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Finnish Folk Metal!

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2008-09-08 21:57:49 by fastnbulbous of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
...Finnish metal albums recently. A few years ago I started getting into some of the fabulously weird avant-folk coming out of Finland. I'd been having strange dreams/nightmares about being lost in dark Finnish forests, encounting numerous horrors, and I figured their fertile metal scene would provide far more appropriate soundtracks Turisas -...
 
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VARIOUS ARTISTS (CONCEPT ALBUMS AND THEMED COMPILATIONS) - Kalevala - A Finnish Progressive Rock Epic (2003)

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2008-08-03 15:01:28 by Editor in Progarchives.com (Progressive rock and related latest reviews)
...Finnish progrock magazine Colossus and the French progrock label Musea joined in order to release in 2003 an ambitous 3-CD progrock project featuring many lesser known and unknown new progrock bands from all over the world. Meanwhile the first pressing sold out, other Colossus/Musea projects like The Spaghetti Epic and Odyssey also have very...
 
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Vappu or how to alienate your Finnish friends

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2008-05-29 22:57:40 by Bartleby of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
...Finnish Spring," you may have concluded that musically Finland only deals in broody atmosphere and sullen spirits. That is only one facet of the country's production Finland is also the land of 1,000 tangos and other merrymaking such as Vappu on 1st May. It is an occasion for Finns to show their true festive coats and caps. (Read about this...
 
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Flying With The Fantastic Finnish-Fiddling Frigg

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2008-10-08 13:24:51 by PatriciaHerlevi in World Music Central
...Finnish-Norwegian fiddling sensation, Frigg 's third studio recording, Economy Class provides rousing original compositions and one traditional Norwegian piece, "Lars Lenkelifot" (with its Northern Lights type choral arrangement These youngsters hail from a de facto fiddling dynasty--the small Finnish village of Jarvela, where anyone with the...
 
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WOMEX 2008 Educational Institution Award Goes to Folk Music Department of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki

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2008-07-31 19:19:02 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...Finnish folk music. As in all too many lands, folk is a tradition in decline. In Finland, it was in danger of disappearing altogether. " The path of folk music education at Sibelius Academy was paved by master musician, kantele (and violin and guitar) player Martti Pokela ," explained Jaana-Maria Jukkara, Director of the Finnish Global Music...
 
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CD Review: Frigg Economy Class

2008-11-09 20:00:26 by delarue in Lucid Culture
 
...Finnish folk with rousing American bluegrass reels. Rich with melody and frequently lush orchestration, its something akin to like JPP gone to the Grand Old Opry. The septet three violins, viola, dobro and upright bass - take their name from the Finnish goddess (wife of Odin, mother of Thor). Three of the band members trace have ancestral...
 
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Gnarly Wold Interview on Pitchfork.

2008-06-25 18:24:00 by Potsie Belcher in Revolver Distribution
 
...Finnish shape-shifters Circle probably don't need an introduction, but just in case: Centered by founding member Jussi Lehtisalo, the highly prolific band's been cycling through psychedelia, art-punk, krautrock, atmospherics, and metal (among other things) since 1991. I first caught up with Lehtisalo around the release of 2007's Katapult (No...
 
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TENHI - Kauan (2000) [rated 2/5 by ClemofNazareth]

2007-12-26 17:27:46 by Editor in Progarchives.com (Progressive rock and related latest reviews)
 
...Finnish and an old script form of English. I say these must be poems instead of lyrics because other than the unintelligible chanting from time to time there are no vocals on the album. This version also features two lengthy bonus tracks (Kielo and Niin Auer Hiljaa Vie) which are apparently not found on the other releases The music is quite...
 
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Loituma- Viimesen Kerran

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2008-03-27 09:02:00 by Happy In Bag in There Stands the Glass
...Finnish folk group Loituma has been viewed over three million times at YouTube. I suppose it has something to do with the popularity of this techno remix . And then there's this nonsense . There's no end to the phenomenon. I suppose the sheer randomness is much of the appeal, but even so, WTF While Things of Beauty concludes with the...
 
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VARIOUS ARTISTS (CONCEPT ALBUMS AND THEMED COMPILATIONS) - Treasure Island (2007)