I picked up three Finnish metal albums recently. A few years ago I started getting into some of the fabulously weird avant-folk coming out of Finland. I'd been having strange dreams/nightmares about being lost in dark Finnish forests, encounting numerous horrors, and I figured their fertile metal scene would provide far more appropriate soundtracks.Turisas - The Varangian Way (Century Media) 07...
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Finntroll sings the following genre(s): Black Metal, Folk MetalMore videos from Finntroll:FINNTROLL: Trollhammerenthumbnail: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/F2HMWBsgURs/default.jpg
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Finntroll sings the following genre(s): Black Metal, Folk MetalMore videos from Finntroll: FINNTROLL: Nedgang thumbnail: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yGywo81G6lk/default.jpg
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I've recently got into this strange genre, a mix of black metal and Finnish polka music (called 'humppa'), including use of traditional folk instruments. Great stuff. Have a listen to this Finntroll track, if you like it, have a listen to the band Korpiklaani, who are in the same vein and have some fantastic drinking tunes!
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Finntroll have announced a series of UK dates for September of this year.The band – whose early recordings (such as the 1999 album, ‘Midnattens Widunder’) arguably “laid the blueprint for the folk metal movement of today” – filmed and recorded a recent show at the world-famous Melkweg in Amsterdam, and it this footage that provides [...]
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