqp9SCErQDY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALrjjJdmxgA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3GytunB9yA

Let's hear it for Finnish Rock & Metal...

rainbow kirby

One you've forgotten: Korpiklaani

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbcwOHvoZbA

VonLuck

Came across these by chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iqv9ukUtDI

GLaDOS

Oh Hai there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiTm0L05q4k

Nightwish

Probably stating the obvious but I am in love with Finnish music! I've been there twice and I simply love how mainstream metal is, and metal culture is so open. I'd move there in a heartbeat if it weren't the only country that's more expensive than Ireland.

Anyway cheesy To/Die/For covering 80's pop song In the Heat of the Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2PM1z6DcZo

Charon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz2plCb3aJk

Lullacry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9l9ArvMTVE

Silentium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlWSvg2AqLY

nacho libre

Mr. CooL ICE

Malice_ wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAomk21p0cE

My band supported them a few years ago.

Woohoo! I'm famous! I'm famous!

finhex

Mokoma http://www.youtube.com/v/zJzxwyo4jBA
& Stam1na http://www.youtube.com/v/gjbDXZYR4Pc
& Stone http://www.youtube.com/v/TDpI2l6_P8U

rainbow kirby

finhex wrote: »

Stam1na

Awesome band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NupJ2n7HjIE

Also, one of the grumpiest bastards I've ever seen in rock and metal. :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN9sD0JRnDE

Malice

Not sure how I missed Lullacry and Sonata Arctica off my initial list.

LordChessington wrote: »

My band supported them a few years ago.

Woohoo! I'm famous! I'm famous!

That's pretty cool. Did they play Ireland or was it somewhere else?

deman

You forgot to add these guys. One of the best IMO.
Suburban Tribe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OGKUbqgDO0

And Apulanta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NLjC2k96IM

Oh... and Peer Günt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNg69x14pHc

deman

Von Hertzen Brothers (More Classic Rock sound, not metal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAAvkCNC-CE

deman

Doom Unit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a3O33dtnts

deman

And of course, the ORIGINAL Finnish Rock band.

Hanoi Rocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XNqHGSr-es

deman

Ruoska (sort of a Finnish Rammstein)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXHBKUbUmCs

deman

Timo Rautiainen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWdq6TUnS8k

deman

Viikate (transl- Grim Reaper)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eIC4EenOBo

deman

Maj Karma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSKYMLmnXy8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6JK-1GUGTM

Mr. CooL ICE

Malice_ wrote: »

That's pretty cool. Did they play Ireland or was it somewhere else?

Yeah, they played a few venues in Ireland in 2007/2008. They had a joint tour with Limerick band Psyatica throughout both Finland and Ireland and we supported them both when they played Limerick.

They were really nice people, but only the singer and guitarist (no idea which one) seemed able to speak english.

rgt320q

deman wrote: »

Viikate (transl- Grim Reaper)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eIC4EenOBo

One of the best Finnish bands going. Can't believe it took two pages for them to get a mention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rwrwgl4MaM

Malice

rgt320q wrote: »

Can't believe it took two pages for them to get a mention.

Set your Posts per Page option to 40 and it'll be on the first page .

deman

And the granddaddies of them all...

Hurriganes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbVuGromaYk

Busi_Girl08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzBfmtHXb7Y

Dedededede HEY! Dededede doo doo, dedededede HEY!!

Zombienosh

When I was growing up I loved Sentenced.

Trogdor

Gotten into this band recently - Memoira

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOd-ZdTR6NI

Zombienosh

edit: because im happy?

heres one of my favourite sentenced songs,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGtrNZwqpCY

Malice

AlcoholicA wrote: »

Any particular reason why you posted a smiley face and nothing else?

Karl Hungus

Mmm, Sonata Arctica.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOIQYAhE6ik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ts04ZRszUw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPfDAekxNM0

Angron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu2-8m9k51E

Totalselfhatred, from Helsinki, I love them.

Also a huge fan of Bodom :P

finhex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLVZhUs2zdw

Twilightning

Hey guys! Although Sonata Arctica are my favourite band and I love pretty much everything they've done they have much better stuff than Silence! Let's get this going:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUszotxuwGo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKD0Q5LfSl8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A4WoHxL3GQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kObI4XuTR2o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZF5pb4rNJw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUKxqU0yzIY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eob9izeo-CU

Nightwish are second, so they deserve some love too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6RuDVwXNLM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnl51qk2gPU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Wo8LCDUKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY67zxJVAUM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZUQ3xhmu_A

...sorry, I'll stop now.

nacho libre

nacho libre

Nephilim Wolf

Twilightning wrote: »

Hey guys! Although Sonata Arctica are my favourite band and I love pretty much everything they've done they have much better stuff than Silence! Let's get this going:

Nightwish are second, so they deserve some love too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6RuDVwXNLM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnl51qk2gPU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Wo8LCDUKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY67zxJVAUM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZUQ3xhmu_A

...sorry, I'll stop now.

The older Nightwish stuff is really great. I don't like the newer stuff at all, mainly because the guitar sound is more downtuned and just sounds awful and boring. I much prefer the older more class lead guitar sound they had on all the previous albums.

Here are some others that I love, but were not mentioned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np0tcd6tKis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzwsroOZokk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM-sADoUSUc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OolQvyBk14w

Another really great finnish metal band that I love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNTVFcFF2Ec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtdfQPEjTRw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD_DeNmFdAw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI8hFPLas-k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hamXfI97CI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXvf2UMk4AA

To/Die/For

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWY59Al6u84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAblbjNAhJc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HooIVDnBH0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQtsOBcx5QA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRUbBUhDQGk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG8r5VuKL38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qslfwH6UCJU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4xBV238RXw

JBnaglfar

Another Finnish band to add to the list: Norther

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvUv5BCIyiU

finhex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlbwqqzT6Xw

nacho libre

this thread is lacking some Moonsorrow:eek:

finhex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0wAPmwM9gI

deman

Malice_ wrote: »

I would love to know how a country of similar population to Ireland has managed to produce so many fantastic bands.

There was a documentary on Finnish TV presented by Kimmo Kuusniemi (in English) some months ago asking this very same question.


How can it be that Finland can produce so many heavy metal bands?

Here's an attempt at the answer....

Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ_WewgcZDQ

Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-1f3WZgk_Q

Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rbAczKS31A

Part 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmwkcK_LN3w

Part 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4J5NILMQU4

Part 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w2CbVqWAF0

devildriver

It is surprising how much of my playlist is composed of Finnish bands.

Here's one I don't think has been mentioned already, the tragically unknown and underrated Fall of the Leafe.

What's even more tragic is that they have broken up!

Malice

deman wrote: »

There was a documentary on Finnish TV presented by Kimmo Kuusniemi (in English) some months ago asking this very same question.


How can it be that Finland can produce so many heavy metal bands?

Here's an attempt at the answer....

Great find deman. I will make some time to watch this over the weekend.

finhex

New video from Von Hertzen Brothers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KygVRdooJI

Malice

Wow, I'd forgotten all about this thread . I must go and look up the bands I listed in the first post to see what new releases they have.

JBnaglfar

I had completely forgotten about it too, and just realised that I never got around to watching the documentary posted above. Must do so this weekend.

Malice

JBnaglfar wrote: »

I had completely forgotten about it too, and just realised that I never got around to watching the documentary posted above. Must do so this weekend.

You definitely should, it's well worth a watch.

deman

Time to resurrect this thread....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbjxJhRndzs

Lawrence1895

Nobody mentioned Impaled Nazarene yet? Well, Mika Luttinen is weird, but they have some great songs

finhex

One more Von Hertzen Brothers video, this time excellent Queen cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq42aigKJN0

cro mags

Ghost Brigade are class. The album Isolation Songs is a deadly album.

Elrollo

not enough love for the mighty ensiferum!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvPe0uqjjY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7btFuLiIBw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF7qQR7-dY4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne42imPIlm8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su-FEbdNTuk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQcniLemk1o

and no Wintersun? EGADS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc4WFzl-6Xs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDcPt-hvkPo

Mr. CooL ICE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Ug3wrbdw0