In Finland, alternative bands such as Korpiklaani and Ensiferum spent most of the 1990s ushering in a wild new subgenre now known as “folk metal,” which blends accordions, violins and ...

A group of well-known Finnish metal musicians has formed the charity band Kivunkantajat to release the song Tee tänne taivas ...

Veteran touring musicians are able to tune all sorts of things out, from tinnitus-inducing treble to terrible opening bands to snoring bandmates. Still, it must have been quite the endurance test for ...

The band ran from 2002 to 2016, gaining a very decent following. Its combination of symphonic metal with lyrics in Finnish ...

6. Heavy metal fans are spoiled for choice. According to some estimates, Finland has over 50 heavy metal bands per 100,000 people, the largest number per capita of any country in the world.

Finnish doom metal outfit Swallow The Sun released a special version of the track “MelancHoly” that’s sure to either please or piss off certain subsects of their fans. The difference in this “Holy ...

In a curious turn of events, Sweden has chosen KAJ, a comedy group from Finland, as its representative for the 2025 ...

Finnish folk metal superstars Korpiklaani will perform on Tuesday, March 25, 5:30 p.m., at the Orpheum, 14802 N. Nebraska Ave ...

Pirkanmaa District Court has convicted Ewo Pohjola, manager of the Finnish metal band Nightwish, one a charge of assaulting a woman at the Music x Media event in Tampere in 2023. Pohjola was fined ...