Metal Music Blog

HELLsinki, the cold and dark home of great metal bands. Being located far from big metropolis and cities such as New York, LA, Tokyo, Paris, Hellsinki has still become the home of many great metal bands. HELLsinki is the capitol of Finland with around 1 million inhabitants. Right now (Friday night) HELLsinki is rainy, dark and cold city, but on summer time it is very live, warm and nice city with lots of happenings, such as Tuska open-air metal festival. HELLsinki is a good place to live, I really enjoy. It is also worth of visiting, so just pack your luggage and book a flight to HELLsinki. Meet your favorite metalheads in On the Rocks bar or see your favorite Finnish metal band live in Tavastia club.

If HELLsinki is the home of great Finnish metal bands, who are those metal bands? Let’s drop few diamonds..

The 69 Eyes

If I should name one great sleaze/glam rock band, it is definitely The 69 Eyes. Their best known songs are probably “Brandon Lee” and “Never Say Die”. The 69 Eyes has toured in Finland and abroad, and as an example, in 2005 they played almost 100 gigs in 15 countries. In early2006 the band started their first tour in United States.

Amorphis

Progressive metal band Amorphis is probably the best known metal band in HELLsinki. They became known in late 90’s with their Elegy album. The band is known for their use of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, as a source for their lyrics. A couple of years ago new singer joined Amorphis, and today the band is riding on top of their wave of success.

Norther

Being founded in 2000, Norther has quickly joined the group of leading Finnish metal bands. They have been in the official Finnish album list every time they have released a new album. Norther plays melodic death metal music and incorporates some elements from black, power and heavy metal. Norther is one of my all time favorites, really worth of checking out!

Apocalyptica

When they started, they were very different. They played Metallica covers with cellos. They are called Apocalyptica and they have become one of the best known Finnish metal bands. Apocalyptica is a cello trio of graduates of the Sibelius Academy in HELLsinki, Finland. Apocalyptica is just fantastic, superb. If you haven’t heard them yet, go and check it out! You won’t get disappointed.

Children of Bodom

Hey.. what should I say? Children of Bodom is the diamond. You know.. I have posted so many C.O.B. articles in this blog that I have nothing more to say than just C.O.B. fu$%#@# ROCKS!