The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school. The original band members were Lauri Ylönen, Eero Heinonen (bass), Pauli Rantasalmi (guitar) and Jarno Lahti (drums). Jarno Lahti left the year after and was replaced by Janne Heiskanen in 1995. Heiskanen quit the band in 1999 and was soon replaced by Aki Hakala. Pauli Rantasalmi left the band and was replaced by guitarist Emilia "Emppu" Suhonen in 2022. Best known for their 2003 hit single "In the Shadows", the band has sold over 5 million albums worldwide and 350,000 albums in Finland alone, and has won numerous awards, both domestic and international. The band represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Jezebel".
Moonsorrow is a Finnish pagan metal band formed in Helsinki in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in their sound. The band call their sound "epic heathen metal" and try to distance themselves from the term "Viking metal". They have distanced themselves from other folk metal bands, emphasising that their music is pagan and spiritual and is challenging for its listeners, rather than happy or danceable. The band members have varying levels of pagan belief but they draw on pagan spirituality for lyrics and inspiration.
Eternal Tears of Sorrow is a Finnish symphonic/melodic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi.
Waltari is a Finnish band from Helsinki known for combining numerous styles, from different metal subgenres such as progressive metal, alternative metal and extreme metal to non-metal styles such as hip hop, pop, industrial, techno, punk and hard rock.
Omnium Gatherum is a six-piece melodic death metal band from Finland, founded in the autumn of 1996. Although the band mainly follows the path of the melodic death metal genre, much of their work shows strong influences from progressive metal, especially their later albums. Their music is influenced by Gothenburg-style bands such as At the Gates, In Flames, Dissection, Dark Tranquillity, but also Iron Maiden, Death, Anathema and Megadeth among others.
Leprosy is the second studio album by American death metal band Death, released on November 16, 1988, by Combat Records. The album is notable in its different tone and quality from the band's 1987 debut, it is the first example of Scott Burns' work heard on many of the death metal and grindcore albums of that era. The cover is featured in Metal: A Headbanger's Journey. It is the first album to feature drummer Bill Andrews and the only one to feature guitarist Rick Rozz.
Hevein was a Finnish thrash metal band from Helsinki with symphonic metal and neo-classical metal influences.
Stam1na is a Finnish metal band native of Lemi, South Karelia. Their music is arguably best described as thrash metal with some progressive metal, death, alternative and punk influences, and is sung in the Finnish language. The band mainly uses seven-string guitars on all albums except the first one where they used six-strings, and a few songs were composed for eight-string guitar on the eighth album Taival.
Tämän maailman ruhtinaan hovi (2004) is an album by the Finnish thrash metal group Mokoma. On its year of release, it debuted 2nd on the Finnish album charts.
V: Hävitetty is the fifth full-length album by Finnish pagan metal band Moonsorrow. It was released on 10 January 2007 through Spinefarm Records. As a joke by the band, the name "Homosika" was released as the working title for "Viides Luku - Hävitetty".
Deuteronomium is a Christian death metal band formed in 1993, Jyväskylä, Finland, one of Finland's earliest and most influential groups in that genre.
Kuoleman laulukunnaat is Mokoma's fifth album, which was released in 2006. It is a concept album about an ended relationship.
Kurimus is an album by the Finnish thrash metal group Mokoma, released in 2003. In its year of release, it reached number 31 on the Finnish albums chart; it re-entered in 2022 and reached number 29.
Sakara Records is an independent Finnish metal/rock record label. It was found in 2003 by the Finnish metal group Mokoma. Since then the label has added the Finnish bands Stam1na, Rytmihäiriö, Black Bile, Diablo and YUP.
Sydänjuuret is the seventh studio album by the Finnish thrash metal band Mokoma, that was released on March 24, 2010. It has once reached top position in the Finnish albums chart.
Rytmihäiriö is a Finnish hardcore punk, thrash metal/crossover thrash, grindcore and surmacore Helsinki-based band established in 1988 until 1992, when the band was put on a hiatus. It had a comeback in 1998 with a number of changes in the line-up. The band is signed to Sakara Records, and for distribution Sony.
Elävien kirjoihin is the ninth studio album by the Finnish thrash metal band Mokoma. The album was released through Sakara Records on February 6, 2015, and was produced by Janne Saksa. The album peaked on the top position of The Official Finnish Charts.
180 astetta is the eighth studio album by the Finnish thrash metal band Mokoma. The album was released through Sakara Records on October 19, 2012, and was produced by Miitri Aaltonen and the band itself. The album peaked at the top position of The Official Finnish Charts.
Hengen pitimet is the tenth studio album by the Finnish thrash metal band Mokoma. The album was released through Sakara Records on May 25, 2018, and was produced by Janne Saksa. The album peaked on the top position of the Official Finnish Charts.
Ihmissokkelo is the eleventh studio album by the Finnish thrash metal band Mokoma. The album was released through Sakara Records on February 21, 2020, and was produced by Janne Saksa and mixed by Jens Borgen. The album peaked on the top position of the Official Finnish Charts.
