theogonia777

I'm kind of glad he did though, since this is like the one thread where I've ever agreed with something StewieSwan said about metal.

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Jyrgen

I see

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captainsnazz

53.2 metal bands per 100,000 people.
Average Finnish metal band has 10 members, so 532/100,000 people are in metal bands.
One in 200 people in Finland are in a metal band.

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theogonia777

That means that .2% of the Finnish population plays säkkipilli in a metal band.

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crazysam23_Atax

Fuck off, Theo. Seriously, go take your opinion and make love to it.



Also, this necro is crazy. Anyway, America needs more Metal.

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Jyrgen

Nightwish is the best of Finnish mainstream rock radio bands

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daytripper75

This is for my Finns:






Also sort of relevant:

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DonGlover

This does a good job of it for me, but I'd also like to add:

- Colosseum
- Finntroll
- Circle of Ouroborous (much potential, ruined by their production; if you're gonna try the Lo-Fi approach, do it well.)
- Hanging Garden
- Oranssi Pazuzu
- Ikuinen Kaamos
- Moonsorrow

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theogonia777

Well then...



There are tons of great metal bands. Like... tons. Pretty much the best death metal (especially brutal and technical), the best thrash, the best stoner and sludge metal, and plenty of other great stuff in between. Though I suppose there is a general lack of several other subgenres like funeral doom and folk metal, and even of the "black metal" bands from the US are pretty meh/not actually black metal.



>Finnish funeral doom
>includes Colosseum
>doesn't include the two best, Skepticism or Thergothon
>doesn't even include lesser bands like Yearning or Shape of Despair

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>doesn't give a shit
>hates typing like this

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crazysam23_Atax

Well, yeah, I agree. We have some great metal. Our "Black Metal" though isn't Black Metal; and, as you mentioned, there's very little Funeral Doom or Folk Metal. (The US sucks as Folk to begin with. The closest we got is "Americana" [which can be ok in small doses] or maybe "Bluegrass" [which isn't really my thing]. ) The US seems to do great with things that either started here or were brought over here soon after they started in Europe, like Death Metal or Sludge Metal. We've also started a lot of really bad Metal "fads", like modern "Metalcore"*.

That said, I love US metal. I just don't love how a lot of people in the US are VERY ignorant of the US Metal scene (outside of the latest "Metalcore" band). We've some excellent bands, and most of them are completely unknown to 75% of people, because the latest "pop star" is more important to them.


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Btw, modern "Metalcore" isn't really Metalcore. Metalcore stands for Metallic Hardcore. What about bands like As I Lay Dying or All That Remains screams "Metallic Hardcore"? NOTHING! /rant

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Scratcher17

US has Agalloch and Falls of Rauros, they're amazing.

Also, I'm glad there are still people who know the difference between real metalcore and that what passes under that label nowadays.