Land Of A Thousand Lakes-And An Awful Lot Of Metal Bands.

  At some point around the start of the 21st Century a small, Scandinavian nation suddenly began cranking out one heavy band after another. With the UK  worshipping at the feet of various assorted dreadlocked, baggy-pants wearing, Nu-Metal oiks it took a while for the more traditionally bent  Nightwish, Children Of Bodom and Sonata Arctica to appear on the radar but when they did, Heavy Metal had a new Great Power elbowing her way into the front ranks.
 Here's a selection of other bands from Finland. Enjoy.

 I don't know if this lot are Finland's first metal band but they can't be far off it.

Hard Rock Sallinen - Heavy Metal Symphony (1982)

Honour to: XysmicExecration

Behexen- Black Metal Baptism (2004)

Honour to: SeigneurLovidicus

Armour - Heavy Metal Drinkers (2009)

Honour to: TIOMACHUKA

Horna - Black Metal Sodomy (2001)

Honour to: xALMAxSANGRIENTAx

Another pioneer from the early days of Finnish Metal

Kimmo Kuusniemi Band - Metallinen Satenkaari (1982)

Honour to: leatherheaven

Malicious Death -Storm Of The Metal (2010)

Honour to: DaRkPlAuGe09

Wizzard - Iron Steel Metal (1998)

Honour to: Christcrusher1

Mosh Angel - High Speed Metal (2001)

Honour to: hautakivi94

And lastly, is there any other country that would send a 

Heavy Metal band to the Eurovision Song Contest?

Twice.

This is the band that didn't quite manage to pull off Lordi's feat again 

but dammit, full marks for effort.

Terasbetoni -  Metallitotuus (2005)

Honour to: FullmoonW0lf