finnish metal

Korpiklaani ("Forest Clan" in Finnish) is a folk metal band from Lahti, Finland formed in 2003. Korpiklaani is the new name of the band previously called Shaman, that was formed by Jonne Järvelä who still remains the mastermind of Korpiklaani. Whilst Shaman recorded songs in the original Saami language, Korpiklaani recorded most songs in English at first, and mostly Finnish lyrics on their most recent albums.

Insomnium is a melodic death metal band from Joensuu, Finland, that play songs about sorrow, death, and loss. They also incorporate symphonic elements into their sound. The past years, their melodies have taken much more melancholic turn and the sound is overall much darker. Biography
Insomnium began to take shape during the bleak spring of 1997. In a quiet town of Joensuu, located in the easternmost part of Finland, four young men were forming a fierce metal band.

There are 3 bands with this name: First -
------- Energetic Rockband from Kemi, Finland. Formed back in 2001. Band started from an idea between couple of friends thinking it would be cool to play some Guns n' Roses covers. Even though Gn'R still remains one of the biggest influences for them, pretty soon it became obvious that playing covers was not the thing for them. Band consists of six different kind of musicians who have gathered their influences from all kinds of music like classical, blues&jazz, funk, hard rock, punk, progressive rock, pop, progressive metal, death metal etc.

Formed in early 2000 by ex-speed/thrash Antidote guitarist Nino Laurenne as a project, his first demo was recorded at his personally owned Sonic Pump Studios. With a growing awareness of the project's potential, a commitment was made to create a full-fledged band. Laurenne then recruited former Antidote bandmate Titus Hjelm on bass and backing vocals, Pasi Rantanen on vocals and Mirka Rantanen on drums.