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Essential Albums

The Finnish Heavy Metal Bands

Finland's famous exports all took a prefix: power, symphonic, melodic death. The plain heavy metal stayed home, sang in Finnish and took the national chart. Kotiteollisuus, Teräsbetoni, Battle Beast and the young bands still playing 1983.

By Declan Rourke 30 September · 8 min read

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Eirik Solvang Black Metal The Black Metal Records Collectors Chase Andrzej Sawicki Blackened Death Viking, Folk and Everything Else Death Metal Absorbed Rafael Quintero Death Metal The Death Metal Records Collectors Chase Gareth Llewellyn Grindcore The Underrated Sludge Metal Albums Ilse Brandt Doom Metal The Doom Metal Fonts Declan Rourke Heavy Metal The Finnish Heavy Metal Bands

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Date Band Album Type
30 Sep 2026 Zornheym Descending into Madness Full-length
30 Sep 2026 Methane Demolate Full-length
30 Sep 2026 Mana Diagram Aether Cross Full-length
1 Oct 2026 Asomvel Set Your World on Fire Full-length
1 Oct 2026 Tombstalker Chaos Monolith Full-length
1 Oct 2026 Stryga Upon Stygian Wings Full-length
1 Oct 2026 Hate Beast Humanity Redacted Full-length
1 Oct 2026 Sorcery The Immaculate Sin Full-length
1 Oct 2026 Antiquus Scriptum The Thing That Should Not Be Full-length