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10 Best Finnish Melodeth Bands Ever: Amorphis, Children of Bodom, Kalmah, Insomnium, Circle, Mors Principium Est

Posted in Lists, Videos with tags , , , , , , , , , on 05/24/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

Earlier today, we introduced you to Helsinki’s brand-new, red-hot hard-rockers the Feral Kids, who gifted us with their first video interview with an American music journalist. We dug a little deeper into the band by then running their list of the 10 Best Finnish Bands Ever, in the Kids’ estimation.

The Bad Penny couldn’t resist sharing its own two cents, lest we neglect and even betray our decades-long love for about a dozen bands that hooked and reeled us in over the past two decades. They’re in descending order below. (We narrowed our list to melodeth bands; rank what you know, right?)

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Omnium Gatherum Vocalist Shares Secret to Staying ‘OG’ Melodic Death Metal

Posted in Interviews with tags on 06/04/2023 by Kurt Orzeck

Omnium Gatherum dropped a new EP on Friday that the band’s vocalist says bridges the gap between releases. While Jukka Pelkonen hinted at an evolution in Omnium Gatherum’s melodic death metal sound, he promised the Finlanders won’t abandon their “OG” metal roots. Read my extensive interview with him for New Noise.