"University of Vienna students in Austria were asked their reasons behind choosing to learn Finnish, with 97 per cent of respondents saying the main factor behind their decision was heavy metal ...

Finland—now, that’s a bit harder to pin down. But we tried our damndest with December’s Finnish Metal Issue. That’s why there are three bands on the cover, representing melodeath (Children of Bodom), ...

Finnish thrash metal band Stam1na performing at the 2014 Rakuuna Rock festival in Lappeenranta, Finland. The band's hometown Lemi, population 3,076, was recently crowned the Capital of Metal.

What the Hell Is Finnish Folk Metal? These Bands Show Denver What It's All About Korpiklaani and Ensiferum will headline Folkfest of the North at the Gothic Theatre on Sunday, March 9. By Justin ...

How do you look back at 20 years of playing heavy metal, the constant grind of touring and recording albums and back again? If you’re singer/guitarist Alexi Laiho of the Finnish band Children… ...

Listening to one of Finnish metal band Korpiklaani's frantic songs is like being tackled by a frisky Finnish Lapphund — it's not subtle, but it sure is likable. The band's music fuses humppa (a ...

Time to stop pining for a third Bill & Ted movie — the next great heavy metal comedy has arrived! Heavy Trip follows a fictional Finnish metal band, Impaled Rektum, as they make a (hilariously) ...

Finnish nu-metal band Blind Channel placed sixth in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with their song Dark Side, capturing the hearts of social media users.

Finnish band Steve’n’Seagulls have announced two Australian headline shows around their appearance at Bluesfest this Easter. The cult band – who play a mixture of bluegrass, folk, and metal ...

Before HIM cornered the market in Finnish goth metal, Helsinki’s The 69 Eyes had the elegantly wasted after-midnight look and sound nailed down. In 2009, as they geared up to release their ninth ...

Obama commended the country's prolific metal scene while speaking with European Nordic leaders. "Finland is making the weirdest heavy metal imaginable," Decibel editor-in-chief Albert Mudrian says.

Alexi Laiho, front man for Finnish metal band Children of Bodom and supergroup Bodom After Midnight, has died, his record label has confirmed. He was 41, his management told CNN.