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posted by FatPhil on Friday September 14 2018, @03:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/14/finland-happiest-country-world-un-report dept.

https://www.marketplace.org/2018/09/07/world/worlds-unlikely-capital-heavy-metal

More than that — could they find the city in the country with the highest concentration of heavy metal bands? Could it be a contest where cities were ranked on how metal they are?

So, they sent an email to, of all places, the Finnish government.

"They sent us an email like, 'Would you be interested in this?' and we said 'Of course'," said Meira Pappi, a country branding specialist for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Finland. A contest to find the world's heavy metal epicenter? A perfect opportunity to promote Finnish culture and boost tourism. An investment of $47,000 from the government and local cities allowed them to build a website, make merchandise and promote their national quest to find the city with most metal bands per capita. A city to crown the Capital of Metal.

Lemi, a municipality with just 3,000 residents, emerged as that place because it had 13 metal bands.

Your humble ed. has spent nearly a quarter of his life in Finland, and can attest to their interest in metal, and it certainly hasn't gone unnoticed:

Curiously, there does seem to be a correlation between metal being popular, and being an affluent, advanced society. Tell that to your mum when she asks when you're going to cut your hair!


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @06:50PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @06:50PM (#734962)

    Sonata Arctica, Amorphis, Apocalyptica, Stratovarius, Stam1na, Korpiklaani, Teräsbetoni, Ruoska, Raaka-aine, Mokoma to add a few.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @07:43PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @07:43PM (#735003)

    Kotiteollisuus, Turisas, Children of Bodom, Mors Principium Est and so on and so on

    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Saturday September 15 2018, @10:48AM

      by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Saturday September 15 2018, @10:48AM (#735255) Homepage
      Yup, I've seen pretty much them all.
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      Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
    • (Score: 1) by The Vocal Minority on Saturday September 15 2018, @11:21AM (1 child)

      by The Vocal Minority (2765) on Saturday September 15 2018, @11:21AM (#735270) Journal

      No love for Nightwish? Best metal band evaaaaar.

      Except maybe Baby Metal

      • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @04:29PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @04:29PM (#735328)

        No love for Nightwish, because they keep kicking their singers out. I don't like their attitude of business. I only listen to Nightwish sung by Tarja Turunen.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @09:22PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @09:22PM (#735431)

      Oh damn! How could i have forgotten Sentenced!

      • (Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Sunday September 16 2018, @10:06AM

        by linkdude64 (5482) on Sunday September 16 2018, @10:06AM (#735603)

        I had no idea sentenced was from Finland, wow, some good taste in metal on this forum...