Top 10 FINNISH METAL Bands 🤘

🤘😉 The 10 Best Finnish Metal Bands

For this list, I've based my choices on:
1. Commercial success
2. Impact and popularity
3. Legacy and influence
4. Personal opinion

Try not to headbang!

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[AFTops]

What is your favorite Finnish Metal band?

[jhutt]

I've seen bands like Iron Maiden, Helloween, Megadeth etc... and over half of the bands in this list live.

Of them all, Korpiklaani had the hardest party in the audience!

[gredulous]

My TOP 50 Finnish Metal Bands:

Isomnium - While We Sleep - Melodic Death Metal
BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT - Paint The Sky With Blood - Melodic Death Metal / Trash Metal
Children of Bodom - Are you death yet - Melodic Death Metal / Trash Metal
Whispered - JIKININKI - Black Metal / Death Metal / Folk Metal
Bloodred Hourglass - Drag Me the Rain - Melodic Death Metal
Night Wish - Sacrament of Wilderness - Symphonic metal / Power metal
Ensiferum - Rum, Women, Victory - Folk Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Hallatar - My Mistake - Doom Metal
Mokoma - Valkoista Kohinaa - thrash metal / death metal / deathrash
Wintersun - Time - Melodic Death Metal
Lost Society - Hangover Activator - Trash Metal / Metalcore
Frosttide - We Will Be Gone - Folk Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Tarja - Supremacy - Symphonic metal
AWAKE AGAIN - Below - Alternative metal / Metalcore
AMBERIAN DAWN - Arctica - ABBA Metal / Symphonic Metal
Amoral - Showdown - Technical.. Thrash Metal / Death metal
Amorphis - Death Of A King - Progressive Metal / Death Metal
Apocalyptica - 'I Don't Care' feat. Adam Gontier - Symphonic metal
Balance Breach - Most of This - Metalcore
Wolfheart - Zero Gravity - Melodic Death Metal
Barren Earth - The Ruby - Melodic Death Metal / Progressive Metal
BATTLE BEAST - Black Ninja - Heavy Metal
BEAST IN BLACK - Beast In Black - Power Metal, Heavy Metal
BEFORE THE DAWN - The Final Storm - Melodic Death Metal / Gothic Heavy Metal
Black Sun Aeon - Solitude - Death Metal / Doom Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Brymir - Ride On, Spirit - Epic Metal / Orchestral Metal
Diablo - The Preacher - Trash Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Finntroll - Trollhammaren - Folk Metal
Ghost Brigade - Clawmaster - Alternative Metal (Not active!)
I Am Your God - Believe Again - Melodic Death Metal
Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony - Melodic Death Metal
Kaunis Kuolematon - Kylmä Maa - Death Metal / Black Metal / Doom Metal
Kiuas - Warrior Soul - Power Metal / Spped Trash Metal
Klamydia - Ajolähtö - Punk
Korpiklaani - Niemi - Folk Metal
LORDI - Hug You Hardcore - Hard Rock
MAGENTA HARVEST - ...And Then Came The Dust - Blackened Death Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Moonsorrow - Unohduksen Lapsi - Folk Metal / Viking Metal / Black Metal
Mors Principium Est - My Home, My Grave - Melodic Death Metal
MyGrain - Trapped In An Hourglass - melodic death metal
Omnium Gatherum - Be The Sky - Melodic Death Metal
Oranssi Pazuzu - Oikeamielisten sali - Progressive Metal
Shade Empire - Ruins - Dark Metal / Black Metal / Death Metal
Shadecrown - The Ruins of Me - Melodic Death Metal / Doom Metal
Sonata Arctica - Full Moon - Power Metal
Stam1na - Sirkkeli - Trash Metal
Steve 'n' Seagulls - Troopers - Bluegrass / Hard rock / Rockabilly
Swallow the Sun - Cathedral Walls - Doom Metal
Trees of Eternity - Broken Mirror - Gothic metal / Doom metal
Turmion Kätilöt - Sikiö - Industrial Metal

Some might not be active anymore and some are only partly finnish ...sorry about that. Also I had to drop many awesome bands of the list because it's only Top 50. I tried to put some of the better ones to the top of the list.

[AndreMillan]

Songs:

Insomnium - Drawn to Black
Finntroll - Solsagan
Korpiklaani - Happy Little Boozer
Ensiferum - Hero in a Dream
Sonata Arctica - 8th Commandment
Amorphis - Sky Is Mine
Apocalyptica - Path
Stratovarius - Black Diamond
Children of Bodom - Needled 24/7
Nightwish - Wishmaster

[henryetha]

Shows Nightwish with Tarja in 2019*
A man of culture. :)

[kj]

Children of Bodom is my #1 pick but how did Sentenced not make the list? Tenkula was one of the greatest song writers ever

[ocanaldoheadbanger]

My list

10 Insomnium
9 Wintersun
8 Korpiklaani
7 Ensiferum
6 Amorphis
5 Sonata Arctica
4 Apocalyptica
3 Stratovarius
2 Children Of Bodom
1 Nightwish

[skyybrn]

Just found out last week I am part Finnish! Always LOVEDDD finnish metal! EPIC WOOOO

[Trhrha]

Did u know that Finland has the most heavy metal bands on earth

[AX.]

My top5:
5:Stone
4:Amorphis
3:Nightwish
2:Stratovarius
1: Children Of Bodom

[mrdganadormusikero]

Wow, I love this country, seriously...

[MissSylvia]

Charon, Poisonblack (1st album with JP Leppäluoto), Dark Sarah, Nightwish, Amorphis, Ensiferum, Wintersun, Belzebubs, Insomnium, Sonata Arctica.

[miahinenmias]

I'm surprised that Sentenced wasn't on this list. Great video tho

[despertardaconscienciacristica]

That's why Finland makes the best music

[freNETikus]

My favorite: Sotajumala, Torture Killer :)) Greetings from Hell-Heaven-Hungary
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[lucasgaumondmusic]

1. Nightwish
2. Children Of Bodom
3. Apocalyptica
4. Wintersun
5. Stratovarius
6. Sonata Arctica
7. Amorphis
8. Insomnium
9. Ensiferum
10. Kalmah

[JhelleMies]

Im offended that wintersun isnt on the list, neither northern or kalmah

[gredulous]

I made new top 100 list with also newer bands icluded [some of them are founded 2020-2021]. I added genres and good songs for those bands as well...

MY TOP 100 FINNISH METAL BANDS:

Ajattara - Suru - Black Metal
Altaria - Unchain The Rain - Power Metal
Amorphis - Death Of A King - Progressive Metal / Death Metal
Apocalyptica - 'I Don'T Care' Feat. Adam Gontier - Symphonic Metal
Artificial Heart - Four Eyes - Metalcore
Awake Again - Below - Alternative Metal / Metalcore
Axegressor - Human Travesty - Thrash Metal
Balance Breach - Most Of This - Metalcore
Barren Earth - The Ruby - Melodic Death Metal / Progressive Metal
Battle Beast - Black Ninja - Heavy Metal
Battledragon - I Can'T Be Yours - Power Metal
Beast In Black - Beast In Black - Power Metal, Heavy Metal
Before The Dawn - The Final Storm - Melodic Death Metal / Gothic Heavy Metal
Black Sun Aeon - Solitude - Death Metal / Doom Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Bloodred Hourglass - Drag Me The Rain - Melodic Death Metal
Bodom After Midnight - Paint The Sky With Blood - Melodic Death Metal / Trash Metal
Brother Firetribe - Thunder Rising - Hard Rock
Brymir - Ride On, Spirit - Epic Metal / Orchestral Metal
Burweed - Lie - Alternative Metal
Callisto - The Fugitive - Post-Metal
Children Of Bodom - Are You Death Yet - Melodic Death Metal / Trash Metal
Chronoform - Obsession - Modern Technical Progressive Metal
Crimson Day - Beasts Of Prey - Melodic Heavy Metal
Crimson Sun - The Beast Within - Melodic Heavy Metal
Dark Buddha Rising - Sunyaga - Heavy Psychedelic Progressive Rock
Deathchain - Seven Asakku Shadows - Thrash Metal / Death Metal
Diablo - The Preacher - Trash Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Dreamtale - Firestorm - Power Metal
Ensiferum - Rum, Women, Victory - Folk Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Excalion - Trust - Power Metal / Progressive Metal
Fear Of Domination - Rust - Industrial Metal
Finntroll - Trollhammaren - Folk Metal
For My Pain - Rapture Of Lust - Gothic Metal
Frosttide - We Will Be Gone - Folk Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Ghost Brigade - Clawmaster - Alternative Metal (Not Active!)
Hallatar - My Mistake - Doom Metal
Him - Join Me In Death - Love Metal
Humanvoid - Aluminium Rain - Progressive Metal
I Am Your God - Believe Again - Melodic Death Metal
IA - The Golden King of the Forest - Progressive Metal
Impaled Nazarene - Armageddon Death Squad - Black Metal
Imperanon - Blade - Melodic Death Metal
Isomnium - While We Sleep - Melodic Death Metal
Jatala - Structure - Heavy Metal / Grunge
Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony - Melodic Death Metal
Kaunis Kuolematon - Kylmä Maa - Death Metal / Black Metal / Doom Metal
Kiuas - Warrior Soul - Power Metal / Spped Trash Metal
Klamydia - Ajolähtö - Punk
Korpiklaani - Niemi - Folk Metal
Leverage - Wolf And The Moon - Power Metal
Lordi - Hug You Hardcore - Hard Rock
Lost Society - Hangover Activator - Trash Metal / Metalcore
Lullacry - Don´T Touch The Flame - Heavy Metal
Magenta Harvest - ...And Then Came The Dust - Blackened Death Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Marianas Rest - South Of Vostok - Melodic Death / Melodic Doom Metal
Medeia - Insectia - Deathcore / Death Metal
Misterer - We kill - Thrash Metal
Mokoma - Valkoista Kohinaa - Thrash Metal / Death Metal / Deathrash
Mors Principium Est - My Home, My Grave - Melodic Death Metal
Mors Subita - Sick - Melodic Death Metal
Mygrain - Trapped In An Hourglass - Melodic Death Metal
Night Wish - Nemo - Symphonic Metal / Power Metal
Noumena - Anima - Melodic Death Metal
October Falls - Boiling Heart Of North - Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Folk
Oddland - In The Eyes Of The Mourning - Progressive Metal
Omnium Gatherum - Be The Sky - Melodic Death Metal
Oranssi Pazuzu - Oikeamielisten Sali - Psychedelic Black Metal
Prestige - Exit - Speed Metal / Thrash Metal
Profane Omen - Disconnected - Groove Metal / Death 'n' Roll
Psychework - Victorious - Power Metal
Red Moon Architect - Tormented - Death / Doom Metal
Rotten Sound - self - Crust Punk / Grindgore / Deathgrind
Shade Empire - Ruins - Dark Metal / Black Metal / Death Metal
Shadecrown - The Ruins Of Me - Melodic Death Metal / Doom Metal
Shape Of Despair - Withdrawn - Doom Metal
Silentium - Unchained - Symphonic Metal
Sinergy - Spit On Your Grave - Power Metal / Heavy Metal
Sonata Arctica - Full Moon - Power Metal
Stam1na - Sirkkeli - Trash Metal
Stratovarius - Black Diamond - Power Metal
Swallow The Sun - Cathedral Walls - Doom Metal
Tarja Turunen - Supremacy - Symphonic Metal
The 69 eyes - Red - Gothic Metal
The Man-Eating Tree - Out Of The Wind - Heavy Metal
The Silenced - Resist to Exist - Melodic Death Metal / Metalcore
Throes Of Dawn - Velvet Chokehold - Progressive Gothic Metal / Dark Metal
Throne Of Chaos (Aka T.O.C.) - From Clarity To Insanity - Melodic Death Metal
Thunderstone - The Path - Power Metal / Heavy Metal
Torchia - Moon, Rise! - Melodic Death Metal
Torture Killer - Forever Dead - Brutal Death Metal
Trees Of Eternity - Broken Mirror - Gothic Metal / Doom Metal
Tuoni - Räsäinen Risti - Melodic Death Metal
Turmion Kätilöt - Sikiö - Industrial Metal
Twilight Ophera - Charagma - Symphonic Black Metal / Melodic Black Metal
Twilightning - Gone To The Wall - Power Metal
Vansidian - Stormweave - Trash Metal / Death Metal
Vorna - Sateet - Folk Metal / Pagan Metal / Black Metal
Whispered - Jikininki - Black Metal / Death Metal / Folk Metal
Wintersun - Time - Melodic Death Metal / Black Metal
Wolfheart - Zero Gravity - Melodic Death Metal

ALSO THESE ARE WORTH TO CHECK OUT:

Amberian Dawn - Dragonflies - Abba Metal / Symphonic Metal
Amoral - Showdown - Technical.. Thrash Metal / Death Metal (Old Amoral Is Better)
Apina - Infektio - Nu Metal / Punk
Beherit - Pagan Moon - Black Metal
Blind Channel - Snake - Violent Pop / Nu Metal
Dauntless - Shelter=Grav - Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Huora - Kovia ja Kiljua - Punk
Moonsorrow - Unohduksen Lapsi - Folk Metal / Viking Metal / Black Metal
Mustan Kuun Lapset - Kohti Valoa - Black Metal
Oceanhoarse - Duality - Heavy Metal
Onségen Ensemble - Satyagrahi - Progressive Jazzy Doom Metal
Paara - Suon Sydän - Black Metal / Folk Metal
Silver Lake By Esa Holopainen - Solo Project of Amorphis guitarist
Smackbound - Wall Of Silence - Melodic Metal
Sotajumala - Sinä Et Ole Yhtään Mitään - Death Metal
Tarot - Wings Of Darkness - 80's Metal
Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus - Pohjoisen Taivaan Alla - Heavy Metal
Tukkanuotta - Viimeinen Nistiretki - Melodic Death Metal / Thrash Metal
Turisas - Battle Metal - Battle Metal / Viking Metal / Folk Metal
Tyrantti - Feeniks - 80'S Style Heavy Metal
Verikalpa - Viinapiru - Folk Metal
Verjnuarmu - Laalavat Jouset - Folk Metal

BEST FINNISH HEAVY METAL BANDS FOR KIDS:

Moottörin Jyrinä - Tyhmä aikuinen musiikkivideo - Kids Heavy Metal / Kids Music
Hevisaurus - Räyh! - Kids Heavy Metal / Kids Music

BEST OLD & INACTIVE FINNISH METAL BANDS:

Stone
Suburban Tribe
To/Die/For
Entwine
Poisonblack
Sentenced
Charon
Hurricanes
Hanoi Rocks

BEST FINNISH LIGHT METAL/ROCK /POP BANDS:

Lapko
Eppu Normaali
Poets Of Fall
Altamullan
Steve 'n' Seagulls
Sunrise Avenue
The Rasmus
Lovex
Reckless Love
Egotrippi
Auri
Happoradio
Negative

[behemitch]

1. Moonsorrow
2. Amorphis
3. Ensiferum
4. Wintersun
5. Finntroll
6. Insomnium
7. Nightwish
8. Cain's Offering
9. Korpiklaani
10. Turmion Kätilöt

[HMACDONALD]

It is wild to see how much Sonata's style has changed. I love pretty much everything they have done but what a difference listening to Ecliptica and something like the Ninth Hour or even Days of Grays.