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Finntroll
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folk metal, black metal, viking metal, metal, finnish… see all
Finland
Finntroll combines black metal and Finnish polka, called Humppa. Although they are from Finland, Finntroll’s lyrics are in Swedish (the country’s second official language), because Swedish sounds “damn trollish”, according to the band’s first vocalist, Katla (whose native language is Swedish).
History
Finntroll was founded in 1997, by Teemu “Somnium” Raimoranta (R.I.P. 3/16/03), guitarist of Impaled Nazarene, and Jan “Katla” Jämsen. Their first demo, Rivfader, was recorded about a year later, in 1998. After the demo recording, the other members of the band, Samu Ruotsalainen (from Barathrum, Shape of Despair and Rapture), Samuli Ponsimaa, Henri Sorvali (from Moonsorrow) and Sami Uusitalo joined the band. The record label Spinefarm got interested in the band then, and made a contract, yielding the album Midnattens Widunder (English: The Beast of Midnight) (1999) as a result.
The next step for Finntroll was the album Jaktens Tid (English: The time of the Hunt), which was released in 2001. This album managed to climb to rank 20 of the Finnish album charts, exceeding expectation of band and publisher alike. The following wave of popularity attracted the attention of Century Media, which began promoting Finntroll for the rest of the world. The following summer, the band had their first time playing on open air festivals in Finland and other countries.
History
Finntroll was founded in 1997, by Teemu “Somnium” Raimoranta (R.I.P. 3/16/03), guitarist of Impaled Nazarene, and Jan “Katla” Jämsen. Their first demo, Rivfader, was recorded about a year later, in 1998. After the demo recording, the other members of the band, Samu Ruotsalainen (from Barathrum, Shape of Despair and Rapture), Samuli Ponsimaa, Henri Sorvali (from Moonsorrow) and Sami Uusitalo joined the band. The record label Spinefarm got interested in the band then, and made a contract, yielding the album Midnattens Widunder (English: The Beast of Midnight) (1999) as a result.
The next step for Finntroll was the album Jaktens Tid (English: The time of the Hunt), which was released in 2001. This album managed to climb to rank 20 of the Finnish album charts, exceeding expectation of band and publisher alike. The following wave of popularity attracted the attention of Century Media, which began promoting Finntroll for the rest of the world. The following summer, the band had their first time playing on open air festivals in Finland and other countries.
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Jaktens tid
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Fiskarens Fiende
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Kitteldags
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Eliytres
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Ursvamp
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Korpens Saga
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Försvinn Du Som Lyser
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Grottans Barn
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Slaget vid blodsälv
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Födosagan
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En Mäktig Här
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Shoutbox
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Planet_Hell wrote:
Hey, swedish is a good language - if you're good at it you'll understand norweigan and danish for free, because it's basicly the same thing :D Written at least.
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hippiedrow wrote:
I will be learning Swedish when I start college. I intend to live there.
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Heigen wrote:
"LoL on people listening to finntroll and dont know what they´re saying xD" who the fuck would want to learn swedish?
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Grimkrieg wrote:
I saw these guy's live last week, and while the stuff they played off of Ur Jordens Djup was pretty dry, and generally same-y, I feel the new vocalist did the older material justice. I just hope they make the next album much better :P
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DanJizz wrote:
TROLLHAMMERENNNN
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egnops wrote:
YOU ARE METALCORE!
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Inocula wrote:
if you want to check out some new kick-ass metal, check us out http://www.last.fm/music/Inocula WE HAVE BEARDS!
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Andrija_ZD wrote:
True,it's not trollish,but it's more powerfull in my opinion
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ElvinWizard wrote:
Lol on me for listening to all sorts of music in a vast assortment of languages and never giving a damn what they're saying. Music speaks for itself, and if it doesn't then the composer failed somewhere along the line (or else the listener is a n00b)
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O-1-O wrote:
I just don't like the new vocalists voice, it's just not trollish like Katla or Wilska, just average growls... and I don't like that they cut down on the humppa on Ur Jordens Djup, I want more folk!
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egnops wrote:
”The new leadsinger is kinda ... thin fetish guy, eh? Don't know why, but I liked them more when they still had a fat trollish Guy grunting/singing about booze and stuff.. :/”
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DuuvelsWaerwolf wrote:
Katla was good.
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Urkuh wrote:
The new leadsinger is kinda ... thin fetish guy, eh? Don't know why, but I liked them more when they still had a fat trollish Guy grunting/singing about booze and stuff.. :/
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Fyrmyr wrote:
Unfortunately for you guys Skwert is speaking the truth, I saw Finntroll live twice in less than 3 months and they sucked at both concerts,they didnt sound good at all -.-.but thats just MY opinion
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SemenC72 wrote:
Bvorak hahah :)
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Bvorak wrote:
LOL on people who listen to music in their mother language and still don't know what they're saying.
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dominic508 wrote:
LOL on people who listen to Ramnstein and don't know what they're saying XD
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bonaqua wrote:
LOL on people who listen to classical operas (ie millions of people) and don't know what they're saying xD hahahahaaaaaaaaa
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CyanideCandy wrote:
LoL on people listening to finntroll and dont know what they´re saying xD
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zgrge wrote:
finntroll is awesome! but my fav album is Visor om slutet
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Events
- Sep 3 Finntroll The Warehouse, Calgary, Canada
- Sep 4 Finntroll The Starlite Room, Edmonton, Canada
- Sep 6 Finntroll Sugar, Victoria, Canada
Recent Activity
- jms1610 tagged Finntroll with ‘folk metal’. 27 minutes ago
- Timund, Velessa, donyawilliams and 5 other people added Finntroll to their libraries. 1 hour ago
- TheInnerPain connected Finntroll to the group Praise The North. yesterday evening
- Bronkmorf tagged Finntroll with ‘after dark’. yesterday evening
- Satchafunkilus tagged Finntroll with ‘folk metal’. yesterday afternoon
- jonathorn and Bronkmorf added Finntroll to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
- Eljudnir tagged Finntroll with ‘folk metal’. yesterday afternoon
- Smrch and jippyvinet added Finntroll to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
- MKOnyx tagged Finntroll with ‘troll metal’. yesterday afternoon
- Petrixx and andrewtaylor86 added Finntroll to their libraries. yesterday morning
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