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The 20 Best Scandinavian Melodic Death Metal Bands of All Time

Posted in Lists, Videos with tags , , , , , , , , , on 12/13/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Disagree if you dare.

1. At the Gates

2. Dark Tranquillity

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Amorphis Bassist Says It’s Impossible for AI to Create ‘Real Metal Music’

Posted in Interviews, Videos with tags , , , , , , , , , on 11/24/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Olli-Pekka Laine, founding bassist/backing vocalist of the greatest progressive metal band to ever come out of Finland – Amorphis – sums up the act in one word: “professional.”

“Amorphis is a really professional band, so we don’t actually [need to] rehearse that much,” he told The Bad Penny yesterday. “We only rehearse when we enter the studio, right before that, and before the shows, of course. But I’d say that we probably … rehearse … maybe one or two times a year, maximum.”

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Best Albums of 2022: Amorphis, All the Fury, Halo Effect, Cave In, Khold

Posted in Lists with tags , , , , , , , , , on 01/16/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
  1. AmorphisHalo (Atomic Fire)
  2. All the FuryLayers (self-released)
  3. Halo EffectDays of the Lost (Nuclear Blast)
  4. Cave InHeavy Pendulum (Relapse)
  5. KholdSvartsyn (Soul Seller)
  6. CelesteAssassine(s) (Nuclear Blast)
  7. Dark FuneralWe Are the Apocalypse (Century Media)
  8. Deathspell OmegaLong Defeat (Season of Mist)
  9. Early Moods – s/t (RidingEasy)
  10. SighShiki (Peaceville)