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Finland (1997 – present)
Finntroll is a finnish folk metal band that combines black metal with a Finnish form of 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. March 16th 2003), 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. March 16th 2003), 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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Midnattens Widunder
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horsti1989 wrote:
They are from Finland but the lyrics are swedish ;)
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yasukmibolls wrote:
Psssssssst, do you want to know a secret? they’re not Swedish they/re Finnish. You might be in for a slight surprise when youm try to translate the lyrics. Just saying.
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madamecharogne wrote:
I'm addicted to this band. I'm learning Swedish just to understand the lyrics and I found that it's quite difficult to immitate Tapio's accent! D:
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Nordmar_Hammer wrote:
COME TO KURWA POSLKA MAĆ!!!
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Arahand wrote:
Midnattens Widunder - it's a masterpiece!
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yasukmibolls wrote:
...went to a recent finntroll concert and saw more stains at the concert than in all the brothels of Asia combined and it made a super duper satan stain of death called the fanbase. If they are attracting fans like that they must be sellouts (no offence intended to the fans of course, it’s the band with the problem, they forgot to spray the venue with homo-icide (it’s like herbicide but it kills gays instead). They use it at last night of the proms and that’s why that concert always rocks.
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robboelrobbo wrote:
@yasukmibolls Sellouts? Care to elaborate?
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Machine17 wrote:
They are Awesome
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Kasia333333 wrote:
I love this band.
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yasukmibolls wrote:
They won’t be getting an add to my library that’s for sure. Because of the no sellouts rule i imposed
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qasdc wrote:
Great band!
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Darkfall_ wrote:
trolololololo
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Iam11th wrote:
веселая банда)
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Risjka wrote:
I'm addicted to 'Solsagan'. [2] especiall with Blodmarsch intro (rock)
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hxgo wrote:
Excellent...
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Nattefrost6 wrote:
Вставляє)
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SacredViking wrote:
Best of Pagan/Folk/Viking in 2011!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFRINGWVlQk
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adrynalyna wrote:
I'm addicted to 'Solsagan'.
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BjornOlafsson wrote:
Epic band.
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Mary_Eisen wrote:
нет, скорее под Trollfest лучше.
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Den Frusna Munnen
Events
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Mar
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Finntroll
PRKL Club, Helsinki, Finland
4 going
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Apr
6
Paaspop 2012
Molenheide, Schijndel, Netherlands
42 going
3 shouts
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Apr
6
Power Prog & Metal Fest 2012
Mons Expo, Mons, Belgium
41 going
4 shouts
News
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Recent Activity
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rariduz, DerDUDI, Abetancourt_ and 15 other people added Finntroll to their libraries. 2 hours ago
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scaryshinigami tagged Finntroll with ‘black troll metal’. yesterday afternoon
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JohnnyTrius tagged Finntroll with ‘folk metal’. yesterday morning
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