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Great thread!
I scrolled through it all (didn't have the time to listen that much but I'll get back at it next week) to see what has been posted and was very positively surprised to see a lot of new bands I've never heard about, and especially some local bands.
Being a Finn I naturally like my metal
, but I've grown to like almost all genres. And I definitely love to wtf my friends by playing them something completely random (the guy who posted German rap, I salute you), so please keep it coming and post some (internationally speaking) little-known bands too. I'll try to share some at least relatively not mainstream stuff instead of Nightwish & Children of Bodom in return (yes, in Finland CoB is considered mainstream).
I noticed a lot of you like metal, so I'll start with that:
Tarot - Wings of Darkness
The bass player/vocalist is Marco from Nightwish, this is his original band. The song itself is actually from 1986, this remake was done as a 25-year-anniversary because they (naturally) had never made a video of it.
Then on to some a bit lighter stuff:
Von Hertzen Brothers - New Day Rising
A great rock band whose members are relatively famous from other Finnish bands. I can't understand why this has so few views, the song is awesome!
Someone asked for hip hop. That's not exactly my favorite, I've only grown to enjoy some rap-"ish" tunes now when Finnish hip hop artists have finally understood that a) 95% of them are so bad in English that it sounds horrendous and b) rapping about ghetto stuff in Finnish is just stupid because there are very little such areas in here, so they don't take themselves too seriously anymore and just make stuff that is humorous. This one is possibly the only exception, being a rather old song but I instantly liked it:
REdrama - Hang It Up
The guys English is pretty decent for a Finn and I like the beat. Yeah, it definitely has an Eminem-kind of feel to it, but what can you do if you're a small white guy.
And as a bonus piece, here is a sample of what I meant when I said "stuff that is humorous":
Kuningas Pähkinä & Setä Tamu - Ollaan Kaikki Pinkkejä Sisältä
It's a lyric video, so go ahead and dare your friends to sing it along in a party (preferably post results)! I promise it will be hilarious.
BTW, the song title means "we're all pink in the inside".
